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HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


Comprehensive Rankings

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

How is this ranking calculated?
Last Updated: January 2026

Cited 0-5 Years Cited 5+ Years Past 12 Months
Rank Journal h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Modern Law Review 17 45 3,298 25,159 38,528
2 British Journal of Criminology 10 14 908 2,690 57,550
3 International Organization 23 61 4,071 21,988 23,417
4 Law Quarterly Review 14 59 2,641 31,929 16,418
5 Crime and Delinquency 10 33 1,612 8,230 43,385
6 University of New South Wales Law Journal 4 12 619 2,035 50,110
7 European Journal of International Law 19 48 4,591 13,572 18,367
8 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 16 39 2,967 18,570 14,465
9 Journal of Family Violence 5 11 546 1,439 40,807
10 Canadian Bar Review 9 41 1,386 17,701 20,867
11 Laws 17 11 6,902 4,199 7,571
12 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 14 37 2,095 10,931 21,765
13 Alberta Law Review 9 27 1,873 7,911 22,779
14 Cambridge Law Journal 12 30 1,683 7,811 23,604
15 Policing: An International Journal 5 7 282 450 36,304
16 American Journal of Bioethics 10 21 4,544 6,558 9,991
17 South African Law Journal 6 24 916 14,099 19,730
18 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 1 2 17 27 36,586
19 Melbourne University Law Review 7 16 689 3,389 28,882
20 Sydney Law Review 10 18 842 3,694 27,306
21 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 21 56 2,894 15,566 6,081
22 Journal of Criminology 2 4 113 484 32,545
23 McGill Law Journal 13 34 1,728 11,000 14,630
24 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 13 24 1,998 5,443 17,888
25 University of Toronto Law Journal 18 36 2,462 9,980 11,126
26 Comparative Political Studies 4 11 233 879 29,493
27 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 3 11 190 1,544 28,950
28 International Journal of Constitutional Law 16 22 2,977 3,223 13,876
29 Psychology, Crime and Law 3 3 411 41 28,516
30 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 5 9 265 1,918 26,988
31 Journal of International Criminal Justice 8 21 1,318 4,412 19,401
32 World Politics 8 19 553 2,447 24,448
33 Journal of International Economic Law 16 28 2,661 6,308 10,715
34 Journal of School Violence 5 2 157 119 28,088
35 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 4 7 195 735 26,113
36 Deviant Behavior 9 6 313 300 25,876
37 Australian Law Journal 18 27 3,715 7,759 938
38 Theoretical Criminology 8 10 553 799 21,884
39 Monash University Law Review 4 9 291 1,062 20,668
40 Journal of Refugee Studies 4 7 180 511 21,622
41 Political Science Quarterly 7 12 371 1,176 20,071
42 International Journal of Legal Medicine 1 3 83 238 21,557
43 Criminal Law Quarterly 6 17 603 4,137 15,151
44 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 2 6 81 348 21,207
45 Public Administration Review (PAR) 7 9 910 1,211 16,450
46 Crime, Law and Social Change 5 6 334 517 19,696
47 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 5 12 580 2,183 16,837
48 Federal Law Review 4 15 267 2,289 17,975
49 Leiden Journal of International Law 12 17 1,886 3,128 9,191
50 International Labour Review 5 10 306 1,110 18,490
51 U.B.C. Law Review 11 20 1,076 4,073 11,986
52 Alternative Law Journal 2 4 76 311 20,109
53 Journal of Law and Society 8 16 709 1,990 15,398
54 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 3 5 122 287 19,643
55 Criminology & Criminal Justice 4 7 212 336 18,506
56 Human Rights Law Review 9 15 904 1,653 13,453
57 Prison Journal 5 13 485 1,273 15,640
58 Hong Kong Law Journal 7 12 598 2,530 13,760
59 Punishment and Society 8 8 523 506 15,679
60 Health & Justice 8 2 3,170 130 3,423
61 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 6 13 413 1,564 15,014
62 Adelaide Law Review 4 9 187 777 16,795
63 Current Issues in Criminal Justice 2 3 75 129 17,854
64 Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg 4 11 265 3,266 13,960
65 European Data Protection Law Review (EDPL) 6 5 391 192 16,198
66 Medical Law Review 5 12 452 1,445 14,325
67 International Migration Review 5 12 337 1,327 14,879
68 Medicine and Law 2 6 133 770 16,303
69 Legal Theory 16 29 1,591 6,988 3,356
70 Queen's Law Journal 11 22 917 3,750 9,558
71 Manitoba Law Journal 8 16 695 2,826 11,392
72 Journal of Criminal Law 4 5 302 1,015 14,941
73 Review of European Studies 2 1 73 15 16,896
74 International Journal of Human Rights 4 5 471 338 14,694
75 German Law Journal 8 13 1,320 2,302 8,766
76 Philosophy and Public Affairs 6 14 202 1,121 15,106
77 Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 5 11 353 672 14,783
78 Medicine, Science and the Law 5 5 108 684 15,863
79 International Journal of Children's Rights 3 7 117 417 15,921
80 International Journal of Refugee Law 6 17 538 2,837 11,607
81 Commonwealth Law Bulletin 3 6 129 753 15,337
82 Solicitors' Journal 9 18 407 2,709 12,051
83 South African Journal on Human Rights 7 29 621 6,365 7,503
84 Child and Family Law Quarterly 2 6 106 549 15,196
85 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 6 8 487 1,295 12,636
86 Dalhousie Law Journal 9 16 753 2,904 9,270
87 Journal of Conflict Resolution 6 10 537 1,670 11,420
88 Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 7 5 209 298 14,210
89 Israel Law Review 8 26 734 5,766 6,426
90 Melbourne Journal of International Law 6 9 468 741 12,404
91 Critical Criminology 5 6 289 236 13,716
92 Journal of Politics and Law 3 3 125 131 14,552
93 Edinburgh Law Review 3 5 125 259 14,418
94 Justice, Opportunities, and Rehabilitation 3 4 169 145 14,288
95 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 8 2 1,959 84 5,862
96 Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law 4 2 312 30 13,364
97 Philippine Law Journal 4 8 326 1,005 12,183
98 Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 3 3 207 307 13,348
99 Critical Social Policy 2 3 66 99 14,109
100 European Law Journal 8 31 846 3,788 6,636