International Criminal Law Review

The practice at the different international criminal tribunals has shown that there is no real international criminal (customary) law, but only extrapolations from international public law, general principles of law and humanitarian law. The divide between the so-called common law and civil law systems and their differences in approach to solving legal problems make it necessary to establish an international forum for discussion and development of a common ground on which the work of the international courts can build. This is especially true with regard to the so-called “General Part” of the substantive criminal law, like forms of participation, actus reus and mens rea categories, defences and excuses, offence types, sentencing, enforcement etc. But also the procedural law still lacks sharp features in many aspects; the ICC’s Rules of Procedure and Evidence are still in need of interpretation. In addition, it will be helpful to the Courts to understand the societal background and effects of the law. Thus there is also a need for criminological, sociological and historical research on the issues of ICL. The International Criminal Law Review publishes in-depth analytical research that deals with these issues. The analysis may cover: • the substantive and procedural law on the international level; • important cases from national jurisdictions which have a bearing on general issues; • criminological and sociological; and, • historical research.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Law	2002	Q3
Law	2003	Q2
Law	2004	Q2
Law	2005	Q2
Law	2006	Q2
Law	2007	Q2
Law	2008	Q1
Law	2009	Q1
Law	2010	Q2
Law	2011	Q2
Law	2012	Q2
Law	2013	Q2
Law	2014	Q2
Law	2015	Q2
Law	2016	Q2
Law	2017	Q2
Law	2018	Q3
Law	2019	Q1
Law	2020	Q2
Law	2021	Q2
Law	2022	Q3
Law	2023	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2002	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2003	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2004	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2005	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2006	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2007	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2013	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2014	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2015	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2016	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2023	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2002	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2003	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2004	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2005	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2006	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2002	0.114
2003	0.205
2004	0.153
2005	0.188
2006	0.302
2007	0.263
2008	0.624
2009	0.622
2010	0.521
2011	0.509
2012	0.548
2013	0.371
2014	0.444
2015	0.263
2016	0.493
2017	0.481
2018	0.209
2019	0.501
2020	0.233
2021	0.291
2022	0.174
2023	0.266

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2001	6
2002	11
2003	13
2004	12
2005	27
2006	17
2007	22
2008	25
2009	30
2010	37
2011	38
2012	21
2013	33
2014	48
2015	38
2016	52
2017	35
2018	37
2019	38
2020	32
2021	82
2022	19
2023	25

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.059
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.267
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.405
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.810
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.652
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.910
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.923
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.649
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.658
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.769
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.778
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.868
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.693
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.743
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.731
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.509
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.728
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.389
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	0.704
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	0.349
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.626
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.333
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.059
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.267
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.417
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.827
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.643
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.924
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.891
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.571
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.728
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.686
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.760
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.935
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.529
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.639
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.725
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.488
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.758
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.382
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	0.626
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.349
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.594
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.059
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.320
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.692
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.705
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.795
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.681
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.545
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.687
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.653
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.695
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.833
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.370
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.628
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.800
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.517
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.792
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.360
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.600
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.351
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.604

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	1
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	1
Self Cites	2005	6
Self Cites	2006	20
Self Cites	2007	5
Self Cites	2008	5
Self Cites	2009	6
Self Cites	2010	6
Self Cites	2011	4
Self Cites	2012	7
Self Cites	2013	6
Self Cites	2014	9
Self Cites	2015	6
Self Cites	2016	8
Self Cites	2017	16
Self Cites	2018	6
Self Cites	2019	12
Self Cites	2020	4
Self Cites	2021	12
Self Cites	2022	1
Self Cites	2023	6
Total Cites	2001	0
Total Cites	2002	2
Total Cites	2003	1
Total Cites	2004	8
Total Cites	2005	15
Total Cites	2006	43
Total Cites	2007	36
Total Cites	2008	61
Total Cites	2009	57
Total Cites	2010	44
Total Cites	2011	67
Total Cites	2012	72
Total Cites	2013	73
Total Cites	2014	86
Total Cites	2015	54
Total Cites	2016	76
Total Cites	2017	100
Total Cites	2018	61
Total Cites	2019	94
Total Cites	2020	42
Total Cites	2021	67
Total Cites	2022	53
Total Cites	2023	79

