Indexing
Where the journal is indexed and archived, and how it meets the UGC suggestive parameters for peer-reviewed journals.
Indexing and listing
The International Journal of Justice and Police Sciences (IJJPS) is indexed and listed in the following services.
| Service | Status |
|---|---|
| ISSN International Centre | ISSN 3108-0804 (Online) |
| ROAD, Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources | Listed |
| ICI World of Journals (Index Copernicus) | Listed |
| Zenodo | Every article is deposited with a DOI |
| OpenAIRE | Listed |
Archiving and preservation
Every article published in IJJPS is deposited in Zenodo, the open repository operated by CERN, and receives a permanent DOI. Zenodo preserves the full text for the long term, so articles remain available even if the journal website changes. Article records are also harvested by OpenAIRE. Authors are encouraged to deposit the published version in their institutional or subject repositories.
UGC suggestive parameters for peer-reviewed journals
After discontinuing the UGC-CARE list in February 2025, the University Grants Commission (UGC), India, issued suggestive parameters (public notice of 16 July 2025) to help universities and researchers choose peer-reviewed journals. The table below sets out, parameter by parameter, how IJJPS meets them.
| UGC parameter | What it covers | How IJJPS meets it |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Journal preliminary criteria | Title, ISSN, periodicity, contact and publication details, transparent review policy, website on a certified domain, open access policy, repository integration, archival policy | Title and ISSN 3108-0804 (Online) on every page; two issues a year since 2025; publisher and contact details; peer review policy; secure (HTTPS) website on its own domain; gold open access under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; every article deposited in Zenodo and harvested by OpenAIRE; archiving policy below. |
| 2. Editorial board criteria | Board details with names and affiliations, subject expertise, efficient editorial and review process | Editorial board with names and affiliations of editors and a 35-member international advisory board; double-blind review by at least two reviewers. |
| 3. Editorial policy | Aims and scope, subject areas, article processing charges, publishing timeline, acceptance rate | Aims and scope and subject areas on the home page; article processing charges stated in full, payable only after acceptance. Publishing timeline: on average 90 days from submission to first decision. Acceptance rate: 55%. |
| 4. Quality of content | Academic contribution, conformity to the journal scope | Desk screening for scope before review; double-blind evaluation of originality, method and contribution (peer review). |
| 5. Journal standards | Bibliographic data and citations, design, exhibits, citation record, quality of website, multilingual availability | APA 7 referencing; a DOI and full citation metadata for every article; a consistent typeset PDF layout; an article page with abstract, keywords and a ready-made citation for each paper. Articles are published in English. |
| 6. Research ethics | Ethical guidelines for authors, plagiarism prevention, conflict of interest disclosure, policy on AI-generated content | Publication ethics statement following COPE, with plagiarism screening, mandatory conflict of interest disclosure and a policy on AI. |
| 7. Journal visibility | Impact factor or similar, indexation in reputed databases | Listed in the ISSN International Centre, ROAD, ICI World of Journals, Zenodo and OpenAIRE (see above). Applications to further databases will follow as the journal completes its first volumes. |
| 8. Journal impact | Self-citation score, total citation rate, CiteScore | Not yet applicable. Citation metrics require several years of publication; the journal began in 2025. |
This is the journal's own assessment against the UGC parameters. UGC does not certify, approve or list individual journals, so readers and institutions should apply the parameters themselves.