Criminology & Penology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Criminology	14
2	Trauma Violence & Abuse	12
3	Criminology & Public Policy	8
4	Criminology	7
-	Aggression and Violent Behavior	7
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	7
7	Police Quarterly	6
8	Trends in Organized Crime	5
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	5
-	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	5
-	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	5
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	5
-	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	5
-	Homicide Studies	5
15	European Journal of Criminology	4
-	Feminist Criminology	4
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	4
-	Journal of School Violence	4
-	Justice Quarterly	4
-	Policing & Society	4
-	Victims & Offenders	4
-	British Journal of Criminology	4
-	Crime & Delinquency	4
-	Criminal Justice and Behavior	4
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	4
-	Journal of Sexual Aggression	4
27	American Journal of Criminal Justice	3
-	Crime Law and Social Change	3
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	3
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	3
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	3
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	3
-	Theoretical Criminology	3
-	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	3
-	Criminology & Criminal Justice	3
-	Deviant Behavior	3
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	3
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	3
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	3
-	Prison Journal	3
-	Psychology Crime & Law	3
-	Security Journal	3
43	Violence and Victims	2
-	Youth Justice-An International Journal	2
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	2
-	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	2
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	2
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	2
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	2
-	Psychology of Violence	2

-	Race and Justice	2
-	Women & Criminal Justice	2
-	Critical Criminology	2
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	2
-	Journal of Forensic Nursing	2
-	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	2
-	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	2
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	2
-	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	2
-	Social & Legal Studies	2
61	Deviance et Societe	1
-	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	1
-	Crime Media Culture	1
64	International Journal on Criminology	0