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51
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Alfred Blumstein publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfred Blumstein sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 160 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Alfred Blumstein D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfred Blumstein sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alfred Blumstein is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. The primary field of study for Blumstein is Social Sciences, with a strong focus on several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Clinical Psychology, and General Decision Sciences.

The scientist's work concentrates on multiple research topics, prominently featuring:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance

Blumstein has published in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
  • Annual Review of Criminology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Blumstein include:

  • "Crime, Justice & the COVID-19 Pandemic: Toward a National Research Agenda" (2020), American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • "COVID, Crime & Criminal Justice: Affirming the Call for System Reform Research" (2022), American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • "The Meaning of "Intermittency" in Criminal Careers" (2020), Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
  • "Engineer to Operations Research to Criminology: Quite a Trajectory" (2020), Annual Review of Criminology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Blumstein include:

  • J. Mitchell Miller
  • McKenzie L. Jossie
  • David P. Farrington
  • Arnold Barnett
  • Robert D. Crutchfield

Regarding recognitions, Blumstein has received the following awards:

  • Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2002
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1971

Best Publications

  • Criminal careers and "career criminals"

    Alfred Blumstein

  • The Criminal Career Paradigm

    Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington;Alfred Blumstein

  • The Crime Drop in America

    Alfred Blumstein;Joel Wallman

  • Youth Violence, Guns, and the Illicit-Drug Industry

    Alfred Blumstein

  • Key Issues in Criminal Career Research: New Analyses of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development

    Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington;Alfred Blumstein

  • CRIMINAL CAREER RESEARCH: ITS VALUE FOR CRIMINOLOGY*

    Alfred Blumstein;Jacqueline Cohen;David P. Farrington

  • Deterrence and incapacitation : estimating the effects of criminal sanctions on crime rates

    Incapacitative Effects;Alfred Blumstein

  • On the Racial Disproportionality of United States' Prison Populations

    Alfred Blumstein

  • Delinquency Careers: Innocents, Desisters, and Persisters

    Alfred Blumstein;David P. Farrington;Soumyo Moitra

  • REDEMPTION IN THE PRESENCE OF WIDESPREAD CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

    Alfred Blumstein;Kiminori Nakamura

  • Characterizing criminal careers.

    Alfred Blumstein;Jacqueline Cohen

  • Racial Disproportionality in Prison

    Alfred Blumstein

  • Key Issues in Criminal Career Research

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  • Theory of the Stability of Punishment, A.

    Alfred Blumstein;Jacqueline Cohen

  • Estimation of Individual Crime Rates from Arrest Records

    Alfred Blumstein;Jacqueline Cohen

  • Assessing the Impact of Exposure Time and Incapacitation on Longitudinal Trajectories of Criminal Offending.

    Alex R. Piquero;Alfred Blumstein;Robert Brame;Rudy Haapanen

  • Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform

    Donald J. Harris;Alfred Blumstein;Jacqueline Cohen;Susan Martin

  • Population growth in U.S. prisons, 1980-1996

    Alfred Blumstein;Allen J. Beck

  • Criminal Careers and "Career Criminals": Vol. 1.

    Brian E. Burtch;Alfred Blumstein;Jacqueline Cohen;Jeffrey A. Roth

  • Sentencing of Convicted Offenders: An Analysis of the Public's View

    Alfred Blumstein;Jacqueline Cohen

  • Explaining recent trends in U.S. homicide rates

    Alfred Blumstein;Richard Rosenfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Alex R. Piquero
Alex R. Piquero University of Miami
Daniel S. Nagin
Daniel S. Nagin Carnegie Mellon University
Richard Rosenfeld
Richard Rosenfeld University of Missouri–St. Louis
Michael Tonry
Michael Tonry University of Minnesota
Christy A. Visher
Christy A. Visher University of Delaware
Gary LaFree
Gary LaFree University of Maryland, College Park
Ramayya Krishnan
Ramayya Krishnan Carnegie Mellon University
Edward P. Mulvey
Edward P. Mulvey University of Pittsburgh

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