New Journal of European Criminal Law

Aims & Scope

European criminal law is an established and recognised legal discipline.

It is not confined to the European Union, but it extends to all forty seven States of the Council of Europe.

Institutionally speaking European criminal law is driven by both the EU and the Council of Europe under the supervision and influence of the Court of Justice of the European Communities so far as the EU is concerned and by the European Court of Human Rights as regards the Council of Europe.

Although European criminal law is a recognised body of law, it constitutes by no means a perfect or even a mature system and it requires analysis and discussion, so that it may develop and improve.

Analysis and discussion cannot be the exclusive preserve of the legislative and judicial bodies; others must contribute to ensure balanced solutions.

Nor is European criminal law confined to what is traditionally considered as criminal law at EU and national level.

It covers any field to which the Engel criteria apply and so extends to administrative law where it applies instruments which by object or effect are punitive in nature.

It thus contemplates sanctions in the foreign policy field (smart sanctions), environmental law and competition law, for instance.

As regards competition law the New Journal of European Criminal Law is especially interested the criminalisation of competition law and of hard core cartels in particular.

It is thought to be the first ever legal journal to treat the criminal and competition law disciplines at their interface.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.194

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	15

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21560

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	88

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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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.

• Facial recognition in police hands: Assessing the ‘Clearview case’ from a European perspective

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Isadora Neroni

• The European Public Prosecutor's Office: Towards a Truly European Prosecution Service?

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Katalin, Michele

• The Symbiotic Relationship between Mutual Trust and Fundamental Rights in Europe's Area of Criminal Justice

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Valsamis

• Judicial independence as a precondition for mutual trust? The CJEU in <i>Minister for Justice and Equality v. LM</i>

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Petra, Wouter

• Trends of age of consent legislation in Europe

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Guangxing, Suzan

• Towards an EU criminal law on violence against women: The ambitions and limitations of the Commission’s proposal to criminalise image-based sexual abuse

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Carlotta, Clare

• Far-right foreign fighters and Ukraine: A blind spot for the European Union?

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Christian, Alex, Sarah

• The Development of Eurojust: Potential and Limitations of Article 85 of the TFEU

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Anne

• Covid-19 Italian emergency legislation and infection of the rule of law

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Nicola

• Cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units in the European Union: Stuck in the middle between the General Data Protection Regulation and the Police Data Protection Directive

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Foivi

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