Police Practice and Research

Top Research Topics at Police Practice and Research?

Police Practice and Research aims to foster the development of research in Criminology, Public relations, Law enforcement, Law and Social psychology. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Criminology, it also covered topics in Injury prevention, Occupational safety and health, Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics. While the journal focused on Public relations, it was also able to explore topics like Police science and Officer.

The Law enforcement study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Public administration. Many of the studies tackled connect Social psychology with a similar field of study like Perception.

• Criminology (25.48%)
• Public relations (24.69%)
• Law enforcement (13.53%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Hotspot Matrix: A Framework for the Spatio‐Temporal Targeting of Crime Reduction (190 citations)
• Defining Terrorism: Is One Man's Terrorist another Man's Freedom Fighter? (145 citations)
• The Diffusion of Computerized Crime Mapping in Policing: Linking Research and Practice (121 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Police Practice and Research:

The most cited papers investigate areas of study like Public relations, Law enforcement, Social psychology, Criminology and Officer. The published papers with studies in Public relations featured incorporate elements of Suicide prevention, Police science, Corruption and Public administration. The journal papers focus on Criminology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ethnic group, Terrorism and Human factors and ergonomics.

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

• Law
• China
• Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Police Practice and Research focuses largely on the fields of Criminology, Perception, Public relations, Applied psychology and Law enforcement. Criminology research presented in Police Practice and Research encompasses a variety of subjects, including Procedural justice and Domestic violence. The research on Procedural justice discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Legitimacy.

The journal focuses on Perception but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Context (language use) and Training (civil). Police Practice and Research explores Public relations concepts, specifically Community policing and Problem-oriented policing but expands to research in Focus (computing).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• A systematic review of mental health symptoms in police officers following extreme traumatic exposures (14 citations)
• The immediate and long-term effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on domestic violence calls for service across six U.S. jurisdictions (13 citations)
• Policing mental health: The composition and perceived challenges of Co-response Teams and Crisis Intervention Teams in the Canadian context (4 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 Police Practice and Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Martine B. Powell (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Rick Sarre (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Craig Bennell (7 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Dilip K. Das (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Tim Prenzler (6 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 Police Practice and Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Griffith University (24 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Carleton University (19 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Queensland University of Technology (14 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition,
• Deakin University (13 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
• University of the Fraser Valley (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, 6.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.57% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.82% of all publications and 51.22% 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.