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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	30
2	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	22
3	Aggression and Violent Behavior	18
4	Criminology	17
5	Criminology & Public Policy	16
-	Annual Review of Criminology	16
7	Journal of Criminal Justice	15
-	British Journal of Criminology	15
-	Criminal Justice and Behavior	15
-	Deviant Behavior	15
11	Psychology of Violence	14
-	Victims & Offenders	14
-	Crime & Delinquency	14
14	Justice Quarterly	13
-	Policing & Society	13
-	Trends in Organized Crime	13
17	American Journal of Criminal Justice	12
18	Journal of Experimental Criminology	11
-	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	11
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	11
-	Race and Justice	11
-	European Journal of Criminology	11
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	11
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	11
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	11
-	Homicide Studies	11
27	Journal of School Violence	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	Police Quarterly	10
-	Psychology Crime & Law	10
-	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	10
-	Security Journal	10
-	Criminology & Criminal Justice	10
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	10
35	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	9
-	Violence and Victims	9
-	Feminist Criminology	9
-	Prison Journal	9
-	Women & Criminal Justice	9
-	Crime Media Culture	9
-	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	9
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	9
43	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	8
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	8
-	Theoretical Criminology	8
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	8
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	8
-	Journal of Sexual Aggression	8
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	8
-	Social & Legal Studies	8

-	Critical Criminology	8
52	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	7
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	7
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	7
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	7
-	Journal of Forensic Nursing	7
-	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	7
58	Youth Justice-An International Journal	6
-	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	6
60	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	5
61	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	4
-	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	4
63	Deviance et Societe	3
64	International Journal on Criminology	2