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2001	0
External Cites per document	2002	0.167
External Cites per document	2003	0.059
External Cites per document	2004	0.233
External Cites per document	2005	0.250
External Cites per document	2006	0.442
External Cites per document	2007	0.554
External Cites per document	2008	0.848
External Cites per document	2009	0.797
External Cites per document	2010	0.494
External Cites per document	2011	0.685
External Cites per document	2012	0.619
External Cites per document	2013	0.698
External Cites per document	2014	0.837
External Cites per document	2015	0.471
External Cites per document	2016	0.571
External Cites per document	2017	0.609
External Cites per document	2018	0.440
External Cites per document	2019	0.661
External Cites per document	2020	0.345
External Cites per document	2021	0.514
External Cites per document	2022	0.342
External Cites per document	2023	0.549
Cites per document	2001	0.000
Cites per document	2002	0.333
Cites per document	2003	0.059
Cites per document	2004	0.267
Cites per document	2005	0.417
Cites per document	2006	0.827
Cites per document	2007	0.643
Cites per document	2008	0.924
Cites per document	2009	0.891
Cites per document	2010	0.571
Cites per document	2011	0.728
Cites per document	2012	0.686
Cites per document	2013	0.760
Cites per document	2014	0.935
Cites per document	2015	0.529
Cites per document	2016	0.639
Cites per document	2017	0.725
Cites per document	2018	0.488
Cites per document	2019	0.758
Cites per document	2020	0.382
Cites per document	2021	0.626
Cites per document	2022	0.349
Cites per document	2023	0.594

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2001	0.00
2002	9.09
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	3.70
2006	5.88
2007	22.73
2008	40.00
2009	13.33
2010	8.11
2011	5.26
2012	14.29
2013	9.09
2014	10.42
2015	10.53
2016	3.85
2017	5.71
2018	10.81
2019	15.79
2020	15.63
2021	13.41
2022	26.32
2023	32.00

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	1
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	1
Non-citable documents	2010	2
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	2
Non-citable documents	2013	1
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	0
Non-citable documents	2017	2
Non-citable documents	2018	3
Non-citable documents	2019	4
Non-citable documents	2020	3
Non-citable documents	2021	2
Non-citable documents	2022	3
Non-citable documents	2023	2
Citable documents	2001	0
Citable documents	2002	6
Citable documents	2003	17
Citable documents	2004	30
Citable documents	2005	36
Citable documents	2006	51
Citable documents	2007	55
Citable documents	2008	65
Citable documents	2009	63
Citable documents	2010	75
Citable documents	2011	90
Citable documents	2012	103
Citable documents	2013	95
Citable documents	2014	91
Citable documents	2015	102
Citable documents	2016	119
Citable documents	2017	136
Citable documents	2018	122
Citable documents	2019	120
Citable documents	2020	107
Citable documents	2021	105
Citable documents	2022	149
Citable documents	2023	131

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2001	0
Uncited documents	2002	4
Uncited documents	2003	16
Uncited documents	2004	23
Uncited documents	2005	27
Uncited documents	2006	23
Uncited documents	2007	34
Uncited documents	2008	35
Uncited documents	2009	27
Uncited documents	2010	49
Uncited documents	2011	51
Uncited documents	2012	60
Uncited documents	2013	55
Uncited documents	2014	50
Uncited documents	2015	67
Uncited documents	2016	71
Uncited documents	2017	75
Uncited documents	2018	84
Uncited documents	2019	68
Uncited documents	2020	80
Uncited documents	2021	65
Uncited documents	2022	110
Uncited documents	2023	87
Cited documents	2001	0
Cited documents	2002	2
Cited documents	2003	1
Cited documents	2004	7
Cited documents	2005	9
Cited documents	2006	29
Cited documents	2007	22
Cited documents	2008	31
Cited documents	2009	37
Cited documents	2010	28
Cited documents	2011	41
Cited documents	2012	45
Cited documents	2013	41
Cited documents	2014	42
Cited documents	2015	35
Cited documents	2016	48
Cited documents	2017	63
Cited documents	2018	41
Cited documents	2019	56
Cited documents	2020	30
Cited documents	2021	42
Cited documents	2022	42
Cited documents	2023	46