Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling (JIP) is an international journal of behavioural science contributions to criminal and civil investigations, for researchers and practitioners, also exploring the legal and jurisprudential implications of psychological and related aspects of all forms of investigation.

The journal welcomes contributions using any systematic methodology including case studies, qualitative explorations and quantitative analyses of any appropriate level of sophistication.

Reviews of topics or books and accounts of relevant work in a given locality are also welcome.

The journal gives emphasis to work that has high ecological validity and relevance to any form of investigation, so laboratory based experimental studies will only be considered if their relevance outside of the laboratory is direct and clear.

However, JIP accepts the principle that 'there is nothing so applicable as a good theory' and therefore encourages submissions that make clear the theoretical basis of the work and which contribute to the understanding of the phenomena under study.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	0.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.399

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	31

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13815

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	71

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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, 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.

• Motivational sources of confirmation bias in criminal investigations: the need for cognitive closure

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Karl, P�r Anders

• A cognitive load approach to lie detection

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Aldert, Ronald, Samantha, Sharon

• The Role of Rapport in Investigative Interviewing: A Review

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Allison, Susan E.

• Serial homicide: an investigation of behavioural consistency

  Citation: 121

  Authors: C. Gabrielle, Alicia L.

• The school shooting/violent video game link: causal relationship or moral panic?

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Christopher J.

• Between a ROC and a hard place: a method for linking serial burglaries bymodus operandi

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Craig, Natalie J.

• Individual differences in distance travelled by serial burglars

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Brent

• Co‐offending and the choice of target areas in burglary

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Wim

• Behavioural linking of stranger rapes

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Pekka, Jenny, N. Kenneth

• Offender profiling and investigative psychology

  Citation: 81

  Authors: David

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