Journal of Money Laundering Control

Aims & Scope

The journal provides a valuable contribution to both an international academic and professional audience, as authors include not only leading scholars, but those directly involved at policy and operational levels in fighting money laundering.

Coverage includes, but is not restricted to: - The legal risks faced by banks and other intermediaries in complying with the law - Disrupting organised crime and terrorist organisations - Developments in investigation - New trends and techniques - Underground banking systems - Laundering with virtual money - The World Bank's Stolen Assets Recovery Programme - The use of financial intelligence - Cost benefit analysis of proceeds of crime laws - Civil asset recovery - Effective compliance management

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.501

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	33

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11557

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	542

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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 Economics, Econometrics and Finance 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.

• Detecting money laundering transactions with machine learning

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Martin, Anders, Ragnar Bang, Geir, Johannes

• Central bank digital currency research around the world: a review of literature

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Peterson K.

• How Big is Global Money Laundering?

  Citation: 114

  Authors: John

• Shadow economy and tax evasion in the EU

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Friedrich, Konrad, Bogdan

• Corruption as an obstacle to development in developing countries: a review of literature

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Olatunde

• Accounting and corruption: a cross‐country analysis

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Ricardo, Chad, Christopher, Nate

• The use of cryptocurrencies in the money laundering process

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Chad, Kristopher McKay, Steven, Victor Manuel

• Determinants of bank profitability in Tunisia: does corruption matter?

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Khemaies

• Digital transformation of the banking system in the context of sustainable development

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Imeda A., Maxim M., Tatyana D., Zhanna G., Mariam A., Oksana A.

• A framework for data mining‐based anti‐money laundering research

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Zengan, Mao

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