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	Aggression and Violent Behavior	22
4	British Journal of Criminology	18
5	Criminology	17
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	17
7	Annual Review of Criminology	16
-	Crime & Delinquency	16
9	Criminology & Public Policy	15
-	Criminal Justice and Behavior	15
11	Psychology of Violence	14
-	Victims & Offenders	14
13	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	13
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	13
15	American Journal of Criminal Justice	12
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	12
-	Policing & Society	12
-	Police Quarterly	12
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	12
20	European Journal of Criminology	11
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	11
-	Journal of School Violence	11
-	Justice Quarterly	11
-	Deviant Behavior	11
-	Trends in Organized Crime	11
26	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	Feminist Criminology	10
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	10
-	Security Journal	10
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	10
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	10
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	10
33	Critical Criminology	9
-	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	9
-	Homicide Studies	9
-	Psychology Crime & Law	9
-	Race and Justice	9
38	Women & Criminal Justice	8
-	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	8
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	8
-	Social & Legal Studies	8
-	Criminology & Criminal Justice	8
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	8
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	8
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	8
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	8
-	Theoretical Criminology	8
48	Asian Journal of Criminology	7
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	7
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	7

-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	7
-	Crime Media Culture	7
-	Journal of Sexual Aggression	7
-	Prison Journal	7
-	Violence and Victims	7
56	Journal of Forensic Nursing	6
57	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	5
-	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	5
-	Youth Justice-An International Journal	5
-	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	5
61	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	4
62	Deviance et Societe	2
63	International Journal on Criminology	1