Criminology & Penology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Journal of Interpersonal Violence1494
2 Trauma Violence & Abuse634
3 Crime & Delinquency580
4 Deviant Behavior456
5 Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice431
6 Journal of Criminal Justice424
7 British Journal of Criminology410
8 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology400
9 Criminal Justice and Behavior381
10 Aggression and Violent Behavior334
11 Psychology of Violence318
12 Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma315
13 Victims & Offenders302
14 Psychology Crime & Law294
15 Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management285
16 Policing & Society274
17 Psychiatry Psychology and Law271
18 Criminology & Criminal Justice267
19 Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology262
20 Crime Law and Social Change259
21 Critical Criminology248
22 Social & Legal Studies244
23 Journal of Forensic Nursing219
24 Violence and Victims209
25 Journal of Experimental Criminology207
26 Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health199
27 Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology190
28 Justice Quarterly185
29 American Journal of Criminal Justice182
30 Security Journal178
31 International Journal of Law Crime and Justice174
- Journal of Crime & Justice174
33 Criminology & Public Policy170
- Journal of School Violence170
35 Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice168
- Theoretical Criminology168
37 Crime Media Culture160
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice160
39 European Journal of Criminology157
40 Trends in Organized Crime149
41 Prison Journal144
42 Criminology141
43 International Journal of Forensic Mental Health138
- Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment138
45 Journal of Sexual Aggression133
- Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform133
47 European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research129
48 Legal and Criminological Psychology127
- Women & Criminal Justice127
50 Feminist Criminology119
51 Homicide Studies111
52 Race and Justice108
- Asian Journal of Criminology108
54 Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology103
55 Journal of Quantitative Criminology98
56 Youth Justice-An International Journal92
57 Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling91
58 Police Quarterly89
59 Annual Review of Criminology83
60 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency82
61 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice80
62 Deviance et Societe74
63 Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice62
64 International Journal on Criminology36
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