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Open Access Criminology Journals
A list of Open Access Criminology journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Criminology is study of the causes and manifestations of crime
A journal article is 'open access' when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers to accessing it - that is to say when anyone can read, download, distribute, print, and search it.
We hope this list of Criminology OA journals will be helpful for you in deciding where to publish your Criminology manuscript.
We made this list which includes all the high-impact factor Criminology journals that might be relevant to your field of study.Rather than just the top hits Criminology journals, we have made an exhaustive list of open accesss Criminology journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Criminology venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Criminology journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Criminology OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
| Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East and Central African journal of pharmaceutical sciences | 1026-552X | African Journals Online | 1 | 0 | 100 | ||
| مطالعات دفاع مقدس | 2588-3674 | Armenian Green Publishing Co. | 1 | 0 | 100 | ||
| Vìsnik Asocìacìï krimìnalʹnogo prava Ukraïni | 2311-9640 | Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University | 148 | 4 | 74.3 | ||
| European Polygraph | 1898-5238 | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 244 | 151 | 70.5 | ||
| Anti trafficking review | 2286-7511 | ☑ | Alliance Against Traffic in Women Foundation | 223 | 608 | 67.7 | Website |
| Crime Science | 2193-7680 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 190 | 2706 | 66.3 | Website |
| So'nyeon boho yeon'gu | 1598-8163 | Korean Juvenile Policy Association | 114 | 4 | 65.8 | ||
| International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy | 2202-8005 | ☑ | Queensland University of Technology | 499 | 2162 | 63.9 | Website |
| Temida | 1450-6637 | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 519 | 692 | 62.6 | Website |
| Health & Justice | 2194-7899 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 194 | 1573 | 62.4 | Website |
| Bergen journal of criminal law and criminal justice | 1894-4183 | ☑ | University of Bergen Library | 116 | 83 | 61.2 | Website |
| South African Crime Quarterly | 1991-3877 | ☑ | Academy of Science of South Africa | 611 | 1713 | 60.7 | Website |
| Decolonization of criminology and justice | 2703-1861 | Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library | 27 | 32 | 59.3 | ||
| Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal | 2469-2794 | MedCrave Group | 353 | 219 | 57.8 | ||
| Jurnal Pengabdian Hukum Indonesia | 2654-8305 | Universitas Negeri Semarang | 68 | 8 | 57.4 | ||
| The wrongful conviction law review | 2563-2574 | University of Alberta Libraries | 41 | 10 | 56.1 | ||
| Contemporary challenges | 2634-7555 | Edinburgh University Library | 27 | 1 | 55.6 | ||
| Crimen | 2217-219X | ☑ | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 57 | 6 | 54.4 | Website |
| Probacja | 1689-6122 | ☑ | Index Copernicus International | 92 | 2 | 53.3 | Website |
| Journal of prison education and reentry | 2387-2306 | ☑ | University of Bergen Library | 70 | 120 | 52.9 | Website |
| UniSA student law review | 2206-1398 | University of South Australia Library | 31 | 7 | 51.6 | ||
| Sexual offending | 2699-8440 | ☑ | PsychOpen GOLD Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) | 33 | 9 | 51.5 | Website |
| Invoke | 1927-7091 | University of Alberta Libraries | 28 | 2 | 50 | ||
| International journal of virology and diseases | 2637-6709 | eSciPub LLC | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Inkanyiso | 2077-2815 | African Journals Online | 2 | 1 | 50 | ||
| Hyeongsabeobyeon-gu | 1598-0979 | The Korean Criminal Law Association | 4 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Kriminologijos studijos | 2351-6097 | ☑ | Vilnius University | 60 | 41 | 50 | Website |
| 헌법재판연구 | 2383-8108 | Constitutional Research Institute | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Journal of law and criminal justice | 2374-2682 | American Research Institute for Policy Development | 135 | 55 | 49.6 | ||
| Torture | 1018-8185 | Aarhus University Library | 176 | 78 | 49.4 | Website | |
