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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	29
2	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	23
3	Aggression and Violent Behavior	21
-	American Journal of Criminal Justice	21
5	Journal of Criminal Justice	18
6	Crime & Delinquency	17
-	Criminal Justice and Behavior	17
-	Criminology	17
-	Criminology & Public Policy	17
10	British Journal of Criminology	16
-	Psychology of Violence	16
12	Victims & Offenders	15
-	Annual Review of Criminology	15
14	Journal of Quantitative Criminology	14
15	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	13
-	Police Quarterly	13
-	Policing-An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management	13
-	Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice	13
-	Policing & Society	13
20	Punishment & Society-International Journal of Penology	12
-	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology	12
-	Journal of Experimental Criminology	12
-	Journal of School Violence	12
24	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice	11
-	Critical Criminology	11
-	Deviant Behavior	11
-	Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice	11
-	Justice Quarterly	11
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	11
30	European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	10
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	10
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	10
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	10
-	Psychology Crime & Law	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	Feminist Criminology	10
-	Race and Justice	10
-	Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment	10
39	Criminology & Criminal Justice	9
-	Journal of Crime & Justice	9
-	Trends in Organized Crime	9
-	Violence and Victims	9
-	European Journal of Criminology	9
44	Women & Criminal Justice	8
-	Crime Media Culture	8
-	Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology	8
-	Prison Journal	8
-	Security Journal	8
-	Social & Legal Studies	8
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	8

-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	8
-	Theoretical Criminology	8
53	Homicide Studies	7
-	Journal of Sexual Aggression	7
-	Youth Justice-An International Journal	7
-	Asian Journal of Criminology	7
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	7
58	Journal of Forensic Nursing	6
-	Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice	6
60	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling	5
-	Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform	5
62	Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice	4
63	Deviance et Societe	2
64	International Journal on Criminology	1