Journal profile · CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
ISSN 1836-2206 · Australian Institute of Criminology
Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice is published by Australian Institute of Criminology 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 Crime Patterns and Interventions, Criminal Justice and Penology and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, together about 47.1% 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
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences20.4%
- Criminal Justice and PenologySocial Sciences18.2%
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences8.5%
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceSocial Sciences6.4%
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseSocial Sciences5.7%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences4.6%
- Cybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesComputer Science4.4%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine4.2%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q1 | 248/1162 | 78th |
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 122OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 217 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 206 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 190 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- ISSN
- 1836-2206
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
What CAS zone is Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice 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 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice open access, and what is the APC?
Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice is a subscription 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: .