New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Criminology & Penology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Annual Review of Criminology ca. 6.2
2 Trauma Violence & Abuse ca. 5.4
3 Criminology ca. 5.2
4 Criminology & Public Policy ca. 4.1
5 Aggression and Violent Behavior ca. 3.4
6 Journal of Quantitative Criminology ca. 3.3
7 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency ca. 2.7
8 Journal of Criminal Justice ca. 2.5
9 Psychology of Violence ca. 2.4
- Homicide Studies ca. 2.4
- Police Quarterly ca. 2.4
12 Feminist Criminology ca. 2.3
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence ca. 2.3
- Race and Justice ca. 2.3
15 Policing & Society ca. 2.2
16 Justice Quarterly ca. 2.1
- British Journal of Criminology ca. 2.1
18 American Journal of Criminal Justice ca. 2
- Journal of Experimental Criminology ca. 2
- Journal of School Violence ca. 2
21 European Journal of Criminology ca. 1.9
- Trends in Organized Crime ca. 1.9
- Youth Justice-An International Journal ca. 1.9
- Crime Media Culture ca. 1.9
- Legal and Criminological Psychology ca. 1.9
26 Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment ca. 1.8
- European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research ca. 1.8
- Victims & Offenders ca. 1.8
29 Theoretical Criminology ca. 1.7
- Criminal Justice and Behavior ca. 1.7
- Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology ca. 1.7
- Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management ca. 1.7
33 Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice ca. 1.6
34 Psychiatry Psychology and Law ca. 1.5
- Crime & Delinquency ca. 1.5
- Journal of Crime & Justice ca. 1.5
- Journal of Sexual Aggression ca. 1.5
- Psychology Crime & Law ca. 1.5
- Women & Criminal Justice ca. 1.5
40 Asian Journal of Criminology ca. 1.4
- Deviant Behavior ca. 1.4
- International Journal of Law Crime and Justice ca. 1.4
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma ca. 1.4
- Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology ca. 1.4
- Social & Legal Studies ca. 1.4
46 Crime Law and Social Change ca. 1.3
- Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health ca. 1.3
- Criminology & Criminal Justice ca. 1.3
49 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ca. 1.2
- Security Journal ca. 1.2
51 Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology ca. 1.1
- Violence and Victims ca. 1.1
- Critical Criminology ca. 1.1
- Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice ca. 1.1
- Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice ca. 1.1
56 Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice ca. 1
- Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling ca. 1
58 International Journal of Forensic Mental Health ca. 0.9
- Journal of Forensic Nursing ca. 0.9
60 Prison Journal ca. 0.8
61 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice ca. 0.7
62 Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform ca. 0.3
63 Deviance et Societe ca. 0.2
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