Nordic Journal of Criminology

Aims & Scope

The Nordic Journal of Criminology (formerly Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention) is an international, peer reviewed journal publishing original research articles in the field of criminology and crime prevention.

The journal provides a forum for criminological research across a wide range of perspectives and methodologies.

Priority is given to research with Nordic relevance.

Such relevance can be based on multiple considerations such as: • Research based on Nordic data • Research includes Nordic data (for instance, international comparative research which includes the Nordic case) • Systematic review of prior empirical research, crime prevention evaluation studies, and theoretical or methodological traditions, using an inclusion criterion with incorporates Nordic work • Research which otherwise manifests Nordic relevance Readership: Criminologists, sociologists, psychologists and researchers in other disciplines studying crime and crime control; criminal justice professionals; criminal policy planners and decision makers; scholars and others interested in research on Nordic societies.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Do crime hot spots affect housing prices?

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Vania, Mats

• The female offender - A century of registered crime and daily press reporting on women’s crime

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Felipe, Anders, Tove

• Incarcerated people’s challenges for digital inclusion in Finnish prisons

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Eeva, Teemu

• Inmates’ perceptions and experiences of how they were prepared for release from a Norwegian open prison

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Ellen, Sylvia, Liv Hanson, Bengt

• Non-reporting of sexual violence as action: acts, selves, futures in the making

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Maria, Kari, May-Len

• Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Susanne, Malin

• Violent men’s paths to batterer intervention programmes: masculinity, turning points and narrative selves

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Lucas

• Confinement and restrictive measures against young people in the Nordic countries – a comparative analysis of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Sofia, Maria, Ann-Karina Eske, Tarja, Päivi, Bård, Ida Marie

• Policing football crowds in Sweden

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Clifford, Jonas, Neil

• The social dynamics of revictimization and intimate partner violence: an embodied, gendered, institutional and life course perspective

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Margunn