About this journal
Aims and scope
Critical Studies on Security
Security is one of the defining features of our, or any, time. Collectively we seek security, value security, desire security, while at the same time often being troubled by the actions that are taken in the name of our security. Critical Studies on Security is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of ‘security’ in and through social critique. The journal aims to publish theoretically informed scholarship, which engages with the practice and politics of security. We welcome articles from or across the range of disciplines, and from any of the critical social theoretical positions.
Peer Review Policy:
Critical Studies on Security publishes scholarship that has undergone rigorous peer review, including an initial screening by the editors, and recommendation by at least two anonymous reviewers.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 77K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.993 (2023) SNIP
- 0.638 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 28 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 25% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Founding Editor:
David Mutimer, York University, Canada
Editor-in-Chief:
J. Marshall Beier, McMaster University, Canada
Editors:
Colleen Bell, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Helen Berents, Griffith University, Australia
Rhys Machold, University of Glasgow, UK
Somdeep Sen, Roskilde University, Denmark
Associate Editors:
Dean Cooper-Cunningham, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomas Gregory, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Liam Midzain-Gobin, Brock University, Canada
Ananya Sharma, Ashoka University, India
Interventions Editors:
Aggie Hirst, King's College London, UK
Chris Rossdale, University of Bristol, UK
Social Media Editor:
Rebekah Pullen, McMaster University, Canada
Managing Editor:
Shannon Stettner, York University, Canada
Board Members:
Anna M. Agathangelou, York University, Canada
Louise Amoore, Durham University, UK
Thierry Braspenning Balzacq, University of Namur, Belgium
Tarak Barkawi, London School of Economics, UK
Anthony Burke, University of New South Wales - Canberra, Australia
Neil Cooper, University of Bradford, UK
Elizabeth Dauphinee, York University, Canada
Miguel de Larrinaga, University of Ottawa, Canada
Francois Debrix, Virginia Tech, USA
James Der Derian, The University of Sydney, Australia
Michael Dillon, Lancaster University, UK
Marc G. Doucet, Saint Mary's University, Canada
Kathy E. Ferguson, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
Karin M. Fierke, University of St. Andrews, UK
Rita Floyd, University of Birmingham, UK
Kyle Grayson, Newcastle University, UK
Ariel Heryanto, Monash University, Australia
Alison Howell, Rutgers University, USA
Keith Krause, The Graduate Institute, Switzerland
Matt McDonald, University of Queensland, Australia
Daniel Bertrand Monk, Colgate University, USA
Swati Parashar, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Mustapha Kamal Pasha, Aberystwyth University, UK
Columba Peoples, University of Bristol, UK
Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa, Canada
Claire Turenne-Sjolander, University of Ottawa, Canada
R.B.J. Walker, University of Victoria, Canada
Nicole Wegner, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sandra Whitworth, York University, Canada
Michael Williams, University of Ottawa, Canada
Maja Zehfuss, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Abstracting and indexing
Critical Studies on Security is currently abstracted/indexed in:
- Scopus
- Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Open access
Critical Studies on Security is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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