Trends in Organized Crime

Aims & Scope

Trends in Organized Crime offers a composite of analyses and syntheses from a variety of information sources to serve the interests of both practitioners and policy makers, as well as the academic community.

It is both a stimulus to and a forum for more rigorous empirical research on organized crime.

Trends in Organized Crime publishes peer-reviewed, original research articles and excerpts from significant governmental reports.

It also offers reviews of major new books and presents analyses and commentary on current issues in organized crime.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.597

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	36

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9720

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	323

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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 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.

• Problems of definition: What is organized crime?

  Citation: 189

  Authors: James O.

• Introduction to Social Network Analysis (SNA) as an investigative tool

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Renée C.

• Why did Mexico become so violent? A self-reinforcing violent equilibrium caused by competition and enforcement

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Viridiana

• Mafia markers: assessing organized crime and its impact upon societies

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Jan

• Origins of the global forum on fighting corruption

  Citation: 94

  Authors:

• Differentiating criminal networks in the illegal wildlife trade: organized, corporate and disorganized crime

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Tanya, Daan, Angus

• Hells Angels in springtime

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Carlo

• “Organized crime” and “organized crime”: Indeterminate problems of definition

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Frank E.

• Organised crime groups in cyberspace: a typology

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Kim-Kwang Raymond

• Listening to the wire: criteria and techniques for the quantitative analysis of phone intercepts

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Paolo, Federico

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