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British Journal of Criminology
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British Journal of Criminology

0007-0955

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/bjc

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 7 10 16 9
Social Sciences and Humanities 179 43 64 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 66
Documents by Best Scientists*: 86
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 120
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.238
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at British Journal of Criminology?

British Journal of Criminology mainly deals with areas of study such as Criminology, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Social psychology and Injury prevention. Topics in Criminology were tackled in line with various other fields like Computer security, Politics and Economic Justice. The journal facilitates the exploration of Suicide prevention in relation to the fields of Occupational safety and health, Medical emergency, Juvenile delinquency and Psychiatry.

  • Criminology (34.02%)
  • Suicide prevention (16.81%)
  • Human factors and ergonomics (15.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • THE LIMITS OF THE SOVEREIGN STATE Strategies of Crime Control in Contemporary Society (1216 citations)
  • CONFLICTS AS PROPERTY (816 citations)
  • Government and Control (802 citations)

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

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Criminology, Suicide prevention, Social psychology, Human factors and ergonomics and Injury prevention. The works on Criminology tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like Computer security, Politics and Economic Justice. The Suicide prevention studies presented in the journal publications encompass related topics like Homicide and also examine its connection to subjects such as Occupational safety and health, Medical emergency and Psychiatry.

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:

British Journal of Criminology is organized to address concerns in the fields of Criminology, Prison, Social psychology, Context (language use) and Political economy. The journal tackles research in various disciplines, including Criminology and Domestic violence. British Journal of Criminology explores research in Prison and the adjacent study of Harm.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Measuring the dark figure of crime in geographic areas: Small area estimation from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (5 citations)
  • Prison as temporary refuge: amplifying the voices of women detained in prison (4 citations)
  • Politics and Indigenous Victimization: The Case of Brazil (4 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 British Journal of Criminology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David P. Farrington (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Pat Carlen (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen Farrall (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jason Ditton (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sandra Walklate (18 papers) published 1 paper 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 British Journal of Criminology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Cambridge (88 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (70 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (59 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Home Office (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Sheffield (51 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, 7.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.89% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.11% of all publications and 47.52% 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

  • ‘All Knowledge Begins with the Senses’1: Towards a Sensory Criminology

    Bill McClanahan;Nigel South

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • Incarceration as a Fundamental Social Cause of Health Inequalities: Jails, Prisons and Vulnerability to COVID-19

    Meghan A Novisky;Kathryn M Nowotny;Dylan B Jackson;Alexander Testa

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Live Facial Recognition: Trust and Legitimacy as Predictors of Public Support for Police Use of New Technology

    Ben Bradford;Julia A Yesberg;Jonathan Jackson;Jonathan Jackson;Paul Dawson

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Does Collective Efficacy Matter at the Micro Geographic Level?: Findings from a Study Of Street Segments

    David Weisburd;Clair White;Alese Wooditch

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • The Role of Radical Economic Restructuring in Truancy from School and Engagement in Crime

    Stephen Farrall;Stephen Farrall;Emily Gray;Philip Mike Jones

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • The Evolution of Corporate Accounts of Scandals From Exposure to Investigation

    Petter Gottschalk;Michael L Benson

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Genocide and ecocide in four Colombian Indigenous Communities: the Erosion of a way of life and memory

    David R Goyes;Nigel South;Mireya Astroina Abaibira;Pablo Baicué

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Cybercrime is (often) boring: Infrastructure and alienation in a deviant subculture

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Building Immigrants’ Solidarity with Police: Procedural Justice, Identity and Immigrants’ Willingness to Cooperate with Police

    Kristina Murphy;Ben Bradford;Elise Sargeant;Adrian Cherney

    (2021)
    28 Citations

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