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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	33
2	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	23
3	Aggression and Violent Behavior	22
4	Journal of Criminal Justice	17
-	Annual Review of Criminology	17
6	Criminology	16
-	Criminology & Public Policy	16
-	Deviant Behavior	16
9	British Journal of Criminology	15
10	Policing & Society	14
-	Psychology of Violence	14
-	Victims & Offenders	14
-	Criminal Justice and Behavior	14
14	American Journal of Criminal Justice	13
-	Crime & Delinquency	13
16	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	12
-	Trends in Organized Crime	12
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	12
-	Journal of School Violence	12
-	Justice Quarterly	12
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	12
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	12
23	Race and Justice	11
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	11
-	Psychology Crime & Law	11
-	Security Journal	11
-	Criminology & Criminal Justice	11
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	11
29	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	10
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	European Journal of Criminology	10
-	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	10
-	Police Quarterly	10
-	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	10
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	10
37	Theoretical Criminology	9
-	Feminist Criminology	9
-	Social & Legal Studies	9
-	Critical Criminology	9
-	Homicide Studies	9
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	9
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	9
-	Journal of Sexual Aggression	9
45	Violence and Victims	8
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	8
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	8
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	8
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	8
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	8

-	Prison Journal	8
-	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	8
-	Women & Criminal Justice	8
-	Crime Media Culture	8
-	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	8
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	8
57	Journal of Forensic Nursing	7
58	Youth Justice-An International Journal	6
-	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	6
60	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	5
-	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	5
62	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	4
63	Deviance et Societe	3
64	International Journal on Criminology	2