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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	28
2	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	24
3	British Journal of Criminology	18
4	Journal of Criminal Justice	17
-	Criminology	17
6	Annual Review of Criminology	16
-	Crime & Delinquency	16
8	Criminal Justice and Behavior	15
-	Criminology & Public Policy	15
10	Psychology of Violence	14
-	Victims & Offenders	14
12	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	13
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	13
14	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	12
-	American Journal of Criminal Justice	12
-	Police Quarterly	12
-	Policing & Society	12
18	Trends in Organized Crime	11
-	European Journal of Criminology	11
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	11
-	Journal of School Violence	11
-	Deviant Behavior	11
-	Justice Quarterly	11
24	Security Journal	10
-	Feminist Criminology	10
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	10
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	10
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	10
31	Psychology Crime & Law	9
-	Race and Justice	9
-	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	9
-	Homicide Studies	9
35	Social & Legal Studies	8
-	Criminology & Criminal Justice	8
-	Women & Criminal Justice	8
-	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	8
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	8
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	8
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	8
42	Prison Journal	7
-	Violence and Victims	7
-	Crime Media Culture	7
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	7
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	7
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	7
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	7
49	Journal of Forensic Nursing	6
50	Youth Justice-An International Journal	5

-	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	5
-	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	5
-	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	5
54	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	4
55	Deviance et Societe	2
56	International Journal on Criminology	1