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Criminology & Public Policy
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Criminology & Public Policy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 3 15 26 10
Social Sciences and Humanities 117 40 62 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 75
Documents by Best Scientists*: 99
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 14
SCIMAGO H-index: 53
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.749
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Criminology and public policy?

Criminology, Suicide prevention, Law, Human factors and ergonomics and Injury prevention are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. Prison, Criminal justice, Imprisonment, Justice (ethics) and Juvenile delinquency are all topics related to Criminology research discussed. The journal aims to form a more comprehensive understanding of the field by integrating Suicide prevention with subjects such as Occupational safety and health, Medical emergency, Computer security and Psychiatry.

Aside from research in Occupational safety and health, the journal also discusses Domestic violence studies. Law enforcement is part of Law studies tackled in the journal. Studies in Human factors and ergonomics and Recidivism are the key highlights in the journal.

  • Criminology (32.00%)
  • Suicide prevention (22.55%)
  • Law (20.64%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • “POLICE DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE”: AFRICAN‐AMERICAN YOUNG MEN'S ACCUMULATED POLICE EXPERIENCES* (570 citations)
  • DOES CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM QUALITY REALLY MATTER? THE IMPACT OF ADHERING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION* (285 citations)
  • Imprisonment and crime (279 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Criminology and public policy:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Law, Injury prevention and Criminology. The published Human factors and ergonomics research zeroes in on concepts in Homicide but also tackles themes under Occupational safety and health, Computer security, Recidivism and Meta-analysis. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Criminology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Government, State (polity), Officer and Public policy.

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

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Criminology, Public policy, Pandemic, Public support and Criminal justice policy are the subjects of interest in the journal. The work on Criminology addressed in it expands to the thematically related Misconduct. Minimum wage, Labour economics, Download, Frontier and Unemployment are some topics wherein Public policy research discussed in Criminology and public policy have an impact.

Attendees participated in lively discussions that mix various fields of study, including Public support and Public administration, Criminal record, Expungement and Law. The research on Criminal justice policy featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Legislation, Restorative justice and Law and economics. In Criminology and public policy, Race ethnicity, Racism, Racial bias and Enforcement are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Criminal justice research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • What does the public want police to do during pandemics? A national experiment (4 citations)
  • Beyond the eternal criminal record: Public support for expungement (4 citations)
  • Gang‐related crime in Los Angeles remained stable following COVID‐19 social distancing orders (2 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 Criminology and public policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Francis T. Cullen (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Edward J. Latessa (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Daniel S. Nagin (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shawn D. Bushway (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alex R. Piquero (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Criminology and public policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Cincinnati (66 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Maryland, College Park (52 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Florida State University (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arizona State University (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rutgers University (36 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 54.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.18% of all publications and 18.18% 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

  • Does de-escalation training work?

    Robin S. Engel;Hannah D. McManus;Tamara D. Herold

    (2020)
    134 Citations
  • Procedural justice and legal compliance: A revisionist perspective

    Daniel S. Nagin;Cody W. Telep

    (2020)
    130 Citations
  • Effects of school resource officers on school crime and responses to school crime

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

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • Assessing the impact of de‐escalation training on police behavior: Reducing police use of force in the Louisville, KY Metro Police Department

    (2022)
    80 Citations
  • What does the public want police to do during pandemics? A national experiment

    Justin Nix;Stefan Ivanov;Justin T Pickett

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • Randomized controlled trial of social interaction police training

    Kyle McLean;Scott E. Wolfe;Jeff Rojek;Geoffrey P. Alpert

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Patterns and prevalence of lethal mass violence

    Grant Duwe

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Evidence concerning the regulation of firearms design, sale, and carrying on fatal mass shootings in the United States

    Daniel W. Webster;Alexander D. McCourt;Cassandra K. Crifasi;Marisa D. Booty

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Assessing the potential to reduce deaths and injuries from mass shootings through restrictions on assault weapons and other high-capacity semiautomatic firearms

    Christopher S. Koper

    (2020)
    44 Citations

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