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Victims and Offenders
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Victims and Offenders

1556-4886

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/uvao20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 35 6 11 4
Social Sciences and Humanities 501 20 34 9
Psychology 690 32 54 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 59
Documents by Best Scientists*: 89
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.752
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Victims & Offenders?

The foci of Victims & Offenders are Criminology, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Injury prevention and Occupational safety and health. The journal connects research in Criminology with the related topic of Law. Economic Justice is a major topic of Law research presented in it.

The work on Suicide prevention tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Computer security and Intervention (counseling), Psychiatry, Recidivism. The majority of Psychiatry studies in it are focused on the subject of Mental health. The studies in Human factors and ergonomics featured incorporate elements of Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Clinical psychology and Medical emergency.

The Developmental psychology study tackling the subject of Juvenile delinquency is the focus of it. The journal features Social psychology research that overlaps with concepts in Perception. Victims & Offenders explores Prison concepts, specifically Prison reform but expands to research in Pandemic.

  • Criminology (38.91%)
  • Suicide prevention (27.48%)
  • Human factors and ergonomics (26.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Primary Factors that Characterize Effective Interventions with Juvenile Offenders: A Meta-Analytic Overview (653 citations)
  • Evidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Crime and Criminal Justice Costs: Implications in Washington State (211 citations)
  • Validating the Principles of Effective Intervention: A Systematic Review of the Contributions of Meta-Analysis in the Field of Corrections (147 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Victims & Offenders:

The most cited articles primarily tackle Social psychology, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Criminology and Injury prevention. The studies on Social psychology discussed at the journal publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Perception, Developmental psychology, Justice (ethics), Criminal justice and National Crime Victimization Survey. The journal publications explore topics in Criminology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Economic Justice and Sanctions.

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

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Criminology, Developmental psychology, Domestic violence, Social psychology and Clinical psychology. The presented Criminology study covers related areas such as Stalking, Justice (ethics) and Criminal justice and also touches on topics like Lens (geology). The study on Developmental psychology featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Juvenile delinquency in particular.

Empathy is a focus of the Social psychology works in the journal. The journal emphasizes research on Clinical psychology, which includes concerns such as Recidivism. In addition to Mental health research, it aims to explore topics under Coping (psychology) and Association (psychology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Online Fraud Victimization in China: A Case Study of Baidu Tieba (2 citations)
  • Examining the Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Race Relations on Public Opinion about the Overrepresentation of Black People in U.S. Prisons (2 citations)
  • Addressing the Victim–Offender Overlap: Advancing Evidence-Based Research to Better Service Criminally Involved People with Victimization Histories (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.

The top authors publishing in Victims & Offenders (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Francis T. Cullen (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • James M. Byrne (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David P. Farrington (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Faye S. Taxman (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Cheryl Lero Jonson (7 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 Victims & Offenders (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Cincinnati (50 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (38 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sam Houston State University (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Michigan State University (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Rutgers University (15 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, 3.16% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.83% of all publications and 44.57% 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

  • Race and Worrying About Police Brutality: The Hidden Injuries of Minority Status in America

    Amanda Graham;Murat Haner;Melissa M. Sloan;Francis T. Cullen

    (2020)
    99 Citations
  • Barriers to Formal Help-seeking following Sexual Violence: Review from within an Ecological Systems Framework

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Heather Littleton;Emma Muscari;Kayla Sall

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • The Use of Military Profiles in Romance Fraud Schemes

    Cassandra Cross;Thomas J. Holt

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Associations between Student–Teacher Relationship Quality, Class Climate, and Bullying Roles: A Bayesian Multilevel Multinomial Logit Analysis

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • The Sexual Grooming Scale – Victim Version: The Development and Pilot Testing of a Measure to Assess the Nature and Extent of Child Sexual Grooming

    Georgia M. Winters;Elizabeth L. Jeglic

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Ready to Respond: Effects of Lockdown Drills and Training on School Emergency Preparedness

    Jaclyn Schildkraut;Amanda B. Nickerson

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • “I Have Only Checked after the Event”: Consumer Approaches to Safe Online Shopping

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Pathways to Sexual Assault Case Attrition: Culture, Context, and Case Clearance

    April Pattavina;Melissa S. Morabito;Linda M. Williams

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • The Sexual Grooming Model of Child Sex Trafficking

    Georgia M. Winters;Sarah Schaaf;Rasmus F. Grydehøj;Cecilia Allan

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • The Global Impact of the Pandemic on Institutional and Community Corrections: Assessing Short-Term Crisis Management and Long-Term Change Strategies

    Kathryn M. Nowonty;Alex R. Piquero

    (2020)
    16 Citations

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