The Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is the top college in the world for the study of crime, according to the Center for World University Rankings.

The rankings, organized by subject, are based on the number of research articles in top-tier journals by faculty from the university.

“We are extremely pleased that our college was identified as the top program in the world among the many excellent criminology programs,” said Thomas G. Blomberg, dean and Sheldon L. Messinger Professor of Criminology. “This ranking is particularly meaningful because it is based upon an empirical methodology that considers the quality and quantity of a program’s scholarly publications for the past 10 years. Moreover, our graduate students, as part of our intellectual community, have collaborated with the faculty in so many of the publications that led to our No. 1 ranking.”

The college is no stranger to taking top spots among research productivity rankings. In 2016, the college’s faculty ranked No. 1 in productivity, according to a study by the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. That year, FSU’s criminology faculty published more articles in the top eight peer-reviewed journals than any other criminology or criminal justice program in the country.

Visit the Florida State University News website to read the full article written by Kara Irby.