The 2024 SCImago Research Group Rankings have been released and we are pleased to note that the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy (IJCJSD) remains a Q1 in Law.

In journals published in Australia, the IJCJSD is 1st in Law – and 1st as an open access publication
Internationally, IJCJSD remains in the top 50 open access Law publications

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 (Queensland University of Technology) and is part of a collection of open access journals in QUT Open Press supported by QUT Library.

Authors retain copyright and articles are openly licenced via Creative Commons to make published articles more readily available and useable. The Journal is indexed widely (including Scopus and Web of Science) - and included in DOAJ, the largest global indexer of open access publications.

IJCJSD remains committed to making criminology research and scholarship accessible to all, without paywalls and via best practice in open access practices.

The editorial team acknowledges and thanks the contributions and ongoing support of authors, peer reviewers and the international editorial board.

John Scott and David Rodríguez Goyes (Chief Editors); Rowena Maguire (Editor) Avi Brisman (Book Editor); Marília de Nardin Budó (Book Editor), and Tracy Creagh (Journal Manager)