Criminology & Penology

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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Trauma Violence & Abuse28
2 Journal of Interpersonal Violence23
3 American Journal of Criminal Justice21
4 Aggression and Violent Behavior20
5 British Journal of Criminology17
- Criminology17
- Criminology & Public Policy17
- Journal of Criminal Justice17
9 Crime & Delinquency16
- Psychology of Violence16
11 Criminal Justice and Behavior15
12 Victims & Offenders14
- Annual Review of Criminology14
- Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice14
- Policing & Society14
16 Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management13
- Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology13
- Deviant Behavior13
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma13
- Journal of Experimental Criminology13
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology13
22 Police Quarterly12
23 Critical Criminology11
- International Journal of Law Crime and Justice11
- Journal of School Violence11
- Justice Quarterly11
- Psychiatry Psychology and Law11
- Feminist Criminology11
- International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology11
30 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency10
- Legal and Criminological Psychology10
- Psychology Crime & Law10
- Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice10
- Violence and Victims10
- Crime Law and Social Change10
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice10
37 Criminology & Criminal Justice9
- European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research9
- Race and Justice9
- Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment9
- Theoretical Criminology9
- European Journal of Criminology9
43 Prison Journal8
- Security Journal8
- Women & Criminal Justice8
- Crime Media Culture8
- Journal of Crime & Justice8
- Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology8
- Trends in Organized Crime8
- Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health8
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology8
52 Journal of Sexual Aggression7
- Social & Legal Studies7
- Homicide Studies7
- Journal of Forensic Nursing7
- Youth Justice-An International Journal7
- Asian Journal of Criminology7
- International Journal of Forensic Mental Health7
59 Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice5
- Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling5
- Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform5
62 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice4
63 Deviance et Societe2
64 International Journal on Criminology1
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