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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	11
2	Criminology	9
3	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	7
-	Police Quarterly	7
-	Aggression and Violent Behavior	7
-	Criminology & Public Policy	7
7	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	5
-	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	5
-	Trends in Organized Crime	5
10	American Journal of Criminal Justice	4
-	British Journal of Criminology	4
-	Crime & Delinquency	4
-	Criminal Justice and Behavior	4
-	Homicide Studies	4
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	4
-	European Journal of Criminology	4
-	Feminist Criminology	4
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	4
-	Journal of School Violence	4
-	Justice Quarterly	4
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	4
22	Criminology & Criminal Justice	3
-	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	3
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	3
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	3
-	Journal of Sexual Aggression	3
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	3
-	Psychology Crime & Law	3
-	Victims & Offenders	3
-	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	3
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	3
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	3
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	3
-	Policing & Society	3
35	Critical Criminology	2
-	Deviant Behavior	2
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	2
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	2
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	2
-	Prison Journal	2
-	Security Journal	2
-	Social & Legal Studies	2
-	Women & Criminal Justice	2
-	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	2
-	Crime Law and Social Change	2
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	2
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	2
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	2
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	2
-	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	2

-	Theoretical Criminology	2
-	Violence and Victims	2
-	Youth Justice-An International Journal	2
54	Crime Media Culture	1
-	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	1
-	Deviance et Societe	1
-	Journal of Forensic Nursing	1
-	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	1