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Crime and Delinquency
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Crime and Delinquency

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Published by: SAGE

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 9 12 24 8
Social Sciences and Humanities 174 48 101 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 112
Documents by Best Scientists*: 179
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 15
SCIMAGO H-index: 91
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.841
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Crime & Delinquency?

The main points discussed in Crime & Delinquency deals with Criminology, Law, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics and Social psychology. Criminology research featured in Crime & Delinquency incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Juvenile and Law enforcement. The study on Juvenile presented in Crime & Delinquency intersects with the topics under Justice (ethics).

The Law study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Juvenile court. While work presented in Crime & Delinquency provided substantial information on Suicide prevention, it also covered topics in Computer security, Psychiatry and Occupational safety and health. Human factors and ergonomics research discussed connects with the study of Injury prevention.

Research on Injury prevention addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Medical emergency. The majority of Criminal justice studies presented zero in on Theory of criminal justice. It tackles topics on Juvenile delinquency, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Developmental psychology.

  • Criminology (36.63%)
  • Law (19.36%)
  • Suicide prevention (16.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Recent Past and Near Future of Risk and/or Need Assessment (1046 citations)
  • Girls' Crime and Woman's Place: Toward a Feminist Model of Female Delinquency (447 citations)
  • Challenges Incarcerated Women Face as They Return to Their Communities: Findings from Life History Interviews (439 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Crime & Delinquency:

The journal articles primarily tackle Criminology, Human factors and ergonomics, Suicide prevention, Social psychology and Injury prevention. The most cited articles explore research in Criminology and the adjacent study of Law. The most cited papers focus on Suicide prevention but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Law enforcement, Psychiatry, Occupational safety and health and Clinical psychology.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Crime & Delinquency generally zeroes in on subjects such as Criminology, Developmental psychology, Juvenile delinquency, Race (biology) and Social psychology. Crime & Delinquency focuses on Criminology but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Juvenile which is concerned with Justice (ethics). The journal aims to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as Developmental psychology and White (horse).

The work on Juvenile delinquency addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Clinical psychology. Race (biology) study tackled is connected to the field of Ethnic group. In particular, the Social psychology works presented emphasize discussions on Deviance (sociology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Advantages of Matched Over Unmatched Opt-in Samples for Studying Criminal Justice Attitudes: A Research Note: (7 citations)
  • Environmental Predictors of a Drug Offender Crime Script: A Systematic Social Observation of Google Street View Images and CCTV Footage: (5 citations)
  • The Effects of Justice Judgments on Police Legitimacy Across Urban Neighborhoods: A Test of the Invariance Thesis: (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 Crime & Delinquency (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alex R. Piquero (37 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Milton G. Rector (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sol Rubin (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Francis T. Cullen (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Gilbert Geis (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 Crime & Delinquency (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sam Houston State University (69 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cincinnati (51 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Florida State University (48 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Texas at Dallas (45 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Michigan State University (43 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous 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, 3.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.68% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.42% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.65% of all publications and 37.25% 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

  • Advantages of Matched Over Unmatched Opt-in Samples for Studying Criminal Justice Attitudes: A Research Note:

    Amanda Graham;Justin T. Pickett;Francis T. Cullen

    (2021)
    87 Citations
  • Extending Research on the “War on Cops”: The Effects of Ferguson on Nonfatal Assaults Against U.S. Police Officers

    John A. Shjarback;Edward R. Maguire

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Just as Good as the Real Thing? The Effects of Prison Video Visitation on Recidivism

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Are Effects of School Resource Officers Moderated by Student Race and Ethnicity

    Scott Crosse;Denise C. Gottfredson;Erin L. Bauer;Zhiqun Tang

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Not All At-Risk Boys Have Bad Outcomes: Predictors of Later Life Success:

    Jessica M. Craig;Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Police Stress and Race: Using General Strain Theory to Examine Racial Differences in Police Misconduct:

    Stephen A. Bishopp;Nicole Leeper Piquero;Alex R. Piquero;Alex R. Piquero;John L. Worrall

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • The Strain From Procedural Injustice on Parolees: Bridging Procedural Justice Theory and General Strain Theory:

    Lin Liu;Christy A. Visher;Daniel J. O’Connell

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Decomposition of the Role of Family in Reentry: Family Support, Tension, Gender, and Reentry Outcomes:

    Lin Liu;Christy A. Visher

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • The Formal-Informal Control Nexus During COVID-19: What Drives Informal Social Control of Social Distancing Restrictions During Lockdown?

    Elise Sargeant;Kristina Murphy;Molly McCarthy;Harley Williamson

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • School Start Times, Delinquency, and Substance Use: A Criminological Perspective

    Daniel C. Semenza;Ryan C. Meldrum;Dylan B. Jackson;Michael G. Vaughn

    (2020)
    20 Citations

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