Criminology & Penology: Journal Rankings

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. 7.1
2	Trauma Violence & Abuse	ca. 6.7
3	Criminology	ca. 5.2
4	Aggression and Violent Behavior	ca. 4.5
5	Criminology & Public Policy	ca. 3.8
6	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	ca. 3.2
7	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	ca. 2.8
8	Police Quarterly	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	ca. 2.7
-	Trends in Organized Crime	ca. 2.7
11	British Journal of Criminology	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	ca. 2.5
13	Justice Quarterly	ca. 2.4
14	Journal of Sexual Aggression	ca. 2.3
-	European Journal of Criminology	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	ca. 2.3
17	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	ca. 2.2
18	Security Journal	ca. 2.1
-	Policing & Society	ca. 2.1
20	Criminal Justice and Behavior	ca. 2
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	ca. 2
-	Psychology Crime & Law	ca. 2
-	Feminist Criminology	ca. 2
24	Crime Media Culture	ca. 1.9
-	Homicide Studies	ca. 1.9
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of School Violence	ca. 1.9
-	Psychology of Violence	ca. 1.9
-	Theoretical Criminology	ca. 1.9
30	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	ca. 1.8
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	ca. 1.8
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	ca. 1.8
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	ca. 1.8
34	Deviant Behavior	ca. 1.7
-	Social & Legal Studies	ca. 1.7
-	Victims & Offenders	ca. 1.7
-	American Journal of Criminal Justice	ca. 1.7
38	Criminology & Criminal Justice	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	ca. 1.6
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	ca. 1.6
-	Youth Justice-An International Journal	ca. 1.6
-	Crime Law and Social Change	ca. 1.6
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	ca. 1.6
44	Crime & Delinquency	ca. 1.5
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	ca. 1.5
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	ca. 1.5
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	ca. 1.5
-	Race and Justice	ca. 1.5
50	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	ca. 1.4

-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	ca. 1.4
52	Critical Criminology	ca. 1.3
53	Women & Criminal Justice	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Forensic Nursing	ca. 1.1
56	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	ca. 1
-	Prison Journal	ca. 1
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	ca. 1
59	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	ca. 0.9
60	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	ca. 0.8
61	Violence and Victims	ca. 0.6
62	Deviance et Societe	ca. 0.3
-	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	ca. 0.3