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 2019-05-01 to 2023-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Criminology	50
2	Trauma Violence & Abuse	30
3	Criminology	26
4	Aggression and Violent Behavior	22
5	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	17
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	17
-	Justice Quarterly	17
8	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	16
9	Criminology & Public Policy	15
10	Criminal Justice and Behavior	14
-	Police Quarterly	14
-	Feminist Criminology	14
-	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	14
14	Crime & Delinquency	13
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	13
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	13
17	British Journal of Criminology	12
-	Critical Criminology	12
-	Journal of School Violence	12
-	Policing & Society	12
-	Psychology of Violence	12
-	Trends in Organized Crime	12
23	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	11
-	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	11
25	Criminology & Criminal Justice	10
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	10
-	Prison Journal	10
-	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	10
-	American Journal of Criminal Justice	10
30	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	9
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	9
-	Psychology Crime & Law	9
-	Victims & Offenders	9
-	European Journal of Criminology	9
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	9
-	Theoretical Criminology	9
37	Homicide Studies	8
-	Crime Law and Social Change	8
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	8
40	Deviant Behavior	7
-	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	7
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	7
-	Journal of Forensic Nursing	7
-	Journal of Sexual Aggression	7
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	7
-	Violence and Victims	7
47	Crime Media Culture	6
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	6
-	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	6
-	Security Journal	6

-	Asian Journal of Criminology	6
-	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	6
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	6
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	6
-	Race and Justice	6
56	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	5
-	Social & Legal Studies	5
-	Women & Criminal Justice	5
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	5
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	5
61	Deviance et Societe	4
62	Youth Justice-An International Journal	3
63	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	1