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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

2202-7998

Published by: University of Queensland

https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/about/index

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 974 10 15 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 14
Documents by Best Scientists*: 22
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 29
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.489
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy?

Criminology, Economic Justice, Global South, Law and Politics are among the topics commonly tackled in International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Criminology, apply to Gender studies as well. The research on Economic Justice tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Punishment and Media studies.

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy integrates many fields, including Global South and related. The journal facilitated presentations on Law research, particularly Criminal law and Law reform. The study on Politics presented in International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy intersects with the topics under Political economy.

The Prison study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Imprisonment.

  • Criminology (54.31%)
  • Economic Justice (20.33%)
  • Global South (13.88%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Sexual Violence in the ‘Manosphere’: Antifeminist Men’s Rights Discourses on Rape (52 citations)
  • Arun Kundnani (2014) The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror. London: Verso. (42 citations)
  • The London Spikes Controversy: Homelessness, Urban Securitisation and the Question of ‘Hostile Architecture’ (38 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy:

The most cited articles mostly deal with topics like Criminology, Economic Justice, Politics, Context (language use) and Green criminology. The majority of Criminology studies presented in the most cited articles zero in on Crime prevention. Issues in Economic Justice were discussed in the journal articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Social work and Race (biology).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • China
  • Human rights

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Criminology, Power (social and political), Domestic violence, Political economy and Discretion are tackled in International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. Among the topics covered in International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy are Criminology as well as the fields of Context (language use) and Compass. It facilitates discussions on Power (social and political) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Economic history and Gaze.

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy addresses concerns in Political economy which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Capital (economics), Collapse (medical) and Politics. The presented studies in Civil disobedience fall within the purview of Politics but it also intertwines with topics in Phase (combat). International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy explores research in Discretion alongside concepts in Law and economics and other areas of study in Compliance (psychology), Legitimacy and Perception.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • An Expanded Analytical Gaze on Penal Power: Border Criminology and Punitiveness (2 citations)
  • Bordering Through Exemption: Extracontinental Migration Flows in Mexico (1 citations)
  • Challenging Harmony to Save Nature? Environmental Activism and Ethics in Taiwan and Japan (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Russell Hogg (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Julia Quilter (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kerry Carrington (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nigel South (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Reece Walters (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Queensland University of Technology (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of New South Wales (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Sydney (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Monash University (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Liverpool (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 95.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Putting 'Justice' in Recovery Capital: Yarning About Hopes and Futures with Young People in Detention

    Sharynne Lee Hamilton;Sarah Maslen;David Best;Jacinta Freeman

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Gender, Vulnerability and Everyday Resistance in Immigration Detention: Women’s Experiences of Confinement in a Portuguese Detention Facility

    Francesca Esposito;Raquel Matos;Mary Bosworth

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Water Pollution and Environmental Injustices in Bangladesh

    Sarker Faroque;Nigel South

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Indigenous Worlds and Criminological Exclusion: A Call to Reorientate the Criminological Compass

    David Rodríguez Goyes;Nigel South

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Why Criminalise Coercive Control? The Complicity of the Criminal Law in Punishing Women Through Furthering the Power of the State

    Sandra Walklate;Kate Fitz-Gibbon

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Criminalisation and the Violence(s) of the State: Criminalising Men, Punishing Women

    Kate Fitz-Gibbon;Sandra Walklate

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Impact of a Community-Controlled Adult Literacy Campaign on Crime and Justice Outcomes in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • On the Geometry of Speciesist Policing: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Animal Cruelty Data

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Risk Refraction: Thoughts on the Victim-Survivor’s Risk Journey through the Criminal Justice Process

    Charlotte Barlow;Sandra Walklate;Kelly Johnson

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Green Criminological Dialogues: Voices from Africa

    (2024)
    2 Citations

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