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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	31
2	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	22
3	Aggression and Violent Behavior	18
4	Criminology	17
5	Criminology & Public Policy	16
6	Criminal Justice and Behavior	15
-	Deviant Behavior	15
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	15
9	Victims & Offenders	14
-	British Journal of Criminology	14
-	Crime & Delinquency	14
12	American Journal of Criminal Justice	13
-	Justice Quarterly	13
-	Policing & Society	13
15	Police Quarterly	12
-	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	12
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	12
-	Trends in Organized Crime	12
19	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	11
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	11
-	Security Journal	11
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	11
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	11
24	Psychology Crime & Law	10
-	Homicide Studies	10
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	10
-	Journal of School Violence	10
-	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	European Journal of Criminology	10
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	10
32	Women & Criminal Justice	9
-	Crime Media Culture	9
-	Criminology & Criminal Justice	9
-	Critical Criminology	9
-	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	9
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	9
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	9
-	Violence and Victims	9
-	Feminist Criminology	9
41	Journal of Sexual Aggression	8
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	8
-	Prison Journal	8
-	Social & Legal Studies	8
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	8
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	8
-	Theoretical Criminology	8
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	8
49	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	7
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	7

-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	7
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	7
-	Journal of Forensic Nursing	7
54	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	5
-	Youth Justice-An International Journal	5
-	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	5
57	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	4
58	Deviance et Societe	3