International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (IJCACJ) publishes work on criminal justice using a range of theoretical methodologies and approaches, focuses on applied research, and adopts an explicitly comparative or international approach.

Work published in IJCACJ draws on insights from Economics, Sociology, Criminology, Geography, and Organization and Management Studies, applied to a Criminal Justice context.

IJCACJ publishes work about and from countries in all parts of the world, and has so far included contributions from over 80 countries and five continents, including comparative work theory testing models developed outside of Western democracies and criminal justice systems.

The Journal publishes research articles, country profiles (providing an overview of criminal justice administrative systems in individual countries), reviews and commentaries on significant books or current issues, as well as regular special issues to highlight important areas of new and emerging crimes and strategies for crime prevention approaches and projects.

Past and forthcoming special issues include: Environmental and Natural Resource Crime, Product Counterfeiting and Crime Prevention, Methodological Challenges in International and Comparative Criminology, Crime and Justice – The Roma People, Wildlife crime and Enforcement, Human and Sex Trafficking, Violence against Women, Country specific coverage such as Japan, Taiwan, etc., Comparative Criminology in the Era of Neoliberal Globalization.

IJCACJ today is one of the best-known, most widely-read, international criminal justice journals.

IJCACJ is published quarterly from Michigan State University’s School of Criminal Justice.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13254

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	136

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.424

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
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology and 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.

• Beyond the cooking pot and pocket book: Factors influencing noncompliance with wildlife poaching rules

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Jessica S., Meredith L.

• What Predicts Human Trafficking?

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Kevin

• Child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church: a review of global perspectives

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Karen J.

• The transnationalization of the extreme right and the use of the Internet

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Manuela, Patricia

• Contested gendered space: public sexual harassment and women’s safety work

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Fiona, Liz

• The media’s coverage of mass public shootings in America: fifty years of newsworthiness

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Jason R., Joel A.

• In their own eyes: an empirical examination of police self-legitimacy

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Justice

• Violence against women on public transport in Nepal: sexual harassment and the spatial expression of male privilege

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Gita, Meda

• Examining Prosocial Organizational Behavior Among Correctional Officers

  Citation: 63

  Authors: CONCETTA, ROBERT, BONNIE

• Trust in police: A comparison of China and Taiwan

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Yuning, Margarita, Ivan Y.

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