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HEINONLINE'S SCHOLARLY IMPACT RANKINGS


Comprehensive Rankings

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

How is this ranking calculated?
Last Updated: October 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 46 3,263 25,767 34,134
2 International Organization 22 62 3,996 22,684 22,575
3 British Journal of Criminology 9 15 827 2,846 51,016
4 Law Quarterly Review 13 60 2,448 32,448 12,352
5 European Journal of International Law 20 49 4,599 14,363 15,902
6 University of New South Wales Law Journal 5 12 573 2,141 43,942
7 Crime and Delinquency 10 33 1,470 8,522 33,525
8 Laws 19 11 8,038 4,876 6,245
9 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 15 40 2,919 19,088 11,899
10 Canadian Bar Review 9 41 1,337 17,931 18,178
11 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 12 36 1,772 11,038 20,115
12 Alberta Law Review 9 27 1,747 8,250 20,094
13 Cambridge Law Journal 12 31 1,688 8,078 20,246
14 American Journal of Bioethics 12 21 4,469 7,122 7,669
15 South African Law Journal 6 24 854 14,245 17,338
16 Melbourne University Law Review 6 17 617 3,518 27,327
17 Journal of Criminology 2 4 116 493 31,859
18 Journal of Family Violence 5 11 546 1,487 28,711
19 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 21 56 2,772 16,104 5,167
20 Sydney Law Review 11 19 786 3,887 24,647
21 International Journal of Constitutional Law 17 23 3,180 3,609 13,848
22 McGill Law Journal 12 34 1,623 11,346 13,202
23 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 13 25 1,995 5,736 16,031
24 Journal of International Economic Law 18 28 2,969 6,689 9,946
25 University of Toronto Law Journal 17 36 2,287 10,359 9,399
26 Policing: An International Journal 4 7 302 481 25,604
27 Comparative Political Studies 4 11 207 938 25,505
28 World Politics 8 19 545 2,543 22,275
29 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 4 9 242 1,978 23,929
30 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 4 7 184 756 24,616
31 American Journal of Political Science 14 23 2,069 4,486 12,917
32 Journal of International Criminal Justice 9 22 1,294 4,688 15,886
33 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 3 11 104 1,642 23,693
34 Deviant Behavior 9 6 323 328 22,745
35 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 1 2 17 27 24,232
36 Australian Law Journal 17 28 3,388 8,477 845
37 Psychology, Crime and Law 4 3 478 56 20,646
38 Monash University Law Review 5 9 288 1,106 19,955
39 Health & Justice 7 3 4,091 243 3,694
40 Journal of School Violence 4 2 173 143 20,614
41 Federal Law Review 4 15 234 2,354 18,105
42 Political Science Quarterly 7 12 341 1,225 18,451
43 Theoretical Criminology 7 11 563 889 17,433
44 Journal of Refugee Studies 4 7 164 544 19,323
45 Public Administration Review (PAR) 9 9 941 1,311 14,380
46 Crime, Law and Social Change 5 7 318 578 17,683
47 Criminal Law Quarterly 6 17 543 4,270 13,345
48 Leiden Journal of International Law 12 18 1,912 3,387 7,947
49 U.B.C. Law Review 11 20 987 4,292 10,786
50 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 4 13 543 2,279 14,107
51 Human Rights Law Review 10 15 974 1,803 12,366
52 Medical Law Review 4 12 460 1,523 14,540
53 Adelaide Law Review 4 10 183 798 15,759
54 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 3 5 140 299 16,287
55 Journal of Law and Society 8 16 724 2,100 12,081
56 International Journal of Legal Medicine 1 3 87 246 16,424
57 Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg 4 11 260 3,321 12,519
58 Philosophy and Public Affairs 5 14 154 1,207 14,838
59 International Labour Review 4 10 348 1,133 13,899
60 Journal of Cybersecurity 19 7 3,341 239 1,365
61 Solicitors' Journal 9 18 423 2,825 12,031
62 Journal of Criminal Law 4 5 250 1,084 14,118
63 Legal Theory 15 30 1,612 7,387 2,469
64 Hong Kong Law Journal 6 12 489 2,699 11,298
65 Alternative Law Journal 2 4 69 335 15,177
66 Punishment and Society 7 8 532 611 12,833
67 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 2 6 39 397 15,194
68 Criminology & Criminal Justice 4 7 227 365 14,266
69 Manitoba Law Journal 7 16 597 2,979 10,273
70 International Journal of Children's Rights 2 7 112 456 14,659
71 Medicine and Law 2 6 108 803 14,158
72 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 5 13 393 1,631 12,053
73 German Law Journal 9 14 1,277 2,519 7,267
74 Queen's Law Journal 12 22 877 3,881 7,787
75 Prison Journal 5 13 471 1,362 11,803
76 Child and Family Law Quarterly 3 6 102 572 14,083
77 International Journal of Refugee Law 6 17 485 2,967 10,171
78 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 6 2 2,159 248 4,929
79 European Data Protection Law Review (EDPL) 6 6 416 256 12,351
80 South African Journal on Human Rights 8 30 610 6,453 5,957
81 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 6 8 448 1,396 11,023
82 Journal of Conflict Resolution 6 10 516 1,739 10,259
83 Critical Criminology 5 6 303 271 12,501
84 Dalhousie Law Journal 9 17 729 3,022 8,141
85 Review of European Studies 2 1 52 37 13,794
86 International Journal of Human Rights 5 6 498 411 11,417
87 Edinburgh Law Review 3 5 107 290 13,177
88 Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 5 11 320 746 11,546
89 Israel Law Review 8 27 678 5,990 5,285
90 International Migration Review 4 12 332 1,380 10,743
91 Beijing Law Review 3 2 137 49 12,644
92 Melbourne Journal of International Law 6 9 438 845 10,514
93 AJIL Unbound 11 9 2,001 1,189 3,229
94 Medicine, Science and the Law 5 5 99 700 12,044
95 Commonwealth Law Bulletin 4 6 125 777 11,562
96 European Law Journal 8 31 775 3,979 5,825
97 Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law 4 2 315 79 11,298
98 Canadian Business Law Journal 6 17 308 4,190 7,588
99 New Zealand Law Review 5 15 245 1,808 9,966
100 Current Issues in Criminal Justice 2 3 81 138 12,126