ABSTRACTING & INDEXING

• CiteScore: 12.1  (Rank: 12 de 1105, P₉₈ category “Law”)
• Scimago Journal Rank - SJR (2024): 1.620 (Q1 category “Law”).
• Impact Factor - JCR (2024): 5.5 (Q1 category “Law”; Rank: 1 de 1434; Percentil 99.9);
• 5-Year Impact Factor (2024): 3.1 (Q1 category “Law”)

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The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 2009-.( ISSN: 1889-1861 / E-ISSN: 1889-4007) is indexed in:

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The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 2009-.( ISSN: 1889-1861 / E-ISSN: 1889-4007) tiene las siguientes métricas de impacto:

• CITE SCORE of Scopus. 2011: 0.59 (Rank: 136 de 350, P₆₁); 2012: 1.06 (Rank: 73 de 376, P₈₀); 2013: 0.74 (Rank: 132 de 407, P₆₇); 2014: 1.53 (Rank: 36 de 445, P₉₂); 2015: 1.35 (Rank: 60 de 468, P₈₇); 2016: 2.35 (Rank: 19 de 488, P₉₆); 2017: 2.44 (Rank: 22 de 528, P₉₅ category “Law”); 2018: 4.03 (Rank: 12 de 609, P₉₈ category “Law”);  2019: 6.7 (Rank: 10 de 685, P₉₈ category "Law”); 2020: 10.7 (Rank: 3 de 722, P₉₉ category “Law”);  2021: 13.8 (Rank: 3 de 801, P₉₉ category “Law”); 2022: 15.5 (Rank: 3 de 885, P₉₉ category “Law”); 2023: 16.6 (Rank: 3 de 1025, P₉₉ category “Law”); 2024: 12.1  (Rank: 12 de 1105, P₉₈ category “Law”).
• IPP of Scopus: 2010 = 0.000; 2011 = 0.238; 2012 = 1.065; 2013 = 0.800; 2014 = 1.500; 2015 = 1.000.
• ISI Web of Science/JCR:
  • 2012: IF = 0.750 (Q3 category "Law"; Rank: 73 de 138; Percentile 47.1); 5-Year IF = 0.935 (Q2 category "Law"); Immediacy Index = 0.20 (Q2 category "Law").
  • 2013: IF = 650 (Q2 category "Law"; Rank: 70 de 139; Percentile 50.0); 5-Year IF = 0.780 (Q2 category "Law" y Q3 category "Psychology, multidisciplinary"); Immediacy Index = 0.700 (Q1 category "Law").
  • 2014: IF = 45 (Q1 category "Law"; Rank: 32 de 143; Percentile 77.97); 5-Year IF = 1.314 (Q2 category "Law"); Immediacy Index = 0.091 (Q3 category "Law").
  • 2015: IF = 00 (Q2 category "Law"; Rank: 73 de 149; Percentil 60.07); 5-Year IF = 0.843 (Q2 category "Law"); Immediacy Index = 0.100 (Q2 category "Law").
  • 2016: IF = 286 (Q1 category "Law"; Rank: 16 de 147; Percentile 89.46); 5-Year IF = 1.824 (Q1 category "Law"); Immediacy Index = 0.545 (Q1 category "Law").
  • 2017: IF = 3.524 (Q1 category “Law”; Rank: 6 de 147; Percentile 95.9); 5-Year IF = 2.615 (Q1 category “Law”); Immediacy Index = 0.636 (Q1 category “Law”). 
  • 2018: IF = 3.682 (Q1 category “Law”; Rank: 6 de 148; Percentile 96.284); 5-Year IF = 3.019 (Q1 category “Law”); Immediacy Index = 1.500 (Q1 category “Law”).
  • 2019: IF = 4.905 (Q1 category “Law”; Rank: 3 de 154; Percentile 98.38); 5-Year IF = 3.604 (Q1 category “Law”); Immediacy Index = 2.300 (Q1 category “Law”).
  • 2020: IF = 9.300 (Q1 category “Law”; Rank: 1 de 151; Percentile 99.67); 5-Year IF = 5.750 (Q1 category “Law”); Immediacy Index = 4.50 (Q1 category “Law”). 
  • 2021: IF = 9.850 (Q1 category “Law”; Rank: 1 de 154; Percentile 99.68); 5-Year IF = 7.038 (Q1 category “Law”); Immediacy Index = 3.200 (Q1 category “Law”).
  • 2022: IF = 9.5 (Q1 category “Law”; Rank: 1 de 152; Percentil 99.7); 5-Year IF = 7.2 (Q1 category “Law”); Immediacy Index = 2.1 (Q1 category “Law”).
  • 2023: IF = 7.6 (Q1 category “Law”; Rank: 1 de 154; Percentil 99.9); 5-Year IF = 6.9 (Q1 category “Law”); Immediacy Index = 2.1 (Q1 category “Law”).
  • 2024: IF = 5.5 (Q1 category “Law”; Rank: 1 de 434; Percentil 99.9); 5-Year IF = 5.5 (Q1 category “Law”); Immediacy Index = 1.9 (Q1 category “Law”).
• Scimago Journal Rank: SJR (2010) = 0.149 (Q3 category "Law"); SJR (2011) = 0.314 (Q2 category “Law”); SJR (2012) = 0.627 (Q2 category “Law” y Q2 category “Applied psychology”); SJR (2013) = 0.278 (Q2 category “Law” y Q3 category “Applied Psychology”); SJR (2014) = 0.516 (Q2 category “Law”); SJR (2015) = 0.539 (Q1 category “Law”); SJR (2016) = 0.908 (Q1 category “Law”); SJR (2017) = 0.755 (Q1 category “Law”); SJR (2018) = 1.213 (Q1 category “Law”); SJR (2019) = 1.192 (Q1 category “Law”); SJR (2020) = 2.021 (Q1 category “Law”); SJR (2021) = 1.455 (Q1 category “Law”). SJR (2022) = 1.91 (Q1 category “Law”); SJR (2023) = 1.924 (Q1 category “Law”); SJR (2024) = 1.620 (Q1 category “Law”).
• SNIP of Scopus: 2010: 0.000; 2011 = 0.352; 2012 = 0.850; 2013 = 0.836; 2014 = 1.252; 2015 = 0.910; 2016 =1.088; 2017 =1.039; 2018 = 1.527; 2019 = 1.757; 2020 = 2.085; 2021 = 2.699; 2022 = 2.865; 2023 = 2.543; 2024 = 1.900.

ISSN: 1889-1861

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