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Journal of Criminal Justice Education
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Journal of Criminal Justice Education

1051-1253

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcje20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 57 4 9 3
Social Sciences and Humanities 1188 6 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 20
Documents by Best Scientists*: 30
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 37
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.452
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Criminal Justice Education?

The journal explores disciplines such as Criminal justice, Criminology, Social psychology, Law and Theory of criminal justice. Criminal justice research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Criminal justice ethics. The Justice (ethics) studies presented in it fall under the field of Criminology, but it also has connections to other fields such as Productivity.

Journal of Criminal Justice Education explores research in Social psychology and the adjacent study of Mathematics education. Law works presented in Journal of Criminal Justice Education have a specific focus on Law enforcement. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Theory of criminal justice, apply to Retributive justice as well.

  • Criminal justice (98.00%)
  • Criminology (53.05%)
  • Social psychology (17.54%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • What can “Lies” Tell Us about Life? Notes towards a Framework of Narrative Criminology (130 citations)
  • Academic Integrity and Distance Learning (116 citations)
  • Using Student Samples in Criminological Research (96 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Criminal Justice Education:

The most cited publications investigate areas of study like Criminal justice, Criminology, Social psychology, Social science and Productivity. The journal publications cover Criminal justice research under the subject of Law. The journal publications hold forums on Criminology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Publication, Qualitative research, Field (Bourdieu) and Scholarship.

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:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Criminal justice, Criminology, Perception, Higher education and Curriculum. Interdisciplinary research on topics like Criminal justice and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak are the foci of the journal. It addresses concerns in Criminology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Intersectionality theory, Race (biology), Vulnerability, Scholarship and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

The journal facilitates discussions on Perception that incorporate concepts from other fields like CSI effect, Social psychology, Multinomial logistic regression and Public health. It holds forums on Higher education that merges themes from other disciplines such as Value (mathematics), Criminal history, Prejudice (legal term) and Stigma (botany). Curriculum research presented in Journal of Criminal Justice Education encompasses a variety of subjects, including Interpersonal communication and Mental health.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Open-Access Availability of Criminological Research to Practitioners and Policy Makers (2 citations)
  • The Desirability of Law Enforcement Careers among College Students in a Hispanic Community (1 citations)
  • A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Hybrid Course Modality to Increase Student Engagement and Mastery of Course Content in Undergraduate Research Methods Classes (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.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Criminal Justice Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Richard Tewksbury (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wesley G. Jennings (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shaun L. Gabbidon (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Brian K. Payne (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ellen G. Cohn (10 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 Journal of Criminal Justice Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sam Houston State University (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Cincinnati (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Old Dominion University (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Louisville (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of South Florida (10 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, 13.73% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.18% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.73% of all publications and 54.55% 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

  • Changes in Scholarly Influence in Major American Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals between 1986 and 2015

    Ellen G. Cohn;David P. Farrington;Amaia Iratzoqui

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • An Examination of Article Productivity and Influence among Criminology and Criminal Justice Doctoral Faculty, 2015–2021

    (2023)
    11 Citations
  • “The Subject Matter Should Be an Adequate Trigger Warning”: How and Why Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Use (and Don’t Use) Trigger Warnings

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Book Review: Outlaw Women: Prison, Rural Violence, and Poverty in the American West: by Dewey Susan, Zare Bonnie, Connolly Catherine, Epler Rhett, and Bratton Rosemary, New York: New York University Press, 2019, 271 pp., $30 pbk, ISBN: 9781479897439.

    Walter DeKeseredy

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • A National Comparison of Police Academies Operated by Academic Institutions and by Law Enforcement Agencies: Different Strokes for Different Folks?

    John J. Sloan;Eugene A. Paoline

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • For or Against?: Criminal Justice and Criminology Faculty Attitudes toward Trigger Warnings

    Alison C. Cares;Arelys Madero Hernandez;Lisa Growette Bostaph;Bonnie S. Fisher

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Patterns and Profiles in Faculty Publication Productivity

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Teaching about Victimization in the #MeToo Era: Introduction to the Special Issue

    Lisa Growette Bostaph;Alison C. Cares;Bonnie S. Fisher

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Where Are We Now? The Current State of Justice-Related Education

    (2024)
    3 Citations
  • Learning with the Others: Perspective-Taking and the Future of Criminal Justice in the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program

    (2023)
    3 Citations

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