New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Criminology & Penology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Journal of Interpersonal Violence1432
2 Trauma Violence & Abuse638
3 Crime & Delinquency585
4 Deviant Behavior483
5 Journal of Criminal Justice477
6 Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice428
7 British Journal of Criminology399
8 Criminal Justice and Behavior375
9 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology361
10 Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma329
11 Aggression and Violent Behavior308
12 Victims & Offenders307
13 Policing & Society293
14 Psychology Crime & Law291
15 Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management284
16 Psychiatry Psychology and Law267
17 Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology255
18 Critical Criminology253
19 Crime Law and Social Change245
20 Social & Legal Studies237
21 Journal of Forensic Nursing216
22 Violence and Victims215
- Criminology & Criminal Justice215
24 Journal of Experimental Criminology205
25 American Journal of Criminal Justice196
26 Security Journal194
27 Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health191
28 Justice Quarterly189
29 Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology184
30 International Journal of Law Crime and Justice179
31 Crime Media Culture178
32 Journal of School Violence175
33 Journal of Crime & Justice173
34 Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice172
35 Criminology & Public Policy171
36 Theoretical Criminology167
37 European Journal of Criminology161
38 Prison Journal145
39 Criminology143
40 Trends in Organized Crime139
- European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research139
42 Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment137
- Journal of Sexual Aggression137
44 International Journal of Forensic Mental Health135
45 Legal and Criminological Psychology134
46 Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform129
47 Women & Criminal Justice127
48 Feminist Criminology114
49 Homicide Studies110
50 Asian Journal of Criminology109
51 Journal of Quantitative Criminology100
52 Youth Justice-An International Journal90
- Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling90
54 Police Quarterly89
55 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency85
56 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice80
57 Deviance et Societe69
58 Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice58
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