Call for Papers: Indian Journal of Criminology, December 2026 Issue (Vol. 54, No. 2) [Online; submit by 15 Nov 2026]
Indian Society of Criminology and Centre for Criminology and Victimology, NLU Delhi.About the journal
The Indian Journal of Criminology was first published in 1973 and is published twice a year. It carries peer-reviewed research on crime, criminal justice, corrections and victims. It is published by the Indian Society of Criminology, founded in 1970, and co-managed with the Centre for Criminology and Victimology, NLU Delhi.
Call for papers and deadline
The call is for the December 2026 issue. Submissions close on 15 November 2026.
No author fees
There are no submission or article processing charges. The journal is supported by NLU Delhi, and articles are free to read on publication under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.
Review and style
- Double-blind review: every manuscript is checked for plagiarism, screened by the editors, then reviewed by independent experts.
- Harvard referencing: author-date citations in the text and an alphabetical reference list at the end.
How to submit
Submissions are sent by email to the editor. The author guidelines are on the journal website. The email address is not given in the pages checked, so please read the guidelines before submitting.