Annual Review of Criminology

The *Annual Review of Criminology* (ANNU REV CRIMINOL, ISSN 2572-4568) is a premier peer-reviewed journal that provides authoritative and comprehensive syntheses of the most significant theoretical, methodological, and empirical advances in the field of criminology. Published by Annual Reviews, the journal is dedicated exclusively to critical review articles that evaluate the current state of knowledge on a wide range of topics, including the causes and correlates of crime, criminal justice policy and practice, policing, corrections, juvenile justice, and the intersection of crime with social inequality, race, gender, and public health. Each volume features in-depth, invited reviews written by leading scholars, which serve to integrate diverse research findings, identify emerging trends, and chart future directions for the discipline. The journal does not publish original empirical research or case studies, focusing instead on synthesizing and critiquing the existing literature to provide a holistic understanding of complex criminological issues. Its primary target audience includes academic researchers, graduate students, policy analysts, and criminal justice professionals seeking high-level, curated overviews of key subfields. A notable feature is that the journal is not open access by default, though individual articles may be made open access through author payment or institutional agreements. With an exceptional 2026 Impact Factor of 7.1000 and a JCR Quartile ranking of Q1, the *Annual Review of Criminology* is widely regarded as one of the most influential and prestigious journals in the social sciences, consistently setting the standard for scholarly review and serving as an indispensable resource for anyone engaged in rigorous criminological research or evidence-based policy development.