The editorial team are very pleased to welcome new editor Professor Rowena Maguire.

Professor Maguire is Director of the QUT Centre for Justice at QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Brisbane Australia.  

Rowena is an active research leader and interdisciplinary scholar who undertakes research in collaboration with industry, community, and interdisciplinary university partners. She enjoys work that is connected to ground, and which has the potential to influence change. Rowena also coordinates and teaches environmental law and supervisors higher degree research students working on projects on climate and disaster governance, circular economy and waste, human rights and the environment and feminist approaches to environmental governance.    

The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy (IJCJSD) is an open access, peer reviewed journal that seeks to publish critical research about common challenges confronting criminal justice systems around the world. IJCJSD remains committed to making criminology research and scholarship accessible to all, without paywalls and via best practice in open access practices.

The Journal publishes four issues annually and is supported by a small editorial team advised by an international editorial board. The Journal is hosted in the School of Justice, QUT and is part of a small collection of open access journals in QUT Open Press.

Authors retain copyright and articles are openly licenced via Creative Commons to make published articles more readily available and useable.

The Journal is categorised as a ‘Diamond’ Open Access journal. Diamond Open Access (OA) refers to a scholarly publication model in which journals and platforms do not charge fees to either authors or readers. Generally publishing costs are facilitated by academic institutions, community groups or governments.

The Journal is indexed widely and included in the most comprehensive open access database – DOAJ (the Directory of Open Access Journals).  Currently the Journal is one of only ten Australasian journals awarded the DOAJ Seal for Best Practice. The DOAJ Seal is awarded to journals that demonstrate best practice in open access publishing. Around 10% of journals indexed in DOAJ have been awarded the Seal to-date.

Rankings:

The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is currently a Q1 in Law (2023 Scimago Journal Rankings - Scopus data).  https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21100407545&tip=sid&clean=0

• Internationally, IJCJSD is in the top 150 law journals – but in the top 20 open access law publications.
• In the Pacific region, IJCJSD is the ONLY Q1 law journal in Australia – making it the top OA law journal as well.
• In Sociology and Political Science, the Journal is currently ranked Q2, is 17^th in the Pacific region, 10^th in terms of open access.

Since 2016, the Field-Weighted Citation Impact of IJCJSD has remained above the global average for similar publications (currently at 1.16) and has a H-Index of 27.

Website: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-journal-for-crime-justice-and-social-democracy/

Email: crimjournal@qut.edu.au