32 journals ranked by standing, impact, output and article policy. Click a column to sort; use the chips to narrow by area.
Standing is an editorial tier, not a metric: A = flagship venues hiring and tenure committees in criminology recognise on sight; B = strong specialist journals, the normal home for solid psych-crim papers; C = respectable, narrower or newer outlets. Treat it as a starting opinion.
JIF is the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor from the June 2026 release (the 2025 JIF), checked on publisher pages wherever they could be read. A † marks a figure that could not be confirmed on the publisher's own page; hover it to see where it comes from. A dash means no value could be confirmed. Check JCR before quoting a figure in an application.
Articles/yr is the 2025 count of research items where available; values marked ~ are rough estimates from multi-year totals. Issues/yr follows the publisher's stated frequency; continuous-publication journals are marked "cont."
Psych fit (●●● high to ●○○ low) is how readily the journal takes individual-level, psychological, experimental or forensic work rather than sociological, policy or legal-doctrinal work. The top general journals (Criminology, JRCD, BJC) accept psychology but lean sociological.
Review-only journals (Aggression and Violent Behavior, Trauma, Violence & Abuse, the two Annual-review series) carry high JIFs partly because reviews are cited more; they will not take a primary empirical study.
Last checked 23 October 2026.