Journal profile · CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Violence and Victims
ISSN 0886-6708 · eISSN 1945-7073 · Springer Publishing Company
Violence and Victims: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6; subscription journal; 57 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Violence and Victims is published by Springer Publishing Company and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies and Child Abuse and Trauma, together about 47.2% 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
- Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceSocial Sciences24.3%
- Sexual Assault and Victimization StudiesSocial Sciences11.9%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology11%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseSocial Sciences4.4%
- Sex work and related issuesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions3.4%
- Bullying, Victimization, and AggressionPsychology3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 139OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,311OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,056 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 57 | 6 | 26 |
| 2024 | 64 | 10 | 82 |
| 2023 | 49 | 11 | 124 |
| 2022 | 44 | 6 | 235 |
| 2021 | 31 | 5 | 272 |
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
- Springer Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 0886-6708
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-7073
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Violence and Victims
What CAS zone is Violence and Victims in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Violence and Victims is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Criminology & Penology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Violence and Victims?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.6; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 139.
Which databases index Violence and Victims?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Violence and Victims is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Violence and Victims open access, and what is the APC?
Violence and Victims 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: .