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Security Journal
H-index 9

Security Journal

0955-1662

Published by: Springer

https://www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/41284

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 77 5 7 2
Social Sciences and Humanities 651 10 19 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 25
Documents by Best Scientists*: 38
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 34
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.402
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Security Journal?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Airport security, Organised crime, Occupational safety and health, Public relations and Access control. Research on Airport security presented in it concerns the broader topic of Computer security. Organised crime research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Fear of crime, Social psychology and Actuarial science.

The study on Occupational safety and health presented in it intersects with the topics under Perception. The journal tackles research in Corporate security as part of the general discipline of Public relations, however, it also discusses concepts in Context (language use). The work tackled in Security Journal goes beyond the discipline of Crime prevention as it also encompasses Situational ethics.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Critical security studies, apply to Security studies as well.

  • Airport security (62.54%)
  • Organised crime (57.53%)
  • Occupational safety and health (35.47%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Utility of Hotspot Mapping for Predicting Spatial Patterns of Crime (379 citations)
  • Near-Repeat Patterns in Philadelphia Shootings (200 citations)
  • A Classification of Techniques for Controlling Situational Precipitators of Crime (147 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Security Journal:

The journal publications focus largely on the fields of Airport security, Organised crime, Occupational safety and health, Public relations and Access control. Research in Airport security discussed in the journal papers is concerned with the study of Computer security as a whole. The Organised crime study featured in the journal articles falls within the wider field of Criminology.

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

  • Law
  • China
  • The Internet

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Criminology, Crime prevention, Terrorism, Internet privacy and Perception are the focal point of discussions in Security Journal. The featured Criminology works encompass concepts such as Fear of crime and examines them in conjunction with Context (language use). While Security Journal focused on Crime prevention, it was also able to explore topics like Situational ethics, Randomized experiment and Applied psychology.

While work presented in Security Journal provided substantial information on Internet privacy, it also covered topics in Cybercrime, The Internet, Information technology, Risk perception and Social media. The work on Perception addressed in Security Journal expands to the thematically related Public relations. It connects the study in Public relations with the closely related area of Private security.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Working from home during COVID-19 crisis: a cyber security culture assessment survey (10 citations)
  • A systematic review of crime facilitated by the consumer Internet of Things (8 citations)
  • Measuring the security culture in organizations: a systematic overview of existing tools (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.

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

  • Mark Button (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Read Hayes (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mahesh K. Nalla (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Claire Lawrence (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James D. Calder (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 Security Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University College London (27 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Leicester (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Griffith University (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Florida (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Michigan State University (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 6.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 68.06% 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

  • A systematic review of crime facilitated by the consumer Internet of Things

    John M. Blythe;Shane D. Johnson

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Policing fraud in England and Wales: examining constables’ and sergeants’ online fraud preparedness

    Adam M. Bossler;Thomas J. Holt;Cassandra Cross;George W. Burruss

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • The money laundering and terrorist financing risks of new and disruptive technologies: a futures-oriented scoping review

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • Editorial: economic and industrial espionage

    Mark Button

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Why did Mexico become a violent country?: Assessing the role of firearms trafficked from the U.S.

    David Perez Esparza;Shane D. Johnson;Paul Gill

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Sexual harassment on transit: a global, comparative examination

    Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris;Vania Ceccato

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Behaviour tracking: using geospatial and behaviour sequence analysis to map crime

    D. A. Keatley;M. Arntfield;P. Gill;J. Clare

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Forty years of declining burglary in the United States: Explanation and evidence relating to the security hypothesis

    Graham Farrell

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Let’s go throwing stones and stealing cars: offender adaptability and the security hypothesis

    Tarah Hodgkinson;Martin A. Andresen;Justin Ready;Ashley N. Hewitt

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • What really works in preventing fraud against organisations and do decision-makers really need to know?

    (2023)
    6 Citations

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