Impact Factor
1.89
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.83
44 total citations
h5-index
7
h5 depth signal
Cited share
22.6%
12 of 53
Total citations
44
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.79
External metric anchor
Self-citation
2.3%
1 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
48
Denmark
23
Spain
21
United Kingdom
16
Norway
11
Citing Fields of Research
Law & Legal Studies
166
Psychiatry & Psychology
162
Sociology
90
Psychiatry
84
Political Science & International Relations
62
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
395
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
53
12 cited publications
Last 12 months
33
16.5 publications/month
Open access share
100.0%
33 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
48 citing publications
Leading citing field
Law & Legal Studies
166 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
1 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v16n1, 2006-
v16n1, 2006-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Law & Legal Studies
Psychiatry & Psychology
Psychiatry
Political Science & International Relations
Contemporary History
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
Broad Categories
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Social Sciences
Traumatology
Psychiatry & Psychology
Law & Legal Studies
Homelessness & Human Trafficking
Contemporary History
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Political Science & International Relations
MeSH Descriptors
Rehabilitation
Torture
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.157928
Open DOI
The Shapla Chattar atrocity (2013) in Bangladesh: A case of state-perpetrated human rights violations
BackgroundThe 2013 Shapla Chattar event in Dhaka remains one of the most underreported state-perpetrated atrocities in South Asia; a peaceful protest was violently dispersed by state forces, resulting in mass casualties. For over a decad...
02
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.166700
Open DOI
Beyond individual trauma: Relational harm and relational resilience among former political prisoners in Venezuela
Introduction: The interviews from two participatory action research projects are analysed to understand the impacts of torture and the expressions of resilience found in former political prisoners of Venezuela, with an emphasis on the re...
03
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.167985
Open DOI
Naming torture and the legal implications of its omission from Article 18 of the FDRE Constitution
Introduction: Article 18(1) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Constitution prohibits cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment without naming torture. Routine human rights monitoring has treated the omission as a textual ...
04
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.167986
Open DOI
The imperative to incorporate the Convention Against Torture (CAT) into Lesotho’s national legislation
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a state party to the UNCAT. It is responsible for domesticating the said treaty. In Lesotho, being a dualist state, international law is not directly applicable. There should be a statute that seeks to bring tha...
05
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.168176
Open DOI
Torture and ill-treatment among former Belarusian political prisoners after 2020
Introduction: Political imprisonment is associated with long-term psychological harm, but evidence from Eastern and Central Europe, particularly Belarus, remains limited. After the 2020 post-election crackdown, many former Belarusian pol...
06
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.168439
Open DOI
Who can torture? Criminalising torture by state and nonstate actors under the UN Torture Convention
Introduction: Although State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT) are called on to criminalise torture in domestic law by the Committee against Torture, national legislation varies considerably in both the ado...
07
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.168614
Open DOI
Book review: Tortured as a Child: Torture, Forced Migration and the Right to Rehabilitation
This review explores Tortured as a Child: Torture, Forced Migration and the Right to Rehabilitation (Johansson Metso, 2026), an interdisciplinary anthology from the Swedish Red Cross Competence Center for the Rehabilitation of Torture an...
08
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.169589
Open DOI
Quantifying medical evaluations of torture survivors: An analysis of 63 narrative reports from Denmark
Introduction Denmark receives asylum seekers who allege to have experienced torture in different geographical and political contexts. The Istanbul Protocol provides internationally recognized guidelines for medico-legal documentation of ...
09
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.170024
Open DOI
Nano-totalitarianism: Brain-computer interfaces, fusion databases, and the weaponisation of consciousness
Debate about interrogational torture still returns to the ticking-bomb scenario, despite the weight of evidence that it neither works nor withstands moral scrutiny. The post-9/11 record, from Abu Ghraib to the CIA black sites, already ma...
10
DOI 10.7146/torture.v36i2.170760
Open DOI
Depression, anxiety, and PTSD among Palestinian detention survivors assessed during the ongoing October 2023 war: Prevalence, comorbidity, and the limits of individual risk factors
Introduction: Palestinian detainees held during the October 2023 war have widely reported torture, but quantitative studies jointly assessing depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remain rare. We aimed to charact...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Quarterly.
Title from cover.
Vol. 1, no. 1 erroneously issued as v. 3, no. 1.
Vol. for 1992 complete is 2 issues.
Vols. for 1992- called also 92/1- .
Also issued online.
v. 14, no. 1 (Jan 2004)20070330 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper