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Crime Science

BioMed Central Ltd

United KingdomCultural Studies (Q1); Law (Q1); Urban Studies (Q1); Safety Research (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q1Ranking
2.2Impact Factor (2025)
40H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.548SJR (2025)
2013-2026Coverage

About Crime Science

Crime Science is a scholarly journal published by BioMed Central Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.548 and H-index of 40.

Coverage: 2013-2026. Research categories: Cultural Studies (Q1); Law (Q1); Urban Studies (Q1); Safety Research (Q2).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 2.2 — 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): Prof. Gregory D. Breetzke (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-17. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 1390 EUR; 1890 USD; 1190 GBP
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationCLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico
Reported submission-to-publication time13 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2012 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2193-7680
ISSN-L2193-7680
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationBioMed Central
Publisher country codeDE
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex343
Citations recorded in OpenAlex8,357
OpenAlex H-index49
Years represented in OpenAlex2009–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Crime Patterns and Interventions; Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance; Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies; Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses; Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis; Policing Practices and Perceptions.

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

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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