Homicide Studies

Top Research Topics at Homicide Studies?

Homicide, Criminology, Suicide prevention, Injury prevention and Human factors and ergonomics are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The journal aims to form a more comprehensive understanding of the field by integrating Homicide with subjects such as Occupational safety and health, Demography, Social psychology, Computer security and Medical emergency. Criminology research presented in Homicide Studies encompasses a variety of subjects, including Context (language use) and Law enforcement.

The featured Suicide prevention works encompass concepts such as Domestic violence and examines them in conjunction with Law, Clinical psychology, Psychiatry and Environmental health. Medical examiner research are fields of study within Injury prevention but they also intertwine with concepts in Demographic economics, Immigration and Forensic engineering. Aside from Human factors and ergonomics, it also covered works in other subjects like Ethnic group, Gerontology and Race (biology).

• Homicide (98.42%)
• Criminology (53.75%)
• Suicide prevention (53.56%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Explaining the Decline in Intimate Partner Homicide The Effects of Changing Domesticity, Women's Status, and Domestic Violence Resources (248 citations)
• Stalking and Intimate Partner Femicide (207 citations)
• The Nature of Expressiveness and Instrumentality in Homicide: Implications for Offender Profiling (187 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Homicide Studies:

The published articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Homicide, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Injury prevention and Criminology. The most cited papers tackle research in Domestic violence as part of the general discipline of Injury prevention, however, they also discuss concepts in Medical emergency, Immigration, Metropolitan area and Relationship Type. Issues in Criminology were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Gerontology, Race (biology), Concentrated Disadvantage, Legitimacy and Ethnic group.

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

• Law
• Social science
• China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Homicide Studies mainly tackles studies in Homicide, Criminology, Intimate partner, Demography and Exploratory research. The journal explores topics in Homicide which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Domestic violence and Gun violence. Recidivism studies in the realm of Criminology interact with fields like Research needs, Work (electrical) and Period (music).

It tackles research in Mortality rate as part of the general discipline of Demography, however, it also discusses concepts in Negative binomial distribution, Social processes and Duration (project management). Topics in Exploratory research were tackled in line with various other fields like Intervention (counseling), Criminal justice and Social control theory. It facilitated discussions that integrated Environmental health with the fields of Injury prevention, Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The National Death Index as a Source of Homicide Data: A Methodological Exposition of Promises and Pitfalls for Criminologists. (2 citations)
• Examining the Relationship Between Weapon Type and Relationship Type in American Homicides: A Bayesian Approach: (1 citations)
• The Newsworthiness of Mass Public Shootings: What Factors Impact the Extent of Coverage?: (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Homicide Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• John P. Jarvis (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Marieke Liem (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• C. Gabrielle Salfati (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Patricia L. McCall (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Karen F. Parker (8 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 Homicide Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Central Florida (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Northeastern University (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• State University of New York System (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of South Florida (13 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, 5.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.65% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 29.41% of all publications and 29.41% 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.