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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	29
2	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	22
3	American Journal of Criminal Justice	20
-	Aggression and Violent Behavior	20
5	Criminology	17
-	Criminology & Public Policy	17
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	17
8	British Journal of Criminology	16
-	Crime & Delinquency	16
-	Criminal Justice and Behavior	16
11	Psychology of Violence	15
12	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	14
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	14
-	Policing & Society	14
-	Victims & Offenders	14
-	Annual Review of Criminology	14
17	Police Quarterly	13
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	13
-	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	13
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	13
21	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	12
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	12
-	Deviant Behavior	12
24	Journal of School Violence	11
-	Justice Quarterly	11
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	11
-	Critical Criminology	11
28	Violence and Victims	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	Feminist Criminology	10
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	10
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	10
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	10
-	Psychology Crime & Law	10
-	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	10
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	10
37	Race and Justice	9
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	9
-	European Journal of Criminology	9
-	Criminology & Criminal Justice	9
-	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	9
42	Theoretical Criminology	8
-	Trends in Organized Crime	8
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	8
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	8
-	Prison Journal	8
-	Security Journal	8
-	Women & Criminal Justice	8
-	Crime Media Culture	8
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	8

-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	8
52	Youth Justice-An International Journal	7
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	7
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	7
-	Journal of Sexual Aggression	7
-	Social & Legal Studies	7
-	Homicide Studies	7
-	Journal of Forensic Nursing	7
59	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	6
60	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	5
-	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	5
-	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	5
63	Deviance et Societe	2
64	International Journal on Criminology	1