Criminology & Penology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	37
2	Aggression and Violent Behavior	23
3	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	22
4	Journal of Criminal Justice	18
5	Annual Review of Criminology	17
6	Criminology	16
-	Psychology of Violence	16
8	Deviant Behavior	15
-	Victims & Offenders	15
-	Criminology & Public Policy	15
11	Criminal Justice and Behavior	14
12	British Journal of Criminology	13
-	Crime & Delinquency	13
-	Journal of School Violence	13
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	13
-	Policing & Society	13
17	Criminology & Criminal Justice	12
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	12
-	American Journal of Criminal Justice	12
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	12
-	Trends in Organized Crime	12
22	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	11
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	11
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	11
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	11
-	Security Journal	11
-	European Journal of Criminology	11
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	11
-	Justice Quarterly	11
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	11
31	Journal of Sexual Aggression	10
-	Police Quarterly	10
-	Psychology Crime & Law	10
-	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	10
-	Theoretical Criminology	10
38	Critical Criminology	9
-	Social & Legal Studies	9
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	9
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	9
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	9
-	Race and Justice	9
44	Crime Media Culture	8
-	Homicide Studies	8
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	8
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	8
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	8
-	Prison Journal	8
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	8

-	Feminist Criminology	8
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	8
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	8
54	Violence and Victims	7
-	Youth Justice-An International Journal	7
56	Journal of Forensic Nursing	6
-	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	6
-	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	6
-	Women & Criminal Justice	6
-	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	6
61	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	5
62	Deviance et Societe	4
-	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	4
64	International Journal on Criminology	1