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Policing: An International Journal
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Policing: An International Journal

1363-951X

Published by: Emerald Publishing

https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1363-951X

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 10 9 24 8
Social Sciences and Humanities 519 16 37 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 44
Documents by Best Scientists*: 77
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.764
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Public relations, Criminology, Social psychology, Law enforcement and Law. Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management focuses on Public relations but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Originality, Officer, Agency (sociology) and Public administration. Criminology research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Suicide prevention, Politics and Human factors and ergonomics.

The Human factors and ergonomics study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Computer security. The research on Social psychology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Survey data collection, Perception, Applied psychology, Value (ethics) and Sample (statistics).

  • Public relations (27.59%)
  • Criminology (25.75%)
  • Social psychology (16.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Perceptions of the police (488 citations)
  • Procedural Justice, Trust, and Institutional Legitimacy (291 citations)
  • Physical evidence of police officer stress (219 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management:

The journal papers investigate studies in Public relations, Social psychology, Criminology, Officer and Perception. The journal publications explore issues in Public relations which can be linked to other research areas like Law enforcement, Police science and Agency (sociology). The most cited articles address concerns in the field of Social psychology by exploring it in line with topics in Applied psychology which intersect with Job performance subjects.

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:

Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management focuses on Originality, Public relations, Officer, Pandemic and Publishing. Issues in Public relations were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Well-being, Power (social and political) and Street-level bureaucracy. Some problems in Officer that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Mental health, Criminology, Applied psychology and Affect (psychology).

The research on Criminology discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of International comparisons. Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management explores topics in Publishing which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Community policing, Public policy, Criminal investigation, Social media and Sample (statistics). Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Agency (sociology) and Law enforcement.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Comparing the impact of authentic leadership on Italian and UK police officers' discretionary power, well-being and commitment (1 citations)
  • A comparative study of the police officer views on policing during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States (0 citations)
  • “We are all in this together:” police use of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic (0 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 Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Neyroud (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • P. A. J. Waddington (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lucy Mason (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ivan Y. Sun (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jon Maskaly (12 papers) published 1 paper 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 Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michigan State University (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Wolverhampton (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sam Houston State University (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George Mason University (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Portsmouth (19 papers) published 1 paper 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, 68.75% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.00% 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 20.00% 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

  • Law enforcement worker suicide: an updated national assessment.

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Clearing gang- and drug-involved nonfatal shootings

    Lisa Barao;Anthony A. Braga;Brandon Turchan;Philip J. Cook

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Moving the needle: can training alter officer perceptions and use of de-escalation?

    Michael D. White;Victor J. Mora;Carlena Orosco;E. C. Hedberg

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Policing the largest drug market on the eastern seaboard: officer perspectives on enforcement and community safety

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • Proactive policing in the United States: a national survey

    Christopher S. Koper;Cynthia Lum;Xiaoyun Wu;Noah Fritz

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Effective police investigative practices: an evidence-assessment of the research

    Heather Prince;Cynthia Lum;Christopher S. Koper

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Does officer self-legitimacy mediate the linkage between internal and external procedural justice? Evidence from Taiwanese police officers

    Fei-Lin Chen;Ivan Sun;Yuning Wu;Shun-Yung Kevin Wang

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Police bias and diminished trust in police: a role for procedural justice?

    Natasha S Madon;Kristina Murphy

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • A comparative study of the police officer views on policing during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

    (2021)
    15 Citations

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