Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice

Aims & Scope

Contemporary Justice Review is an interdisciplinary journal for scholars, activists, and practitioners of social and restorative justice around the globe who seek to design and implement models of justice that take into account the needs of all.

The journal publishes cutting-edge work on: social and restorative justice theory; restorative justice demonstration projects; peacemaking criminology; state crimes and healing from genocide; peaceful methods of conflict resolution; truth and reconciliation commissions; environmental justice; critiques of criminal justice institutions and law; structural issues of justice in the family, school, and workplace; utopian visions of a just society; and non-violent, needs-meeting solutions to needs-denying, power-based social arrangements.

The journal embraces a variety of formats: scholarly articles; electronic roundtable discussions; interviews on social and restorative justice; narrative histories on crime and punishment; film and book review essays; and justice watch statements on timely issues that affect the quality of life around the globe.

The editors prefer articles written in engaging and accessible prose which avoid academic jargon and offer insights in how to foster justice in daily life.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16656

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	64

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.299

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	23

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Getting beyond the ‘symptom,’ acknowledging the ‘disease’: theorizing racist nativism

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Lindsay Perez, Corina Benavides, Maria C., Veronica, Daniel G.

• Crossing the immigration and race border: A critical race theory approach to immigration studies

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Mary

• The rise of the penal state in Latin America

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Markus-Michael

• A complicity continuum of state crime∗

  Citation: 79

  Authors: David, Christopher, Rick

• No fats, femmes, or Asians: the utility of critical race theory in examining the role of gay stock stories in the marginalization of gay Asian men

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Chong‐suk

• Carceral feminisms: the abolitionist project and undoing dominant feminisms

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Elizabeth, Colleen

• Can restorative justice disrupt the ‘school-to-prison pipeline?’

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Mara

• What's so critical about critical race theory?

  Citation: 56

  Authors: A. Javier, Michelle A., Derron

• Paradigm Muddle: The Threat to Restorative Justice Posed by Its Merger with Community Justice

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Paul

• An outcome evaluation of a restorative justice alternative to incarceration

  Citation: 50

  Authors: James, Suzanne, Jennifer, Kevin

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