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Andrew V. Papachristos

Andrew V. Papachristos

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
46
Citations
10972
World Ranking
3563
National Ranking
1710

Andrew V. Papachristos publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 117 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew V. Papachristos 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 Andrew V. Papachristos sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Andrew V. Papachristos is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a research focus within the broad field of Social Sciences, with 46 publications. Their work concentrates substantially on Sociology and Political Science, Health, Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, and Clinical Psychology.

The primary topics covered in Papachristos's research include Crime Patterns and Interventions, Gun Ownership and Violence Research, Policing Practices and Perceptions, Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance, Community Health and Development, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, and Public Health Policies and Education.

The researcher has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in the following journals:

  • American Sociological Review
  • CrimRxiv
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Advances
  • BMJ Open

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Papachristos include:

  • Procedural justice training reduces police use of force and complaints against officers (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Building community resilience to prevent and mitigate community impact of gun violence: conceptual framework and intervention design (2020), BMJ Open
  • Evidence of the Effect of Police Violence on Citizen Crime Reporting (2020), American Sociological Review
  • Network Position and Police Who Shoot (2020), The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • The influence of firearms trafficking on gunshot injuries in a co-offending network (2020), Social Science & Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Papachristos's work include David M. Hureau, George Wood, Emily A. Wang, Nadine Horton, and Brita Roy. These coauthors have partnered on multiple publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • The Effects of Hot Spots Policing on Crime: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;Andrew V. Papachristos;Andrew V. Papachristos;David M. Hureau

  • Cultural mechanisms and the persistence of neighborhood violence

    David S. Kirk;Andrew V. Papachristos

  • Murder by structure: Dominance relations and the social structure of gang homicide.

    Andrew V. Papachristos

  • Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community

    Matthew Desmond;Andrew V. Papachristos;David S. Kirk

  • The Concentration and Stability of Gun Violence at Micro Places in Boston, 1980–2008

    Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;Andrew V. Papachristos;Andrew V. Papachristos;David M. Hureau

  • The Corner and the Crew: The Influence of Geography and Social Networks on Gang Violence

    Andrew V. Papachristos;David M. Hureau;Anthony Allan Braga

  • The effect of local violence on children's attention and impulse control.

    Patrick T. Sharkey;Nicole Tirado-Strayer;Andrew V. Papachristos;C. Cybele Raver

  • Why do Criminals Obey the Law? The Influence of Legitimacy and Social Networks on Active Gun Offenders

    Andrew V. Papachristos;Tracey L. Meares;Jeffrey Fagan

  • Tragic, but not random: The social contagion of nonfatal gunshot injuries

    Andrew V. Papachristos;Christopher Wildeman;Elizabeth Roberto

  • Attention Felons: Evaluating Project Safe Neighborhoods in Chicago

    Andrew V. Papachristos;Tracey L. Meares;Jeffrey A. Fagan

  • More Coffee, Less Crime? The Relationship between Gentrification and Neighborhood Crime Rates in Chicago, 1991 to 2005:

    Andrew V. Papachristos;Chris M. Smith;Mary L. Scherer;Melissa A. Fugiero

  • Hot spots policing and crime reduction: an update of an ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis

    Anthony A. Braga;Brandon S. Turchan;Brandon S. Turchan;Andrew V. Papachristos;David M. Hureau

  • Hot spots policing effects on crime

    Anthony A. Braga;Andrew Papachristos;David Hureau

  • Social Networks and the Risk of Gunshot Injury

    Andrew V. Papachristos;Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;David M. Hureau

  • The Relevance of Micro Places to Citywide Robbery Trends: A Longitudinal Analysis of Robbery Incidents at Street Corners and Block Faces in Boston

    Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;David M. Hureau;Andrew V. Papachristos

  • Procedural justice training reduces police use of force and complaints against officers.

    George Wood;Tom R. Tyler;Andrew V. Papachristos

  • Modeling Contagion Through Social Networks to Explain and Predict Gunshot Violence in Chicago, 2006 to 2014

    Ben Green;Thibaut Horel;Andrew V. Papachristos

  • The Paradox of Law Enforcement in Immigrant Communities: Does Tough Immigration Enforcement Undermine Public Safety?

    David Scott Kirk;Andrew V. Papachristos;Andrew V. Papachristos;Jeffrey Fagan;Tom R. Tyler

  • Hot spots policing of small geographic areas effects on crime

    Anthony A. Braga;Brandon Turchan;Andrew V. Papachristos;David M. Hureau

  • Promises and pitfalls of data sharing in qualitative research.

    Alexander C. Tsai;Alexander C. Tsai;Alexander C. Tsai;Brandon A. Kohrt;Lynn T. Matthews;Theresa S. Betancourt

  • Murder by Structure: Dominance Relations and the Social Structure of Gang Homicide in Chicago

    Andrew V. Papachristos

  • Attention Felons: Evaluating Project Safe Neighborhood in Chicago

    Andrew V. Papachristos;Tracey L. Meares;Jeffrey Fagan

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony A. Braga
Anthony A. Braga University of Pennsylvania
Tracey L. Meares
Tracey L. Meares Yale University
Jeffrey Fagan
Jeffrey Fagan Columbia University
David Kirk
David Kirk University of Strathclyde
Tom R. Tyler
Tom R. Tyler Yale University
Mark Gerstein
Mark Gerstein Yale University
Alexander C. Tsai
Alexander C. Tsai Harvard University
Christopher Wildeman
Christopher Wildeman Duke University
C. Cybele Raver
C. Cybele Raver New York University
Matthew Desmond
Matthew Desmond Princeton University

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