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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	38
2	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	23
3	Aggression and Violent Behavior	20
4	Annual Review of Criminology	19
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	19
6	Criminology	17
7	Psychology of Violence	16
8	British Journal of Criminology	15
-	Deviant Behavior	15
-	Criminology & Public Policy	15
11	Criminal Justice and Behavior	14
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	14
13	Crime & Delinquency	13
-	Criminology & Criminal Justice	13
-	Policing & Society	13
-	Trends in Organized Crime	13
17	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	12
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	12
-	Security Journal	12
-	Victims & Offenders	12
-	American Journal of Criminal Justice	12
-	European Journal of Criminology	12
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	12
-	Journal of School Violence	12
-	Justice Quarterly	12
26	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	11
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	11
-	Journal of Sexual Aggression	11
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	11
-	Psychology Crime & Law	11
-	Social & Legal Studies	11
-	Crime Law and Social Change	11
33	Police Quarterly	10
-	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	10
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	10
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	10
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	10
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	10
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	10
40	Critical Criminology	9
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	9
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	9
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	9
-	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	9
-	Race and Justice	9
-	Theoretical Criminology	9
47	Crime Media Culture	8
-	Homicide Studies	8
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	8
-	Prison Journal	8

-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	8
-	Youth Justice-An International Journal	8
53	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	7
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	7
-	Feminist Criminology	7
56	Journal of Forensic Nursing	6
-	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	6
-	Women & Criminal Justice	6
-	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	6
-	Violence and Victims	6
61	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	5
62	Deviance et Societe	4
-	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	4
64	International Journal on Criminology	1