Criminology and Criminal Justice

Top Research Topics at Criminology & Criminal Justice?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Criminology, Law, Criminal justice, Public relations and Prison. Topics in Criminology were tackled in line with various other fields like Economic Justice, Social psychology, Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics. The studies on Suicide prevention discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Injury prevention and Occupational safety and health.

The study on Criminal justice featured in it expounds on the topic of Theory of criminal justice in particular.

• Criminology (52.61%)
• Law (16.76%)
• Criminal justice (16.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A desistance paradigm for offender management (409 citations)
• Youth crime and justice: Key messages from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime (160 citations)
• Lost on the Silk Road: Online drug distribution and the ‘cryptomarket’: (139 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Criminology & Criminal Justice:

The published papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Criminology, Human factors and ergonomics, Suicide prevention, Public relations and Criminal justice. While Criminology is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Economic Justice, Domestic violence and Situational ethics. The published articles tackle topics on Criminal justice, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Law.

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, Prison, Criminal justice, Public administration and Domestic violence are the subjects of interest in Criminology & Criminal Justice. Criminology and Perception are closely related fields of research discussed in Criminology & Criminal Justice. The Prison study featured in Criminology & Criminal Justice draws connections with the study of Gender studies.

Many of the studies tackled connect Criminal justice with a similar field of study like Control (management). Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Public administration and the similar topic of Democracy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Counting with understanding? What is at stake in debates on researching domestic violence: (7 citations)
• Transforming Rehabilitation: Probation practice, architecture and the art of distributions: (7 citations)
• Towards a criminology of atmospheres: Law, affect and the codes of the street: (6 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Criminology & Criminal Justice (based on the number of publications) are:

• Sandra Walklate (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mike Hough (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gwen Robinson (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Fergus McNeill (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peter Raynor (6 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Criminology & Criminal Justice (based on the number of publications) are:

• Cardiff University (28 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Oxford (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Leeds (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Cambridge (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Leicester (21 papers) published 1 paper 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, 10.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.03% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.62% of all publications and 40.54% 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.