International Journal of Transitional Justice

Aims & Scope

In the past two decades, countries emerging from divided histories have increasingly incorporated transitional justice mechanisms in order to uncover and deal with crimes of the past.

Transitional justice has fast emerged as a recognised field of policy expertise, research and law, and today, is considered to be an academic discipline in its own right.

Futhermore, concerns with transitional justice and its relevance to building durable peace has acquired an urgency and a priority within the world's most important multilateral agencies.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in addresses to both the Security Council and the General Assembly, has noted that it is only through 'reintroducing the rule of law and confidence in its impartial application that we can hope to resuscitate societies shattered by conflict'.

Citing transitional justice processes as a key vehicle in achieving this objective, Annan announced that the United Nations is working on 'important new tools' to strengthen the transitional justice processes of post-conflict states.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	1.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.871

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	36

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5986

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	194

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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.

• From Transitional to Transformative Justice: A New Agenda for Practice

  Citation: 230

  Authors: P., S.

• Transitional Justice, Interdisciplinarity and the State of the 'Field' or 'Non-Field'

  Citation: 172

  Authors: C.

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding after Mass Violence

  Citation: 153

  Authors: W.

• Effects of Invisibility: In Search of the 'Economic' in Transitional Justice

  Citation: 150

  Authors: Z.

• Memory Frictions: Localizing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone

  Citation: 145

  Authors: R.

• State-Level Effects of Transitional Justice: What Do We Know?

  Citation: 110

  Authors: O. N. T., J., R.

• Does Feminism Need a Theory of Transitional Justice? An Introductory Essay

  Citation: 109

  Authors: C., C.

• The Haunting of Alice: Local Approaches to Justice and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda

  Citation: 106

  Authors: E. K.

• Dilemmas of Expanding Transitional Justice, or Forging the Nexus between Transitional Justice and Development

  Citation: 97

  Authors: R.

• 'Settling Accounts' Revisited: Reconciling Global Norms with Local Agency

  Citation: 95

  Authors: D. F.

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