Race and Justice

Top Research Topics at Race and justice?

Race and justice focuses on Criminology, Race (biology), Race ethnicity, Social psychology and Ethnic group. The journal is focused mainly on Criminology, particularly Criminal justice. Race and justice connects research in Criminal justice with the related topic of Justice (ethics).

While Race (biology) is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Racism, Juvenile delinquency and Prison. The journal explores topics in Race ethnicity which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Citizen satisfaction and Racial profiling. The journal held discussions to help close the divide between two different fields of study: Social psychology and Context (language use).

It discusses concepts in State (polity) under Law and how they intertwine with disciplines like Suicide prevention. Specifically, studies on Immigration and crime are prevalent in the Immigration works discussed.

• Criminology (61.79%)
• Race (biology) (27.14%)
• Race ethnicity (21.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Race and Cumulative Discrimination in the Prosecution of Criminal Defendants (66 citations)
• The Implementation of the Disproportionate Minority Confinement/Contact (DMC) Mandate A Failure or Success? (49 citations)
• Racial Disparity in Police Contacts (47 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Race and justice:

Criminology, Social psychology, Race (biology), Juvenile delinquency and Suicide prevention are the main subjects of interest in the most cited publications. The published articles explore research in Criminology alongside concepts in Race ethnicity and other areas of study in Street crime. Issues in Social psychology were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Criminal justice, Racism, Colored and Social control.

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

• Law
• Criminology
• Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Criminology, Race (biology), Race ethnicity, Criminal justice and Ethnic group. The journal explores Criminology concepts, specifically Justice (ethics) but expands to research in Homicide. The research on Race (biology) featured in it combines topics in other fields like Intersectionality, Representation (politics) and Officer.

The journal focuses on Race ethnicity but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Punitive damages which is concerned with Feminist theory, Punishment and School violence. Topics in Criminal justice were tackled in line with various other fields like Graduate students and Mentorship. The journal deals with Ethnic group in conjunction with Disadvantage and similar fields in Socioeconomic status and Crime prevention.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The Role of Police Officer Race/Ethnicity on Crime Rates in Immigrant Communities: (8 citations)
• The Impact of Gangs on Community Life in Trinidad (4 citations)
• Race and the Likelihood of Intimate Partner Violence Arrest and Dual Arrest (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 Race and justice (based on the number of publications) are:

• James D. Unnever (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Rod K. Brunson (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Eric A. Stewart (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Jennifer H. Peck (4 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Darnell F. Hawkins (4 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Race and justice (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rutgers University (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Florida State University (13 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Central Florida (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Irvine (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Delaware (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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, 2.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.65% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.20% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.41% of all publications and 36.73% 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.