| Кримінально-виконавча система: вчора, сьогодні, завтра | 2617-0140 | 129 | 4 | 48.8 | |||
| Forensic Science International: Mind And Law | 2666-3538 | ☑ | Elsevier | 74 | 100 | 48.6 | Website |
| Journal of Criminology (Online) | 2090-777X | Hindawi (International Scholarly Research Network) | 31 | 369 | 48.4 | ||
| The Open Criminology Journal | 1874-9178 | Bentham Science | 56 | 496 | 48.2 | ||
| Journal of perpetrator research | 2514-7897 | ☑ | Winchester University Press | 81 | 64 | 48.1 | Website |
| Meždunarodnyj penitenciarnyj žurnal | 2712-7729 | Academy of the FPS of Russia | 50 | 3 | 48 | ||
| Revija za kriminologiju i krivično pravo | 1820-2969 | Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research | 65 | 2 | 47.7 | ||
| International journal of rural crime | 1835-6672 | The Ohio State University Libraries | 86 | 305 | 47.7 | ||
| Michigan journal of race & law | 1095-2721 | Michigan Journal of Race & Law (MJRL) | 77 | 179 | 46.8 | ||
| Slavery today | 2333-7222 | SlaveFree Today | 39 | 2 | 46.2 | ||
| Вестник Казанского юридического института МВД России | 2227-1171 | Kazan Law Institute of MIA Russia | 174 | 3 | 46 | ||
| Всероссийский криминологический журнал | 2500-4255 | Baikal State University | 491 | 267 | 44.4 | ||
| Rivista di psicopatologia forense, medicina legale, criminologia | 2610-9018 | 54 | 2 | 44.4 | |||
| Genocide Studies and Prevention | 1911-0359 | ☑ | University of South Florida Libraries | 763 | 1323 | 44.3 | Website |
| Allons-y | 2371-4387 | Dalhousie Libraries | 34 | 5 | 44.1 | ||
| Ceza hukuku ve kriminoloji dergisi | 2602-3911 | ☑ | Istanbul University | 57 | 9 | 43.9 | Website |
| Columbia social work review | 2164-1250 | ☑ | Columbia University Libraries | 16 | 3 | 43.8 | Website |
| Administratīvā un Kriminālā Justīcija | 1407-2971 | Rezekne Academy of Technologies | 30 | 0 | 43.3 | ||
| Law Research Review Quarterly | 2716-3415 | Universitas Negeri Semarang | 51 | 3 | 43.1 | ||
| Journal of community safety & well-being | 2371-4298 | SG Publishing | 183 | 243 | 42.6 | ||
| Hyeongsa jeongcaeg | 1226-2595 | Korean Association Of Criminology | 382 | 25 | 41.6 | ||
| Journal of terrorism research | 2049-7040 | ☑ | University of St. Andrews Library | 149 | 667 | 41.6 | Website |
| Journal of Korean Public Police and Security Studies | 1738-5032 | 521 | 101 | 41.3 | |||
| Sociology and criminology | 2375-4435 | OMICS Publishing Group | 93 | 98 | 40.9 | ||
| Asian Law Centre briefing papers | 2203-5761 | 10 | 5 | 40 | |||
| JUNCTO | 2722-9793 | Universitas Medan Area | 73 | 13 | 39.7 | ||
| Gyeongchalhag nonchong | 1976-0205 | Institute of Police Science | 370 | 42 | 39.5 | ||
| International journal of gender, sexuality and law | 2056-3914 | Northumbria University Library | 33 | 12 | 39.4 | ||
| Crossing borders | 2562-8445 | MacEwan University Library | 24 | 0 | 37.5 | ||
| Journal of cybersecurity research | 2471-2485 | Clute Institute | 8 | 15 | 37.5 | ||
| Journal of hate studies | 1540-2126 | ☑ | Foley Center Library, Gonzaga University | 181 | 440 | 37 | |
| Michigan journal of gender & law | 1095-8835 | Michigan Journal of Gender & Law (MJGL) | 276 | 910 | 36.2 | ||
| Journal of forensic psychology | 2475-319X | OMICS Publishing Group | 43 | 57 | 34.9 | ||
| ICCT research paper | 2468-0656 | ☑ | The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) | 83 | 487 | 34.9 | |
| LIAS working paper | 2516-4783 | University of Leicester | 23 | 15 | 34.8 | ||
| Ius Poenale | 2723-2638 | ☑ | 29 | 1 | 34.5 | Website | |
| Journal of Law and Legal Reform | 2715-0941 | ☑ | Universitas Negeri Semarang | 62 | 11 | 33.9 | Website |
| Revista Institutului Naţional de Justiţie | 1857-2405 | ☑ | National Institute of Justice | 48 | 0 | 33.3 | Website |
| Chian jeongchaeg yeon'gu | 1738-2963 | Police Science Institute in Korean National Police University | 261 | 19 | 33.3 | ||
| Forensic science today | 2692-4722 | Peertechz Publications Private Limited | 6 | 0 | 33.3 | ||
| Journal of forensic research and analysis | 2577-7262 | Sci Forschen, Inc. | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | ||
| Nowa Kodyfikacja Prawa Karnego | 2084-5065 | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego | 239 | 36 | 33.1 | ||
| Bi'gyo hyeongsa'beob yeon'gu | 1598-091X | Korean Journal of Comparative Criminal Law | 560 | 62 | 32.5 | ||
| Journal of illicit economies and development | 2516-7227 | ☑ | LSE Press | 69 | 102 | 31.9 | Website |
