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Ann Wolbert Burgess

Ann Wolbert Burgess

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
54
Citations
11839
World Ranking
2157
National Ranking
1041

Ann Wolbert Burgess 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 Ann Wolbert Burgess sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 205 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ann Wolbert Burgess 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 Ann Wolbert Burgess sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ann Wolbert Burgess is affiliated with Boston College in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, particularly focusing on sociology, political science, clinical psychology, health, reproductive medicine, and social psychology. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary areas that intersect forensic science, mental health, and social behavior.

The primary fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences

Their work further delves into subfields such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Health
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Social Psychology

Major topics covered in their research include:

  • Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions

Ann Wolbert Burgess has published in several academic venues, with notable frequency in these journals:

  • Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Journal of Forensic Nursing
  • Fertility and Sterility
  • Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
  • Journal of Advanced Nursing

Recent papers involving or connected to their research interests include:

  • Dismemberment and Mutilation: A Data-Driven Exploration of Patterns, Motives, and Styles (2020, Journal of Forensic Sciences)
  • Criminal cannibalism: An examination of patterns and styles (2020, Aggression and Violent Behavior)
  • Manual and instrument asphyxiation/strangulation: Examining perpetrator and victim characteristics (2023, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine)
  • The Nurse-Police Assistance Crisis Team (N-PACT): A new role for nursing (2024, Journal of Advanced Nursing)
  • The insanity defense in cases of homicide involving post-mortem dismemberment (2020, Forensic Science International Mind and Law)

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Victor G. Petreca
  • Gary Brucato
  • Melissa Pérez Capotosto
  • Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman
  • Jorge E. Chavarro

Best Publications

  • Rape trauma syndrome.

    Ann Wolbert Burgess;Lynda Lytle Holmstrom

  • Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives

    Robert K. Ressler;Ann Wolbert Burgess;John E. Douglas

  • Practical aspects of rape investigation : a multidisciplinary approach

    Robert R. Hazelwood;Ann Wolbert Burgess

  • Sexual Homicide A Motivational Model

    Ann W. Burgess;Carol R. Hartman;Robert K. Ressler;John E. Douglas

  • Male rape: offenders and victims

    A. N. Groth;Ann Wolbert Burgess

  • The presumptive role of fantasy in serial sexual homicide.

    Robert Alan Prentky;Ann Wolbert Burgess;Frances Rokous;Austin Lee

  • Criminal Profiling from Crime Scene Analysis

    John E. Douglas;John E. Douglas;Robert K. Ressler;Ann W. Burgess;Carol R. Hartman

  • Abused to abuser: antecedents of socially deviant behaviors.

    Ann Wolbert Burgess;Carol R. Hartman;A. McCormack

  • Sexual Killers and Their Victims Identifying Patterns Through Crime Scene Analysis

    Robert K. Ressler;Ann W. Burgess;John E. Douglas;Carol R. Hartman

  • Rape: Victims of crisis

    Elizabeth S. Bell;Ann Wolbert Burgess;Lynda Lytle Holmstrom

  • Adaptive Strategies and Recovery from Rape

    Ann Wolbert Burgess;Lynda Lytle Holmstrom

  • Stalking Behaviors Within Domestic Violence

    Ann Wolbert Burgess;Timothy Baker;Deborah Greening;Carol R. Hartman

  • Coping behavior of the rape victim.

    Ann Wolbert Burgess;L. L. Holmstrom

  • Runaway youths and sexual victimization: gender differences in an adolescent runaway population.

    Arlene McCormack;Mark-David Janus;Ann Wolbert Burgess

  • Perceptions of Cyberstalking Among College Students

    Eileen M. Alexy;Ann W. Burgess;Timothy Baker;Shirley A. Smoyak

  • Murderers Who Rape and Mutilate

    Robert K. Ressler;Ann W. Burgess;Carol R. Hartman;John E. Douglas

  • REHABILITATION OF CHILD MOLESTERS: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

    Robert A. Prentky;Ann Wolbert Burgess

  • Recovery from rape and prior life stress

    Ann Wolbert Burgess;Lynda Lytle Holmstrom

  • Physical and sexual abuse, salivary cortisol, and neurologic correlates of violent criminal behavior in female prison inmates.

    Kathleen Brewer-Smyth;Ann Wolbert Burgess;Justine Shults

  • Psychopathology, biopsychosocial factors, crime characteristics, and classification of 25 homicidal youths.

    Wade C. Myers;Kerrilyn Scott;Ann W. Burgess;Allen G. Burgess

  • Rape: sexual disruption and recovery.

    Ann Wolbert Burgess;Lynda Lytle Holmstrom

  • Sexual abuse of nursing home residents.

    Ann Wolbert Burgess;Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell;Robert A. Prentky

  • A randomized control trial of cardiac rehabilitation

    Ann W. Burgess;Debra J. Lerner;Ralph B. D'Agostino;Pantel S. Vokonas

  • A Typology of Interpersonal Stalking

    James A. Wright;Allen G. Burgess;Ann W. Burgess;Anna T. Laszlo

  • Clinical Aspects of the Rapist

    Ann Wolbert Burgess

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Prentky
Robert A. Prentky Justice Resource Institute
Timothy B. Baker
Timothy B. Baker University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
Pantel S. Vokonas
Pantel S. Vokonas Boston University
Cheryl Regehr
Cheryl Regehr University of Toronto
Claire Burke Draucker
Claire Burke Draucker Indiana University
Mary P. Koss
Mary P. Koss University of Arizona
David Finkelhor
David Finkelhor University of New Hampshire
Charles R. Figley
Charles R. Figley Tulane University
Raymond A. Knight
Raymond A. Knight Brandeis University

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