New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Criminology & Penology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Annual Review of Criminology ca. 6.2
2 Trauma Violence & Abuse ca. 5.4
3 Criminology ca. 5.2
4 Criminology & Public Policy ca. 4.1
5 Aggression and Violent Behavior ca. 3.4
6 Journal of Quantitative Criminology ca. 3.3
7 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency ca. 2.7
8 Journal of Criminal Justice ca. 2.5
9 Police Quarterly ca. 2.4
- Psychology of Violence ca. 2.4
- Homicide Studies ca. 2.4
12 Feminist Criminology ca. 2.3
- Race and Justice ca. 2.3
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence ca. 2.3
15 Policing & Society ca. 2.2
16 Justice Quarterly ca. 2.1
- British Journal of Criminology ca. 2.1
18 American Journal of Criminal Justice ca. 2
- Journal of Experimental Criminology ca. 2
- Journal of School Violence ca. 2
21 Trends in Organized Crime ca. 1.9
- Youth Justice-An International Journal ca. 1.9
- European Journal of Criminology ca. 1.9
- Legal and Criminological Psychology ca. 1.9
- Crime Media Culture ca. 1.9
26 Victims & Offenders ca. 1.8
- European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research ca. 1.8
- Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment ca. 1.8
29 Theoretical Criminology ca. 1.7
- Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management ca. 1.7
- Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology ca. 1.7
- Criminal Justice and Behavior ca. 1.7
33 Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice ca. 1.6
34 Crime & Delinquency ca. 1.5
- Journal of Sexual Aggression ca. 1.5
- Women & Criminal Justice ca. 1.5
- Journal of Crime & Justice ca. 1.5
- Psychology Crime & Law ca. 1.5
- Psychiatry Psychology and Law ca. 1.5
40 Social & Legal Studies ca. 1.4
- Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology ca. 1.4
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma ca. 1.4
- International Journal of Law Crime and Justice ca. 1.4
- Asian Journal of Criminology ca. 1.4
- Deviant Behavior ca. 1.4
46 Crime Law and Social Change ca. 1.3
- Criminology & Criminal Justice ca. 1.3
- Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health ca. 1.3
49 Security Journal ca. 1.2
- International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ca. 1.2
51 Critical Criminology ca. 1.1
- Violence and Victims ca. 1.1
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology ca. 1.1
- Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice ca. 1.1
- Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice ca. 1.1
56 Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling ca. 1
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice ca. 1
58 Journal of Forensic Nursing ca. 0.9
- International Journal of Forensic Mental Health ca. 0.9
60 Prison Journal ca. 0.8
61 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice ca. 0.7
62 Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform ca. 0.3
63 Deviance et Societe ca. 0.2
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