Journal profile · CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Safer Communities
ISSN 1757-8043 · eISSN 2042-8774 · Emerald
Safer Communities: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Safer Communities is published by Emerald and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Criminal Justice and Penology, Crime Patterns and Interventions and Policing Practices and Perceptions, together about 56.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Criminal Justice and PenologySocial Sciences23.4%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences21.1%
- Policing Practices and PerceptionsSocial Sciences12.2%
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences8.6%
- Crime, Deviance, and Social ControlSocial Sciences5%
- Legal and Social Justice StudiesSocial Sciences4%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences2.3%
- Sexual Assault and Victimization StudiesSocial Sciences2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community and Home Care | Q2 | 19/40 | — |
| Safety Research | Q3 | 66/108 | — |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q3 | 448/725 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 444 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 4 | 229 |
| 2025 | 24 | 7 | 329 |
| 2024 | 26 | 7 | 257 |
| 2023 | 35 | 13 | 333 |
| 2022 | 19 | 4 | 242 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5 | 195 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 1757-8043
- Electronic ISSN
- 2042-8774
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Safer Communities
What CAS zone is Safer Communities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Safer Communities is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Criminology & Penology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Safer Communities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Safer Communities is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Safer Communities open access, and what is the APC?
Safer Communities is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .