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Crime, Law and Social Change
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Crime, Law and Social Change

0925-4994

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10611

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1354 6 6 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 26
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 60
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.364
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Crime Law and Social Change?

Criminology, Law, Politics, Corruption and Political economy are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. While Criminology is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Context (language use) and Law enforcement. As a part of it, discussions in Law involve topics like State (polity), Legislation, Government, Economic Justice and Terrorism.

Crime Law and Social Change focused on Politics research but expanded to cover Public administration. It facilitates discussions on Corruption that incorporate concepts from other fields like Development economics and Public relations. More specifically, the research on Criminal justice in Crime Law and Social Change is related to Theory of criminal justice.

  • Criminology (27.71%)
  • Law (27.37%)
  • Politics (16.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Democracy and political corruption: A cross-national comparison (223 citations)
  • The paradoxes of organized crime (206 citations)
  • New directions in research on prostitution (182 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Crime Law and Social Change:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Criminology, Corruption, Law, Organised crime and Politics. The studies on Criminology discussed at the most cited articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Law enforcement, Harm and State (polity). In addition to Corruption research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under China, Political economy, Economic system and Development economics.

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:

Criminology, Corruption, Politics, State (polity) and Prison are the subjects of interest in the journal. It focuses on Criminology but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Context (language use) which is concerned with Supply chain. The Corruption works featured in it incorporate elements from Latin Americans, Enforcement, Public administration, Law and economics and Economic Justice.

Public administration research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Battle, Law enforcement and Civil society. Crime Law and Social Change explores the study of Economic Justice to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Law. The concepts on Politics presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Capital (economics) and Political economy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • At risk: betting-related match-fixing in Brazilian football (1 citations)
  • How to create better Hawala regulations: a case study of Hawala regulations in Afghanistan (1 citations)
  • Routine activity theory and malware, fraud, and spam at the national level (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 Crime Law and Social Change (based on the number of publications) are:

  • R. T. Naylor (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Levi (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carlo Morselli (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Henry N. Pontell (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Edward R. Kleemans (9 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 Crime Law and Social Change (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Northeastern University (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • VU University Amsterdam (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ghent University (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Utrecht University (22 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, 14.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.00% of all publications and 74.29% 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

  • An empirical test of techniques of neutralization regarding polluting behaviors in rural Iran

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • How immigration, level of unemployment, and income inequality affect crime in Europe

    (2024)
    3 Citations
  • Fear and perceived risk of cyber fraud victimization among Chinese University students

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Connected to the end: the deterrence/identity continuum in online criminal networks

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Sanctioning corporate crime: Fines received by the 50 top revenue generating companies in the US

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Punishment before trial: public opinion, perp walks, and compensatory justice in the United States

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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