Justice Evaluation Journal

Justice Evaluation Journal is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Crime Patterns and Interventions, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, together about 53.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Justice Evaluation Journal ( JEJ) aims to assess the efficacy, efficiency, and equity of crime reduction and prevention programs and policies instituted and funded primarily by local, state, national and international agencies as well as non-governmental organizations. Governing bodies at many levels seek evidence -based assessments of criminal justice programs and policies. JEJ provides a forum for scholars and practitioners in criminal justice and related sectors to offer answers to fundamental questions of what works and what does not work, and why. The journal explores the role that academic research plays in criminal justice policy and practice and provides practitioners with a resource for making informed implementation, modification, and funding decisions. JEJ welcomes papers concerning criminal justice policies and programs broadly defined. This includes related public policy areas which have an impact on criminal justice outcomes such as social welfare, education, or health initiatives. Accordingly, the journal welcomes cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary submissions, particularly from Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, Public Administration, and Economics as well as Criminal Justice and Criminology. JEJ publishes evidence-based examinations of existing programs and policies and the role of research in practice. Articles accepted for publication explicitly assess outcomes and their impact, offer evidence-based suggestions for improvement, alternative approaches, or discontinuation of ineffective existing programs or policies. The preferred article explores the best methodological approaches to accomplish evaluative work, and addresses the limitations of the underlying research upon which the program or policy was based on, and suggests further avenues of primary research which practice could benefit from. As JEJ focuses on evaluation practices aimed at improving criminal justice outcomes, it publishes articles formatted to be as accessible as possible to practitioners. Submissions should: be no more than 30 pages focus on the research questions, methodology, findings and analysis of results rather than extensive literature reviews explicitly assess the research's implications for the program or policy in question Peer Review Policy: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Editor-in-chief N. Prabha UnnithanPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• CiteScore Q2 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Google Scholar, Criminal Justice AbstractsPublisher website

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Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.3Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

2LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.41LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.41Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.89LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.89Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

17OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

32OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.06OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

25LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

45,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

43%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

37 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

83 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

46 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

2475-1979

Electronic ISSN

2475-1987

Society / sponsor

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

Latest issue on the website

Volume 9, Issue 1 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website