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HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


Comprehensive Rankings

Most-Cited Journals (non-U.S.)

How is this ranking calculated?
Last Updated: March 2026

Cited 0-5 Years Cited 5+ Years Past 12 Months
Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Modern Law Review 15 46 2,812 25,761 37,308
2 British Journal of Criminology 9 15 762 2,846 56,186
3 International Organization 21 62 3,502 22,677 22,523
4 Law Quarterly Review 12 60 2,181 32,440 15,768
5 Crime and Delinquency 8 33 1,346 8,525 40,924
6 University of New South Wales Law Journal 4 12 532 2,139 49,878
7 European Journal of International Law 17 49 3,929 14,362 17,697
8 Laws 16 11 6,586 4,830 7,263
9 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 14 40 2,543 19,085 13,675
10 Journal of Family Violence 5 11 513 1,484 39,907
11 Canadian Bar Review 8 41 1,198 17,928 20,325
12 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 11 36 1,615 11,035 21,448
13 Alberta Law Review 9 27 1,648 8,250 22,106
14 Cambridge Law Journal 11 31 1,454 8,075 22,700
15 American Journal of Bioethics 10 21 4,048 7,122 9,701
16 South African Law Journal 6 24 796 14,255 18,989
17 Melbourne University Law Review 6 17 568 3,518 28,130
18 Sydney Law Review 10 19 692 3,871 26,614
19 Policing: An International Journal 4 7 264 478 31,819
20 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 20 56 2,428 16,106 5,673
21 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 1 2 17 27 32,975
22 Journal of Criminology 2 4 100 490 32,006
23 McGill Law Journal 12 34 1,433 11,344 14,388
24 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 12 25 1,747 5,727 17,453
25 International Journal of Constitutional Law 16 23 2,753 3,609 13,795
26 University of Toronto Law Journal 17 36 2,080 10,356 10,623
27 Comparative Political Studies 3 11 192 938 28,055
28 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 3 11 92 1,642 27,413
29 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 4 9 225 1,978 26,295
30 Journal of International Economic Law 17 28 2,386 6,689 10,128
31 Psychology, Crime and Law 4 3 409 56 26,324
32 World Politics 7 19 476 2,543 23,677
33 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 3 7 171 773 26,696
34 Journal of International Criminal Justice 8 22 1,081 4,684 18,337
35 Journal of School Violence 4 2 136 143 26,800
36 Deviant Behavior 9 6 286 328 25,396
37 Australian Law Journal 16 28 3,350 8,479 904
38 Theoretical Criminology 7 11 481 884 21,185
39 Political Science Quarterly 7 12 326 1,225 20,194
40 Monash University Law Review 4 9 251 1,106 20,467
41 Journal of Refugee Studies 4 7 159 544 21,145
42 Health & Justice 7 3 3,547 243 3,258
43 Federal Law Review 4 15 213 2,350 18,297
44 Public Administration Review (PAR) 7 9 838 1,311 15,792
45 Criminal Law Quarterly 6 17 495 4,270 14,842
46 Crime, Law and Social Change 5 7 275 578 19,015
47 Leiden Journal of International Law 10 18 1,665 3,387 9,105
48 International Journal of Legal Medicine 1 3 87 246 20,137
49 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 4 13 496 2,279 15,765
50 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 2 6 32 397 19,915
51 U.B.C. Law Review 10 20 914 4,279 11,551
52 International Labour Review 4 10 308 1,133 17,350
53 Alternative Law Journal 2 4 53 335 19,242
54 Journal of Law and Society 7 16 608 2,103 14,441
55 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2 5 116 299 18,545
56 Human Rights Law Review 9 15 792 1,803 13,212
57 Criminology & Criminal Justice 4 7 198 361 17,611
58 Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg 4 11 238 3,303 14,114
59 Hong Kong Law Journal 6 12 447 2,701 13,227
60 Adelaide Law Review 4 10 169 798 16,336
61 Prison Journal 5 13 413 1,362 14,478
62 Punishment and Society 6 8 446 611 14,954
63 Current Issues in Criminal Justice 2 3 69 138 17,354
64 Medical Law Review 4 12 406 1,521 14,267
65 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 5 13 364 1,630 14,224
66 European Data Protection Law Review (EDPL) 6 6 347 254 15,271
67 Manitoba Law Journal 7 16 554 2,975 11,586
68 Legal Theory 14 30 1,402 7,251 3,141
69 Queen's Law Journal 11 22 803 3,881 9,346
70 Medicine and Law 2 6 102 803 15,659
71 Philosophy and Public Affairs 4 14 117 1,207 15,042
72 International Journal of Human Rights 4 6 412 413 14,188
73 Review of European Studies 2 1 51 37 16,367
74 German Law Journal 8 14 1,120 2,519 8,367
75 International Migration Review 4 12 290 1,380 13,735
76 Solicitors' Journal 8 18 351 2,773 12,118
77 Journal of Criminal Law 4 5 233 1,084 14,278
78 American Journal of Political Science 12 23 1,864 4,486 2,479
79 Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 5 11 283 746 13,971
80 Medicine, Science and the Law 5 5 96 699 14,765
81 South African Journal on Human Rights 7 30 540 6,453 7,189
82 International Journal of Refugee Law 5 17 423 2,991 10,937
83 Commonwealth Law Bulletin 3 6 107 776 14,611
84 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 5 8 398 1,396 12,400
85 International Journal of Children's Rights 2 7 86 456 14,889
86 Child and Family Law Quarterly 2 6 87 572 14,771
87 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 6 2 1,856 248 5,642
88 Journal of Conflict Resolution 5 10 470 1,739 11,324
89 Critical Criminology 5 6 270 268 13,590
90 Dalhousie Law Journal 9 17 662 2,989 9,012
91 AJIL Unbound 10 9 1,814 1,187 4,142
92 Journal of Politics and Law 3 3 99 156 14,129
93 Edinburgh Law Review 3 5 96 290 13,945
94 Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 4 7 159 349 13,493
95 Melbourne Journal of International Law 5 9 375 845 11,867
96 Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law 4 2 277 79 12,922
97 Israel Law Review 6 27 566 5,960 6,014
98 Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 3 3 197 320 13,007
99 Justice, Opportunities, and Rehabilitation 3 4 176 146 13,132
100 Critical Social Policy 2 3 58 108 13,537