Criminology is a scientific study of cause and prevention of crime in a legal manner. it can also be defined as law enforcement and criminal justice system. criminology is a branch of sociology. Criminology is basically study of crime and its related offence. The top open access journals are peer reviewed scholarly journals of sociology. Criminology is a branch of sociology.  is basically study of crime and its related offence. Criminology is most often associated with the study of the law enforcement and criminal justice system. The top open access journals are freely available on the public internet domain, allowing any end users to read, download, copy, distribute, prink, search or link to the full texts of the articles. users to read, download, copy, distribute, prink, search or link to the full texts of the articles. These provide high quality, meticulously reviewed and rapid publication, to cater the insistent need of scientific community. These journals are indexed with all their citations noted .