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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

0004-8658

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/anj

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 64 4 5 3
Social Sciences and Humanities 515 17 25 9
Psychology 1122 14 15 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 39
Documents by Best Scientists*: 47
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Criminology, Law, Project commissioning, Publishing and Suicide prevention. Topics in Criminology were tackled in line with various other fields like Economic Justice and Politics. Law research discussed connects with the study of Law and economics.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Publishing and the similar topic of Media studies. The work on Suicide prevention tackled in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology brings together disciplines like Injury prevention, Human factors and ergonomics and Occupational safety and health. The journal features studies on Criminal justice, including topics such as Theory of criminal justice.

  • Criminology (41.69%)
  • Law (22.34%)
  • Project commissioning (11.72%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Public Satisfaction With Police: Using Procedural Justice to Improve Police Legitimacy (345 citations)
  • Femicide : the politics of woman killing (251 citations)
  • Self-reported delinquency: Results from an instrument for New Zealand*: (234 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology:

The published papers investigate studies in Criminology, Project commissioning, Suicide prevention, Publishing and Public relations. While Criminology is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Context (language use) and Law. The journal articles hold forums on Project commissioning that merge themes from other disciplines such as Social psychology, Juvenile delinquency, Youth violence, Public administration and Crime prevention.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology is to combine knowledge in the areas of Criminology, Salience (language), Immigration, Prison and Metadata. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology held discussions to help close the divide between two different fields of study: Criminology and Media campaign. While Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology focused on Salience (language), it was also able to explore topics like Procedural justice, Qualitative research, Discourse analysis and Ethnography.

It facilitates discussions on Immigration that incorporate concepts from other fields like Racial resentment, White (horse), Perception, Nationalism and Blocking (linguistics). The study on Metadata presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Human–computer interaction.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • “Bad hombres” at the Southern US border? White nationalism and the perceived dangerousness of immigrants (4 citations)
  • ‘African gangs’ in Australia: Perceptions of race and crime in urban neighbourhoods: (3 citations)
  • Linking body worn camera activation with complaints: The promise of metadata: (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 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Allen A. Bartholomew (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Biles (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Don Weatherburn (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Braithwaite (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arie Freiberg (18 papers) absent 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 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Melbourne (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Griffith University (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of New South Wales (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Australian National University (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Queensland (38 papers) absent 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, 14.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 16.67% 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

  • Why people comply with COVID-19 social distancing restrictions: Self-interest or duty?

    Kristina Murphy;Harley Williamson;Elise Sargeant;Molly McCarthy

    (2020)
    148 Citations
  • Does trust in supervisors translate to compliance and cooperation? A test of internal procedural justice among Taiwanese police officers:

    Shun-Yung Kevin Wang;Shun-Yung Kevin Wang;Ivan Y Sun;Ivan Y Sun;Yuning Wu;Yuning Wu;Maarten Van Craen;Maarten Van Craen

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • “Bad hombres” at the Southern US border? White nationalism and the perceived dangerousness of immigrants

    Teresa C Kulig;Amanda Graham;Francis T Cullen;Alex R Piquero

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Functional and dysfunctional fear of crime in inner Sydney: findings from the quantitative component of a mixed-methods study

    Murray Lee;Jonathan Jackson;Justin R Ellis

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Understanding pet scams: A case study of advance fee and non-delivery fraud using victims’ accounts

    Jack M Whittaker;Mark Button

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Police preparedness to respond to cybercrime in Australia: An analysis of individual and organizational capabilities

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Counter-terrorism measures and perceptions of police legitimacy: The importance Muslims place on procedural justice, representative bureaucracy, and bounded-authority concerns:

    Mohammed M. Ali;Kristina Murphy;Adrian Cherney

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Criminology: Some lines of flight

    Julie Berg;Clifford Shearing

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • The mediating roles of law legitimacy and police legitimacy in predicting cooperation with police in China

    Feng Li;Ivan Y Sun;Yuning Wu;Siyu Liu

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Linking body worn camera activation with complaints: The promise of metadata:

    Ben R Martain;Vincent Harinam;Barak Ariel

    (2021)
    14 Citations

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