Global Crime

Aims & Scope

Global Crime is a social science journal devoted to the study of crime across international settings.

Its focus is multi-disciplinary and its principal aim is to make the best scholarship on crime available to specialists and non-specialists alike.

It draws on authors from a variety of disciplines, including criminology, sociology, economics, history, political science, anthropology and area studies.

The editors welcome empirical studies and original research reviews on issues relating to general crime trends, organized criminality, corruption, crime and women studies, illegal migration, terrorism, illicit markets, violence, police studies, state crime, and the process of state building.

Submissions of articles in the area of methodology are especially welcome.

In addition to research articles, the editors encourage submission of book reviews, shorter pieces on methodological advances or research findings, and field reports from governmental and para-governmental officials.

Global Crime is published four times per year, with one to two issues per year devoted to special themes that are covered by guest editor(s).

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.609

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	38

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9514

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	121

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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
• Web of Science

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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.

• The Crime-Terror Continuum: Tracing the Interplay between Transnational Organised Crime and Terrorism

  Citation: 221

  Authors: Tamara

• Organized Crime and Trust:: On the conceptualization and empirical relevance of trust in the context of criminal networks

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Klaus, Per

• Beyond the ‘Natasha’ story – a review and critique of current research on sex trafficking

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Sheldon X.

• The Architecture of Drug Trafficking: Network Forms of Organisation in the Colombian Cocaine Trade

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Michael

• The anti-corruption industry: from movement to institution

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Steven

• Exploring the organization of Russia Far East's illegal wildlife trade: two case studies of the illegal fur and illegal falcon trades

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Tanya

• On the Resilience of Illegal Drug Markets

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Martin

• Central American<i>maras</i>: from youth street gangs to transnational protection rackets

  Citation: 101

  Authors: José

• Law-Enforcement Disruption of a Drug Importation Network

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Carlo, Katia

• The illegal parrot trade: a literature review

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Stephen F.

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