Police Quarterly

Top Research Topics at Police Quarterly?

The foci of Police Quarterly are Public relations, Criminology, Law enforcement, Social psychology and Officer. Police science, Perception and Public administration are some topics wherein Public relations research discussed in it have an impact. It addresses concerns in Criminology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Law and Occupational safety and health.

The journal focused on Law enforcement research but expanded to cover Agency (sociology). While the primary focus in Police Quarterly is Social psychology, it also dissects topics surrounding Race (biology) and Ethnic group as a whole. Issues in Officer were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Suspect and Applied psychology.

The research topics discussed in Police Quarterly include Suicide prevention as well as Advertising. Studies in Injury prevention and Medical emergency are the key highlights in it. Attendees participated in lively discussions that mix various fields of study, including Human factors and ergonomics and Computer security and Racial profiling.

• Public relations (28.66%)
• Criminology (25.81%)
• Law enforcement (18.50%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Policing in Black and White: Ethnic Group Differences in Trust and Confidence in the Police: (444 citations)
• ATTITUDES TOWARD THE POLICE: THE EFFECTS OF DIRECT AND VICARIOUS EXPERIENCE (386 citations)
• Citizen Satisfaction with Police Encounters (282 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Police Quarterly:

The journal articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Social psychology, Public relations, Criminology, Human factors and ergonomics and Officer. The journal articles are focused mainly on Public relations, particularly Community policing. The most cited publications hold forums on Human factors and ergonomics that merge themes from other disciplines such as Injury prevention and Suicide prevention.

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 journal covers a variety of subjects, including Criminology, Law enforcement, Public relations, Use of force and Officer. The journal holds forums on Criminology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Organizational justice, Occupational stress, Subject (philosophy) and Misconduct. The research on Law enforcement tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Cynicism, Representation (politics), Workforce, Criminal justice and Process (engineering).

While Police Quarterly primarily focused on Public relations, it also opened dialogues on the discipline of Additional research. Police Quarterly aims to bridge the gap between the study of Use of force and disciplines such as Behavior change, Software deployment, Social psychology, Risk analysis (engineering) and Identification (information). Some problems in Officer that were presented in Police Quarterly overlapped with concepts under Coping (psychology), Clinical psychology, Police accountability and Set (psychology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Police Use of Force and Injury: Multilevel Predictors of Physical Harm to Subjects and Officers: (4 citations)
• Can We Really Defund the Police? A Nine-Agency Study of Police Response to Calls for Service: (2 citations)
• “Engineering Resilience” Into Split-Second Shoot/No Shoot Decisions: The Effect of Muzzle-Position: (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Police Quarterly (based on the number of publications) are:

• Geoffrey P. Alpert (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael D. White (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• William Terrill (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Jihong Solomon Zhao (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Cynthia Lum (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 Quarterly (based on the number of publications) are:

• Michigan State University (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Sam Houston State University (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of South Carolina (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Arizona State University (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• George Mason University (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 46.67% 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.