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SAGE is the market leader in Criminology & Penology

Dear Colleague,

SAGE is committed to developing the quality and impact of the journals we publish. We are pleased to highlight the following from the 2006 Journal Citation Reports® recently released by Thomson Scientific.

Criminology & Penology Highlights

SAGE is the market leader by number of journals covered in the Criminology & Penology category: one third of the journals included in this category are published by SAGE, including 6 of the journals ranked in the top 15.

SAGE's Criminology journals have shown an average increase in Impact Factor (IF) of 55% over last year.

The Prison Journal saw its IF increase by more than 200% over last year, from 0.175 to 0.561.

Social & Legal Studies saw its IF increase by more than 130% over last year, from 0.262 to 0.605.

Criminal Justice and Behavior and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency have both been ranked in the top 10 for over 10 years.

SAGE's Top Ranked Criminology & Penology Journals

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency – ranked 6/27 (IF: 1.353)
Published in cooperation with the National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Criminal Justice and Behavior – ranked 7/27 (IF: 1.250)
Official Publication of the American Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology
Journal of Interpersonal Violence – ranked 9/27 (IF: 1.139)
Theoretical Criminology – ranked 11/27 (IF: 1.079)
Punishment & Society – ranked 12/27 (IF: 1.059)
Crime & Delinquency – ranked 15/27 (IF: 0.800)
Published in cooperation with the National Council on Crime and Delinquency
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology – ranked 16/27 (IF: 0.750)
Social & Legal Studies – ranked 18/27 (IF: 0.605)
The Prison Journal – ranked 19/27 (IF: 0.561)
Official Publication of The Pennsylvania Prison Society

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To submit an article to any of the journals highlighted above, or to another SAGE Criminology or Penology journal, please visit our Author Gateway.

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