About the journal
Contemporary Challenges is an open-access journal published by University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared review time at DOAJ: 30 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- University of Edinburgh
- ISSN
- 2634-7555
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Articles in DOAJ
- 91
- Declared review time
- 30 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- open_review
- Official website
- https://journals.ed.ac.uk/ccj
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2025-12-05
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 30 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2025
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
91
Most recent article
10 months ago
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
30weeks
Works in OpenAlex
97
Last recorded publication year
2025
h-index
2
i10-index
0
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy11
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2025-12-05
- Added to DOAJ
- 2025-12-05
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Not declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSLOCKSSPKP PN
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPKP PN
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 0%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 2%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity2
- Alternate titles
- CCJ
- Source type
- journal
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- International Law and Human Rights
- International Law and Human Rights
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
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- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- South Asian Studies and Conflicts
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Economic Sanctions and International Relations
- Economic Sanctions and International Relations
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- South Asian Studies and Conflicts
- Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Legal Rights and Human Rights
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Legal Rights and Human Rights
- Sex work and related issues
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Sex work and related issues
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Gender Politics and Representation
Keywords (DOAJ)
- global crime
- global security and justice
- criminological theories and critiques
- civil and transnational conflict
- discrimination and human rights
- policing and prisons
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