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HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


Comprehensive Rankings

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

How is this ranking calculated?
Last Updated: May 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 2,931 25,785 35,022
2 International Organization 21 62 3,635 22,683 21,818
3 British Journal of Criminology 9 15 774 2,846 52,888
4 Law Quarterly Review 13 60 2,244 32,433 15,034
5 Crime and Delinquency 9 33 1,376 8,525 37,607
6 University of New South Wales Law Journal 4 12 555 2,143 46,737
7 European Journal of International Law 18 49 4,051 14,363 16,734
8 Laws 17 11 6,721 4,449 6,758
9 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 14 40 2,614 19,086 12,612
10 Journal of Family Violence 5 11 516 1,487 36,995
11 Canadian Bar Review 9 41 1,256 17,928 18,450
12 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 11 36 1,669 11,034 20,939
13 Alberta Law Review 9 27 1,692 8,250 21,216
14 Cambridge Law Journal 12 31 1,528 8,072 21,217
15 South African Law Journal 6 24 801 14,242 18,731
16 American Journal of Bioethics 10 21 3,875 6,883 8,836
17 Melbourne University Law Review 6 17 578 3,518 27,413
18 Journal of Criminology 2 4 106 493 32,231
19 Sydney Law Review 10 19 707 3,871 25,789
20 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 20 57 2,561 16,150 5,104
21 McGill Law Journal 12 34 1,509 11,344 13,954
22 International Journal of Constitutional Law 17 23 2,855 3,609 13,991
23 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 12 25 1,800 5,736 16,621
24 University of Toronto Law Journal 17 36 2,151 10,361 9,886
25 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 1 2 17 27 29,580
26 Comparative Political Studies 4 11 199 938 27,710
27 Policing: An International Journal 4 6 256 458 26,871
28 Journal of International Economic Law 17 28 2,597 6,689 9,480
29 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 3 7 173 773 26,205
30 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 4 9 226 1,978 24,808
31 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 3 11 93 1,642 25,673
32 World Politics 8 19 498 2,543 22,779
33 Journal of International Criminal Justice 8 22 1,151 4,688 17,460
34 Deviant Behavior 9 6 298 328 24,937
35 Psychology, Crime and Law 4 3 435 59 23,861
36 Journal of School Violence 4 2 136 143 24,414
37 Australian Law Journal 16 28 3,362 8,480 926
38 Theoretical Criminology 7 11 500 887 20,067
39 Political Science Quarterly 7 12 326 1,225 19,849
40 Monash University Law Review 5 9 257 1,105 19,204
41 Journal of Refugee Studies 4 7 160 544 19,806
42 Federal Law Review 4 15 219 2,343 17,834
43 Health & Justice 7 3 3,450 223 3,378
44 Crime, Law and Social Change 5 7 295 578 18,658
45 Public Administration Review (PAR) 8 9 873 1,305 15,122
46 Leiden Journal of International Law 11 18 1,744 3,385 8,714
47 Criminal Law Quarterly 6 17 512 4,270 14,050
48 American Journal of Political Science 13 23 1,926 4,486 6,768
49 International Journal of Legal Medicine 1 3 87 246 19,263
50 U.B.C. Law Review 10 20 949 4,288 11,228
51 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 3 5 138 299 18,255
52 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 4 13 513 2,278 14,484
53 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 2 6 35 397 18,117
54 Human Rights Law Review 10 15 839 1,803 12,535
55 Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg 4 11 242 3,303 14,059
56 Alternative Law Journal 2 4 56 333 17,516
57 Journal of Law and Society 7 16 645 2,099 13,015
58 Medical Law Review 4 12 417 1,522 14,628
59 International Labour Review 4 10 314 1,133 15,435
60 Adelaide Law Review 4 10 170 797 16,074
61 Punishment and Society 7 8 486 611 14,494
62 Hong Kong Law Journal 6 12 461 2,702 12,362
63 Criminology & Criminal Justice 4 7 205 365 15,669
64 Medicine and Law 2 6 104 803 15,462
65 Solicitors' Journal 9 18 350 2,814 12,436
66 Prison Journal 5 13 435 1,356 13,267
67 Legal Theory 15 30 1,451 7,261 2,841
68 Philosophy and Public Affairs 4 14 125 1,207 14,761
69 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 5 13 379 1,630 13,084
70 Manitoba Law Journal 7 16 550 2,974 10,975
71 European Data Protection Law Review (EDPL) 6 6 354 254 14,145
72 Queen's Law Journal 11 22 826 3,893 8,502
73 German Law Journal 8 14 1,143 2,519 7,826
74 International Journal of Human Rights 4 6 436 411 13,190
75 Journal of Criminal Law 4 5 240 1,084 13,563
76 Child and Family Law Quarterly 2 6 89 574 14,655
77 Current Issues in Criminal Justice 2 3 73 138 15,079
78 Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 5 11 285 746 13,386
79 South African Journal on Human Rights 7 30 551 6,453 6,771
80 Journal of Conflict Resolution 5 10 484 1,739 11,260
81 International Journal of Children's Rights 2 7 90 456 14,278
82 International Migration Review 4 12 293 1,380 12,380
83 Review of European Studies 2 1 52 37 14,743
84 International Journal of Refugee Law 5 17 429 2,949 10,272
85 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 6 2 1,891 240 5,398
86 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 5 8 415 1,396 11,685
87 Critical Criminology 5 6 273 264 13,388
88 Medicine, Science and the Law 5 5 98 700 13,740
89 Dalhousie Law Journal 9 17 680 2,983 8,670
90 Commonwealth Law Bulletin 4 6 116 774 12,988
91 Edinburgh Law Review 3 5 97 290 13,313
92 AJIL Unbound 10 9 1,871 1,189 3,691
93 Beijing Law Review 2 2 121 49 13,316
94 Melbourne Journal of International Law 6 9 397 846 11,232
95 Israel Law Review 7 27 608 5,990 5,463
96 Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law 4 2 293 79 12,211
97 Journal of Quantitative Criminology 8 11 519 1,318 9,936
98 Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 4 7 168 349 12,372
99 Journal of Politics and Law 3 3 94 134 12,926
100 Critical Social Policy 2 3 58 108 12,928