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Critical Criminology
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Critical Criminology

1205-8629

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10612

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1277 6 10 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 15
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.455
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Critical Criminology?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Criminology, Law, Criminal justice, State (polity) and Critical criminology. Economic Justice, Power (social and political) and Politics are some topics wherein Criminology research discussed in the journal have an impact. Theory of criminal justice is the primary subject of Criminal justice works presented in Critical Criminology.

In particular, the State (polity) works presented emphasize discussions on State crime. Research on Critical criminology addressed in Critical Criminology frequently intersections with the field of Green criminology.

  • Criminology (60.32%)
  • Law (18.76%)
  • Criminal justice (13.42%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Towards a Victimology of State Crime (88 citations)
  • Enemies Everywhere: Terrorism, Moral Panic, and US Civil Society (80 citations)
  • Intersectional Criminology: Interrogating Identity and Power in Criminological Research and Theory (72 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Critical Criminology:

The most cited articles explore disciplines such as Criminology, State (polity), Social psychology, Power (social and political) and Green criminology. The most cited publications investigate Criminology research which frequently intersects with Law. The studies on Social psychology discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Criminal justice, Ethnic group, Peer support and Psychosocial.

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:

Critical Criminology mainly tackles studies in Criminology, Criminal justice, Context (language use), Politics and Indigenous. Critical criminology is a primary topic of Criminology research in the journal. Criminal justice research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Citizenship, Transgender people, Misrepresentation and Identity (social science).

The journal deals with Identity (social science) in conjunction with Neoliberalism and similar fields in Gender studies. In Critical Criminology, Government, Psychoanalysis and Precariat are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Politics research. It holds forums on Indigenous that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cultural criminology, Environmental ethics, Organised crime and Natural resource.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Southern Green Cultural Criminology and Environmental Crime Prevention: Representations of Nature Within Four Colombian Indigenous Communities (3 citations)
  • Experiences of Trans Scholars in Criminology and Criminal Justice (3 citations)
  • Latino Criminology: Unfucking Colonial Frameworks in “Latinos and Crime” Scholarship (3 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 Critical Criminology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Avi Brisman (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Walter S. DeKeseredy (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dawn L. Rothe (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael J. Lynch (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nigel South (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than 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 Critical Criminology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Queensland University of Technology (27 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Eastern Kentucky University (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Eastern Michigan University (26 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Essex (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Old Dominion University (17 papers) published 3 papers 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, 7.81% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.81% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.34% of all publications and 47.46% 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

  • Southern Green Cultural Criminology and Environmental Crime Prevention: Representations of Nature Within Four Colombian Indigenous Communities

    David Rodríguez Goyes;Mireya Astroina Abaibira;Pablo Baicué;Angie Cuchimba

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • A New Theory of Globalization, Natural Resource Extraction and Violence Against Women: Toward Solving the Linkage Problem

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Editors’ Introduction to the Special Issue, “Southern Criminologies: Methods, Theories and Indigenous Issues”

    David Rodriguez Goyes;Nigel South;Ragnhild Sollund;Salo de Carvalho

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Harms and the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Political Ecology, Green Criminology and the European Eel

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • ‘Grew Up with a Silver Spoon in My Mouth, But it Ended Up the Nose’: The Stigma and Labelling of Injection Drug Use in an Affluent Beachside Community

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Moving Beyond Abstracted Empiricism: Pursuing New Sociological Directions in Theorizing Male-to-Female Sexual Assault on University/College Campuses

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Medicalized Metamorphosis: Biological Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders

    Jennifer A. Chandler;Jennifer Kilty;Dave Holmes

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • The Dominance of Individualism and Positivism: Trends of Theorizing Sexual Victimization/Perpetration in Higher Education, 2013–2022

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Does the Concentration of the Treadmill of Production Predict US EPA Environmental Violations Across States? A Test of Green Criminological Propositions from Ecological Disorganization Theory

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Remembering Roger Matthews (1948-2020) and Editors' Introduction to "New Times" and "Environmental Crimes".

    Nigel South;Nigel South;Avi Brisman;Avi Brisman;Avi Brisman

    (2020)
    0 Citations

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