| Ûridičeskij vestnik Samarskogo universiteta | 2542-047X | Samara National Research University | 361 | 16 | 31.9 | ||
| Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal | 2359-3881 | ☑ | 333 | 52 | 31.5 | ||
| Jurnal preferensi hukum | 2746-5039 | Universitas Warmadewa | 275 | 2 | 31.3 | ||
| Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence | 2472-4181 | ☑ | University of Rhode Island | 241 | 139 | 31.1 | Website |
| NBP. Nauka, bezbednost, policija | 0354-8872 | ☑ | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 200 | 118 | 31 | Website |
| Naukovij vìsnik Nacìonalʹnoï akademìï vnutrìšnìh sprav | 2410-3594 | National Academy of Internal Affairs | 156 | 7 | 30.8 | ||
| Conflict and society | 2164-4543 | ☑ | Berghahn Books | 114 | 213 | 30.7 | Website |
| Юридическая наука и практика | 2078-5356 | Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia | 423 | 18 | 30.5 | ||
| Facta Universitatis | 1450-5517 | University of Nis | 118 | 43 | 30.5 | ||
| Società e trasformazioni sociali | 2610-9085 | 30 | 5 | 30 | |||
| Penitenciarnaâ nauka | 2686-9764 | ☑ | Vologda Institute of Law and Economics of the Federal Penal Service of Russia | 211 | 24 | 29.9 | Website |
| Journal of civil and legal sciences | 2169-0170 | OMICS Publishing Group | 179 | 77 | 29.6 | ||
| Naukovij vìsnik Sìverŝini | 2616-9983 | Academy Of The State Penitentiary Servise | 188 | 7 | 29.3 | ||
| Bezbednost | 0409-2953 | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 256 | 102 | 29.3 | ||
| Walisongo Law Review | 2715-3347 | UIN Walisongo Semarang | 31 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Journal of forensic sciences and digital investigation | 2637-7136 | Northern California Open Access Publications | 7 | 0 | 28.6 | ||
| Nuevo Foro Penal | 0120-8179 | ☑ | Universidad EAFIT | 138 | 66 | 28.3 | Website |
| Pattimura law journal | 2527-7316 | Fakultas Hukum Universitas Pattimura | 39 | 1 | 28.2 | ||
| Greenwich social work review | 2633-4313 | Educational Development Unit, University of Greenwich | 25 | 13 | 28 | ||
| Sistema Penal & Violência | 2177-6784 | EDIPUCRS | 76 | 38 | 27.6 | ||
| Scholars international journal of law, crime and justice | 2616-7956 | Scholars Middle East Publishers | 157 | 2 | 27.4 | ||
| Nauka ì pravoohorona | 2072-8670 | State Research Institute MIA Ukraine | 164 | 3 | 27.4 | ||
| Undergraduate journal of politics and international relations | 2398-5992 | ☑ | White Rose University Press | 11 | 4 | 27.3 | Website |
| Problemy Prawa Karnego | 0208-5577 | ☑ | 55 | 3 | 27.3 | Website | |
| Ûridična psihologìâ | 2519-4682 | National Academy of Internal Affairs | 70 | 5 | 27.1 | ||
| Journal of intelligence, conflict and warfare | 2561-8229 | ☑ | Simon Fraser University Library | 198 | 25 | 26.8 | Website |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Criminology paper?
You can publish your Criminology paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open access is an international movement that aims to provide free and open online access to academic information, such as publications and data
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
Relevance is used to quantify the level of association between a journal and the concept it is listed under, from 0-100. For example, “Brain Stimulation” has a relevance of “24” when listed under “Open Access Computer Science Journals” because it is somewhat related to the field of Computer Science.
How do you count total number of citations?
The citations show how often articles from a journal have been referenced in other works. We get this data from OpenAlex.
Where can I find other lists like this one?
If you are looking for an author or journal article, you can type it in the name, title, or DOI in the search box above to see more results. If you want to see a similar list to this one, take a look on OA.mg
How can I publish my paper on OA.mg?
At the moment, we do not offer publishing services, that's why we made these lists, so you can find the right journal to publish your paper in. Our goal with OA.mg is to help disseminate research.
What is an APC?
Article Processing Charges (APCs) are charged to authors of scholarly articles during the publication process. APCs are used by open access journals.
What are the different Open Access types?
Different open access types are commonly described using a colour system. The most commonly recognised names are “green”, “gold”, and “hybrid” open access; however, “bronze”, “black”, and “diamond” also exist.