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International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
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International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

0192-4036

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcac20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 871 11 13 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 21
Documents by Best Scientists*: 27
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 23
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.424
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Criminology, Law, Criminal justice, Social psychology and Politics. The studies in Criminology featured incorporate elements of Economic Justice and Context (language use). State (polity), Criminal law, Democracy, Legislation and Government are among the areas of Law tackled.

Criminal justice research is the primary subject tackled in International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice with a focus on Theory of criminal justice. The work on Social psychology tackled in it brings together disciplines like Sample (statistics) and Perception.

  • Criminology (48.86%)
  • Law (31.96%)
  • Criminal justice (15.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • What Predicts Human Trafficking (116 citations)
  • Beyond the cooking pot and pocket book: Factors influencing noncompliance with wildlife poaching rules (72 citations)
  • Examining Prosocial Organizational Behavior Among Correctional Officers (60 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice:

The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Criminology, Social psychology, Law, Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics. The studies on Criminology discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Gender studies and Politics. The published papers with studies in Law featured incorporate elements of Descriptive research and Law and economics.

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:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Criminology, Public administration, Private security, Empirical research and Democracy. The research on Criminology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Sample (statistics) and Human rights. Public administration research in International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice involves the investigation of Accountability studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Corporate governance.

Issues in Private security were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Procedural justice, Training (civil), Youth work and Market economy. It explores topics in Empirical research which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Regional science and Plural. While the journal focused on Democracy, it was also able to explore topics like Civil society and Guard (information security).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evidence-based policing or reflexive policing: a commentary on Koziarski and Huey (2 citations)
  • “The teeth which are together are the ones which bite the most”: Sensemaking, interpersonal ranger relations, and organisational identification in Ugandan protected areas (2 citations)
  • #Defund or #Re-Fund? Re-examining Bayley’s blueprint for police reform (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 International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Elmer H. Johnson (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mahesh K. Nalla (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Merry Morash (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Graeme R. Newman (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edmund F. McGarrell (7 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 International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michigan State University (67 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wichita State University (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Sam Houston State University (12 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, 2.27% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.56% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.28% of all publications and 48.84% 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

  • The internationalisation of cctv surveillance: Effects on crime and implications for emerging technologies

    Amanda L. Thomas;Eric L. Piza;Brandon C. Welsh;David P. Farrington

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Policing health regulations in democratic societies: A focus on COVID-19 challenges and opportunities in Australia

    Lorraine Mazerolle;Janet Ransley

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Protest policing and the reality of freedom: Evidence from Hong Kong, Portland, and Santiago in 2019 and 2020

    Edward R. Maguire

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • The more things change, the more they stay the same: the Queensland Police Service as a model for sustainable policing reform

    Geoffrey P. Alpert;Geoffrey P. Alpert;Kyle McLean

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • There has to be a better way: place managers for crime prevention in a surveillance society

    Stephen Douglas;Brandon C. Welsh

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Improving justice responses for victims of intimate partner violence: examining the merits of the provision of independent legal representation

    Mary Iliadis;Kate Fitz-Gibbon;Sandra Walklate

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Private security's accountabilities within polycentric assemblages

    Julie Berg;Clifford Shearing

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • The influence of micro-places on the spatial patterns of property crime in Vancouver, Canada

    Martin A. Andresen;Martin A. Andresen;Jordan M. Wong

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Cascades: war, crime, peace, and crime prevention: reaction essay

    Edmund F. McGarrell

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Policing, politics, and democracy: David Bayley’s enduring contributions

    Gary Cordner;Edward R. Maguire;Clifford Shearing

    (2021)
    1 Citations

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