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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 51 2508 2287 1223 1100 160 19560

Alfred Blumstein publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Alfred Blumstein between 1957 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Alfred Blumstein published across 67 years, from 1957 to 2023, averaging 2.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2007. 2 of the 177 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1957 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2007. 1957: 1 publication 1958: 0 publications 1959: 1 publication 1960: 2 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 1 publication 1968: 1 publication 1969: 1 publication 1970: 2 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 2 publications 1973: 4 publications 1974: 1 publication 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 2 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 5 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 4 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 3 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 4 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 8 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 22 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 1 publication 2015: 2 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 4 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 1 publication
1957 2023

177 publications in total across all disciplines

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Alfred Blumstein: publications per year, 1957 to 2023
Year Publications
1957 1
1958 0
1959 1
1960 2
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 1
1968 1
1969 1
1970 2
1971 1
1972 2
1973 4
1974 1
1975 1
1976 1
1977 2
1978 4
1979 3
1980 5
1981 2
1982 1
1983 4
1984 6
1985 1
1986 3
1987 3
1988 5
1989 2
1990 3
1991 2
1992 4
1993 3
1994 2
1995 3
1996 3
1997 1
1998 4
1999 2
2000 3
2001 2
2002 4
2003 4
2004 1
2005 8
2006 3
2007 22
2008 2
2009 5
2010 5
2011 5
2012 3
2013 1
2014 1
2015 2
2016 5
2017 5
2018 2
2019 1
2020 4
2021 0
2022 1
2023 1
Total 177
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Alfred Blumstein publications per year - data summary

  • Alfred Blumstein, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from Carnegie Mellon University, has 177 publications recorded across 67 years, from 1957 to 2023.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1957 and the most recent to 2023.
  • The most productive year is 2007, with 22 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1957, 1959, 1967, 1968 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 8 of the 67 years in the span carry no publications at all (1958, 1961, 1962, 1963 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 2.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 3.0 per year counting only the 59 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2019-2023) hold 7 publications, 4% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1957-1979: 28 publications (1.2 per year); 1980-2002: 68 publications (3.0 per year); 2003-2023: 81 publications (3.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 154–163 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 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.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411 160
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Alfred Blumstein publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 44–53 to 570+ publications.
  • Alfred Blumstein, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from Carnegie Mellon University, records 160 publications - the 47th percentile of the discipline.
  • 47% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Alfred Blumstein, and about 53% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 164–173 publications range, and Alfred Blumstein ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 114–123 publications, holding 474 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 174–183 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 570 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166 51
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Alfred Blumstein D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 71 ranges running from 30 to 100+ D-Index.
  • Alfred Blumstein, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from Carnegie Mellon University, records 51 D-Index - the 68th percentile of the discipline.
  • 68% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Alfred Blumstein, and about 32% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 45 D-Index range, and Alfred Blumstein ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 313 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more, 97 scientists in all (1% of the field).

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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