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Asian Journal of Criminology
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Asian Journal of Criminology

1871-0131

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11417

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 60 4 6 3
Social Sciences and Humanities 856 11 20 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 18
Documents by Best Scientists*: 27
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 24
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.616
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Asian Journal of Criminology?

Asian Journal of Criminology primarily tackles Criminology, China, Law, Social psychology and Criminal justice. The featured works in Restorative justice, Organised crime and Juvenile delinquency, which all belong in the domain if Criminology, also overlaps with concepts under Context (language use). In particular, the Juvenile delinquency works presented emphasize discussions on General strain theory.

In it, Public relations, Politics and Public administration are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in China research. The journal primarily discusses Law topics, particularly Criminal procedure and Legislature. The Social psychology works featured in it incorporate elements from Sample (statistics), Survey data collection, Perception and Clinical psychology.

Criminal justice research is concerned with Theory of criminal justice in particular.

  • Criminology (42.65%)
  • China (21.33%)
  • Law (17.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Criminal Exploitation of Online Systems by Organised Crime Groups (77 citations)
  • Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Drug Use in Korea (76 citations)
  • A Green Criminological Exploration of Illegal Wildlife Trade in Vietnam (58 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Asian Journal of Criminology:

The most cited papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Criminology, China, Development economics, Juvenile delinquency and Social psychology. The published articles help close the divide between two different fields of study: Criminology and Context (language use). The study of Juvenile delinquency in the journal articles encompasses disciplines such as Deviance (sociology), as well as fields such as Criminal justice, all of which overlap with one another.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • China
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Criminology, China, Survey data collection, Perception and Social psychology. The Criminology works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Ideology and Newspaper. The journal facilitates discussions on China that incorporate concepts from other fields like International trade and Injustice.

In addition to Survey data collection research, the journal aims to explore topics under Economic Justice, Public relations and Social control. In it, Social conflict and Seriousness are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Perception research. The featured Social psychology works encompass concepts such as Fear of crime and examines them in conjunction with Perspective (graphical).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Stigma, Discrimination, and Hate Crimes in Chinese-Speaking World amid Covid-19 Pandemic. (9 citations)
  • Understanding Domestic Violence in India During COVID-19: a Routine Activity Approach. (7 citations)
  • Using Big Data to Prevent Crime: Legitimacy Matters (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Asian Journal of Criminology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mahesh K. Nalla (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Yuning Wu (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Shanhe Jiang (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mengyan Dai (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ivan Y. Sun (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Asian Journal of Criminology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Hong Kong (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Australian National University (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Queensland University of Technology (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • City University of Hong Kong (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Macau (11 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 8.57% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 46.88% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.25% of all publications and 34.38% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • What's Wrong with Penal Populism? Politics, the Public, and Criminological Expertise

    David Garland

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Evaluating the Control of Money Laundering and Its Underlying Offences: the Search for Meaningful Data.

    Michael Levi

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Organizational Trust and Job Stress: a Preliminary Study Among Police Officers

    Eric G. Lambert;Hanif Qureshi;Mahesh K. Nalla;Mia Abboud Holbrook

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Changes in the Most-Cited Scholars in 20 Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals Between 1990 and 2015 and Comparisons with the Asian Journal of Criminology

    Ellen G. Cohn;David P. Farrington;Amaia Iratzoqui

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Changes in the Most Cited Scholars in Five International Journals Between 2006 and 2020

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Restorative Justice (XIU-FU-SHI-SI-FA) in Taiwan: Traditional Practices and Modern Developments

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Social Disorganization Theory in Contemporary China: a Review of the Evidence and Directions for Future Research

    Dan He;Steven F. Messner

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Testing the Theoretical Relationship Between the Role of the Society at Large and the Willingness to Adhere to the Police Code of Silence

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Police Integrity in Taiwan and Its Correlates

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Stability or Change in Age-Crime Relation in Taiwan, 1980–2019: Age-Period-Cohort Assessment

    (2023)
    5 Citations

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