About the Journal
The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society is one of the world's top criminology journals. It publishes work of the highest quality from around the world and across all areas of criminology. BJC is a valuable resource for academics and researchers in crime, whether they be from criminology, sociology, anthropology, psychology, law, economics, politics or social work, and for professionals concerned with crime, law, criminal justice, politics and penology. In addition to publishing peer-reviewed articles, BJC contains a substantial book review section.
The Journal welcomes submissions from a variety of perspectives focusing on crime and society; and especially articles written from sociological, historical, philosophical, geographical, psychological, jurisprudential, cultural, political or policy standpoints. The interests of the extensive Editorial and International Advisory Boards are catholic, neither narrowly ideological nor limited to rigid conceptions of what criminology either should be, or is currently, about. The two main criteria according to which articles submitted for publication will be assessed are: the degree to which the article contributes new knowledge to an understanding of crime and society; the overall quality of the argument and its presentation.
Impact Factor
1.094 (2006)
0.632 (2005)
1.382 (2004)
0.735 (2003)
0.857 (2002)
1.200 (2001)
0.791 (2000)
0.700 (1999)
Category: Criminology and Penology
10/27 (2006)
14/27 (2005)
8/26 (2004)
12/24 (2003)
11/24 (2002)
3/22 (2001)
7/20 (2000)
8/20 (1999)
This information is taken from the Journal Citation Reports, published annually as part of the Social Sciences Citation Index by ISI.
Abstracting and Indexing Services
The British Journal of Criminology is covered by the following abstracting/indexing services:
British Humanities Index
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Caredata Abstracts (NISW)
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Criminology, Penology and Police Science Abstracts
Current Legal Sociology
e-psyche
Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature
ISI: Social Sciences Citation Index, Research Alert, Social Scisearch, and Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Periodicals Contents Index
Psychological Abstracts
PsychINFO
Psychlit
Sage Public Administration Abstracts
Social Science Research Index (SSRN)
Social Sciences Index
Sociological Abstracts
Violence and Abuse Abstracts