| Journal of Criminology | |
| Cover: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology - cover.jpg |
| Former Names: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology |
| Abbreviation: | J. Criminol. |
| Discipline: | Criminology |
| Editor: | Anna Stewart and Philip Stenning |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| History: | 1968–present |
| Frequency: | Triannually |
| Impact: | 0.651 |
| Impact-Year: | 2013 |
| Issn: | 0004-8658 |
| Eissn: | 1837-9273 |
| Lccn: | 68130936 |
| Website: | https://journals.sagepub.com/description/ANJ |
| Link1: | http://anj.sagepub.com/content/current |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://anj.sagepub.com/content/by/year |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
The Journal of Criminology is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal that covers criminological research. The journal was established in 1968 and is the principal journal of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology.[1] For the first 53 volumes, it was published under the title Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, before changing its title in March 2021.[2]
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2013 impact factor is 0.651, ranking it 35th out of 52 journals in the category "Criminology and Penology".[3]