Journal profile · Multiple
Women & Criminal Justice
ISSN 0897-4454 · eISSN 1541-0323 · Taylor & Francis
Women & Criminal Justice: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.96; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,250; review about 124 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 19% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Women & Criminal Justice is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Corrections Analysis, Crime Patterns and Interventions and Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies, together about 41.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Women & Criminal Justice is now listed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index Women & Criminal Justice is a peer reviewed journal that is published six times per year. Women & Criminal Justice invites articles that critically examine the issues of crime, victimization and the criminal justice system as they pertain to differences among females and males, or as they pertain to the social and cultural construction of gender. Research papers that utilize qualitative and quantitative data analysis are welcomed, as are empirical papers that relate to global concerns for women as victims, offenders or practitioners in the field of criminal justice. The journal is committed to feminist scholarship that contributes to our understanding of female offenders, victims and practitioners, and especially is interested in analyses of the intersections of race, ethnicity, and/or class with gender. Such integrative approaches will contribute to theory and policy analysis in order to improve domestic and international responses to crime and victimization involving women and girls. The journal is abstracted/ indexed in:De Gruyter Saur, EBSCOhost, Elsevier BV, Emerging Sources Citation, E-psyche, Gale, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, National Library of Medicine, Sociological Abstracts (Online), Periodica Islamica, ProQuest, Taylor & Francis, Thomson Reuters and University of Wisconsin at Madison – Women’s Studies Librarian. Peer Review Policy: Women & Criminal Justice employs a double-anonymized peer review process. Upon submission, manuscripts will be screened to determine goodness of it to the journal’s aims and scope and to ensure that the manuscript is complete and ready to be reviewed. If manuscripts are given a revise and resubmit status, then there is an editorial screening and a second review by a peer reviewer(s). If a manuscript is given a qualified acceptance (accept with minor changes), then there is editorial screening to ensure that the changes were made before acceptance.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences21.4%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences10.2%
- Sexual Assault and Victimization StudiesSocial Sciences10%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions8.1%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology8%
- Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceSocial Sciences7.7%
- Policing Practices and PerceptionsSocial Sciences5.5%
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology5.4%
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 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | 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 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEWeb of SciencePubMedPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, De Gruyter Saur, EBSCOhost, Elsevier BV, Emerging Sources Citation, E-psyche, Gale, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, National Library of Medicine, Sociological Abstracts (Online), Periodica Islamica, Taylor & Francis, Thomson Reuters, Clarivate Analytics
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.53Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.22Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 344OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 103,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 103,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 805 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 29 | 9 | 22 |
| 2024 | 29 | 7 | 45 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5 | 73 |
| 2022 | 36 | 9 | 311 |
| 2021 | 53 | 12 | 448 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
124 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 67 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 67 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 124 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 124 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 3,250 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Women & Criminal Justice is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy:
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
Women & Criminal Justice employs a double-anonymized peer review process. Upon submission, manuscripts will be screened to determine goodness of it to the journal’s aims and scope and to ensure that the manuscript is complete and ready to be reviewed. If manuscripts are given a revise and resubmit status, then there is an editorial screening and a second review by a peer reviewer(s). If a manuscri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0897-4454
- Electronic ISSN
- 1541-0323
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 36, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Women & Criminal Justice
What CAS zone is Women & Criminal Justice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Women & Criminal Justice is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Criminology & Penology / Womens Studies. 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.
What is the impact factor of Women & Criminal Justice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.96; CiteScore 4, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Women & Criminal Justice?
The publisher reports about 124 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 19% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Women & Criminal Justice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Women & Criminal Justice is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, Web of Science and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Women & Criminal Justice open access, and what is the APC?
Women & Criminal Justice is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,250.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .