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Federal Sentencing Reporter
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Federal Sentencing Reporter

1053-9867

Published by: University of California Press

https://online.ucpress.edu/fsr

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 58 4 7 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 13
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Federal Sentencing Reporter?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Law, Criminology, Commission, Sentencing guidelines and Humanities. Justice (ethics), Supreme court, Criminal justice, Economic Justice and State (polity) are all aspects of Law research featured in the journal. Criminology research is the primary subject tackled in Federal Sentencing Reporter with a focus on Prison.

It explores research in Humanities and the adjacent study of Lexis.

  • Law (48.35%)
  • Criminology (18.72%)
  • Commission (12.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994 (845 citations)
  • The First Month Out: Post-Incarceration Experiences in New York City (138 citations)
  • The Price of Prisons: What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers (108 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Federal Sentencing Reporter:

The journal papers explore disciplines such as Criminology, Law, Prison, State (polity) and Sentence. The journal papers are focused mainly on Criminology, particularly Criminal justice. The most cited papers explore issues in Law which can be linked to other research areas like Mythology and Throwing.

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

  • Law
  • Common law
  • Human rights

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Law, Criminology, Power (social and political), Criminal justice and Justice (ethics). Presentations on Law include those discussing Jurisprudence, Legislation, Blanket, Scholarship and Realm. Issues in Jurisprudence were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Persistence (psychology), Rest (physics), Subject (philosophy) and Sentencing guidelines.

The majority of Criminology studies in Federal Sentencing Reporter are focused on the subject of Punishment. Some problems in Power (social and political) that were presented in Federal Sentencing Reporter overlapped with concepts under Information Age, Collateral, Public administration, Law and economics and Legitimacy. Research on Criminal justice addressed in Federal Sentencing Reporter frequently intersections with the field of Risk assessment.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Second Look = Second ChanceTurning the Tide through NACDL’s Model Second Look Legislation (0 citations)
  • Transforming the Theater of Pardoning (0 citations)
  • After Trump: Restoring Legitimacy to the Pardon Power (0 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 Federal Sentencing Reporter (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Douglas A. Berman (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nora V. Demleitner (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Frank O. Bowman (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Daniel J. Freed (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul J. Hofer (24 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 Federal Sentencing Reporter (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Marquette University (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vera Institute of Justice (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Washington and Lee University (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ohio State University (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Minnesota (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 34.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.74% of all publications and 43.48% 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

  • Pandemic, Social Unrest, and Crime in U.S. Cities

    Richard Rosenfeld;Ernesto Lopez

    (2020)
    119 Citations
  • Is De-policing the Cause of the Spike in Urban Violence? Comment on Cassell

    Richard Rosenfeld

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • The 1994 Crime Bill: Legacy and Lessons – Overview and Reflections

    Richard Rosenfeld

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Reflections on the Legacy of Joan Petersilia

    Jeremy Travis

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Donald Trump and the Clemency Process

    Matthew Gluck;Jack Goldsmith

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Doing Injustice

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • The Untold Story of America’s First Sentencing Commission

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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