| # | Journal | Articles | Citations | R ARank | R CRank |
|---|
| 1 | Journal of Interpersonal Violence | 5,954 | 163,984 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Criminal Justice and Behavior | 2,160 | 80,553 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | British Journal of Criminology | 3,277 | 75,702 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Journal of Criminal Justice | 3,877 | 74,427 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Justice Quarterly | 1,372 | 64,872 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Journal of Family Violence | 1,952 | 62,674 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency | 1,081 | 61,486 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Crime and Delinquency | 3,071 | 54,868 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Crime and Justice | 456 | 29,247 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology | 1,722 | 24,923 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Policing | 1,418 | 23,183 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Crime, Law and Social Change | 1,425 | 20,970 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Prison Journal | 1,929 | 17,572 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Punishment and Society | 574 | 16,603 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Journal of Offender Rehabilitation | 1,291 | 16,355 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Journal of International Criminal Justice | 1,519 | 16,307 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | American Journal of Criminal Justice | 1,111 | 16,108 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science | 2,404 | 13,960 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice | 997 | 13,820 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice | 389 | 13,649 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Howard Journal of Criminal Justice | 1,880 | 12,485 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Homicide Studies | 462 | 12,250 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Police Practice and Research | 918 | 11,381 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Criminal Justice Review | 763 | 10,736 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Criminology and Criminal Justice | 513 | 10,476 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Criminal Justice Policy Review | 921 | 10,241 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research | 844 | 10,225 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Journal of Financial Crime | 1,600 | 8,897 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Women and Criminal Justice | 580 | 7,685 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | International Review of Victimology | 479 | 7,433 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Journal of Money Laundering Control | 1,130 | 7,317 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Journal of Forensic Psychiatry Psychology | 728 | 6,808 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Trends in Organized Crime | 921 | 6,185 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Global Crime | 358 | 6,137 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | International Journal of Police Science and Management | 670 | 6,124 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management | 788 | 6,044 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice | 645 | 5,751 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Probation Journal | 2,229 | 5,271 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Federal Sentencing Reporter | 2,374 | 5,104 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | International Criminal Justice Review | 445 | 5,019 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | Criminal Law Forum | 622 | 4,920 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | International Criminal Law Review | 814 | 4,588 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Argumentation and Advocacy | 574 | 4,556 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | The Police Journal: A Quarterly Review for the Police Forces of the Commonwealth and English-speaking World | 4,119 | 4,190 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Including the American Journal of Police Science | 2,265 | 4,182 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | Crime Prevention and Community Safety | 497 | 3,968 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice | 392 | 3,942 | 1 | 1 |
| 48 | Monatsschrift Fur Kriminologie Und Strafrechtsreform | 5,740 | 3,358 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Youth Justice | 278 | 3,275 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice | 794 | 3,147 | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | Criminal Law and Philosophy | 510 | 2,900 | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology | 1,127 | 2,899 | 1 | 1 |
| 53 | Justice Research and Policy | 160 | 2,743 | 1 | 1 |
| 54 | Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice | 337 | 2,720 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Criminology & Criminal Justice | 71 | 2,382 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Zeitschrift Fuer Die Gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft | 3,414 | 2,240 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | New Criminal Law Review | 322 | 2,046 | 1 | 1 |
| 58 | International Journal of Evidence and Proof | 452 | 1,966 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | AJIL Unbound | 787 | 1,727 | 1 | 1 |
| 60 | The Journal of Criminal Law | 2,300 | 1,666 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | New Criminal Law Review | 169 | 1,598 | 1 | 1 |
| 62 | Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance | 320 | 1,480 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Crime, History & Societies | 692 | 1,267 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations: an International Journal | 229 | 1,233 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 | New Journal of European Criminal Law | 431 | 927 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice | 201 | 855 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 | Defence and Security Analysis | 537 | 820 | 1 | 1 |
| 68 | Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab | 1,719 | 379 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 | Politica Criminal | 407 | 366 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | European Criminal Law Review | 235 | 351 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | Nauka Bezbednost Policija | 231 | 204 | 1 | 1 |
| 72 | Revue De Science Criminelle Et De Droit Pénal Comparé | 729 | 177 | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | Revista Brasileira De Direito Processual Penal | 360 | 164 | 1 | 1 |
| 74 | Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice | 102 | 155 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Journal of Criminal Law | 483 | 123 | 1 | 1 |
| 76 | Korean Journal of Comparative Criminal Law | 559 | 114 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | Passagens | 375 | 113 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Nuevo Foro Penal | 133 | 108 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Kriminologija & Socijalna Integracija | 88 | 62 | 1 | 1 |
| 80 | Legal Studies in International, European and Comparative Criminal Law | 107 | 53 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 | Derecho Penal Y Criminología | 147 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | Jurnal Belo | 57 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Revista De Derecho Penal Y Criminología | 130 | 36 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Cuadernos De Derecho Penal | 88 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | Rivista Di Criminologia, Vittimologia E Sicurezza | 136 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | Crimen | 84 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | Journal of Penal Law & Criminology | 65 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | Archivio Penale | 595 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 89 | Herald of the Association of Criminal Law of Ukraine | 187 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | Archiv Für Kriminologie | 29 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | Corrections Today | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 | Federal Probation | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 93 | Eucrim – the European Criminal Law Associations Forum | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 93 | Crime Security and Society | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Vestnik Policii | 72 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | American Journal of Criminal Law | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 | Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology | 62 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 | Journal of Special Criminal Law & Enforcement | 354 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 | Prison Service Journal | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 | Victimology | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 101 | Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 101 | American Criminal Law Review | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 101 | Criminal Justice History | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | Anuario Iberoamericano De Derecho Internacional Penal | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | Revista Del Instituto Colombiano De Derecho Procesal | 80 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | Criminal Law Bulletin | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | Criminal Law Review | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 108 | Estudios Penales Y Criminológicos | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 110 | Platform Modernisering Strafvordering | 80 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 110 | Capital University Law Review | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 112 | International Criminal Law and International Justice | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 112 | Criminal Law Journal | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 114 | Criminal Justice Journal | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 114 | Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Strafreg En Kriminologie = South African Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 114 | Journal of Prison and Jail Health | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 114 | Thomas Jefferson Law Review | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
