Homicide StudiesHomicide Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of homicide. The editor-in-chief is Jesenia Pizarro. It was established in 1997 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.WWW hsx.sagepub.comAbstracting and indexingHomicide Studies is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2020 impact factor is 1.63, ranking it 30 out of 50 journals in the category "Criminology and Penology".