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Crime, Law and Social Change

NetherlandsLaw (Q2); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2); Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Q3)ISSN-matched source record
Q2Ranking
1.6Impact Factor (2025)
63H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.412SJR (2025)
1991-2026Coverage

About Crime, Law and Social Change

Crime, Law and Social Change is a scholarly journal published by Springer Netherlands. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.412 and H-index of 63.

Coverage: 1991-2026. Research categories: Law (Q2); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2); Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Q3).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 1.6 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Editor(s): Willem Huisman (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0378-1100, 0925-4994, 1573-0751, 1875-3701
ISSN-L0378-1100
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSpringer Science+Business Media
Publisher country codeNL
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Not marked as fully open access; hybrid options may exist
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Not listed in OpenAlex metadata; this is not a direct DOAJ check
Works recorded in OpenAlex2,272
Citations recorded in OpenAlex38,224
OpenAlex H-index79
Years represented in OpenAlex1977–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance; Crime Patterns and Interventions; Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses; Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis; Corruption and Economic Development; Sex work and related issues.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Reported open-access list prices

3,490.00 USD; 2,790.00 EUR; 2,490.00 GBP

APC list prices reported by OpenAlex, which obtains this information from DOAJ. Confirm current charges, taxes, waivers and eligibility with the publisher; this is not a fee quotation.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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