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D-Index
34
Citations
5260
World Ranking
6926
National Ranking
3364

Brian K. Payne 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 Brian K. Payne sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 226 publications — 73rd percentile

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

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

Brian K. Payne 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 Brian K. Payne sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian K. Payne is affiliated with Old Dominion University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Social Sciences and Computer Science, with a strong focus on interdisciplinary studies involving cybersecurity and criminal justice.

The main areas of study include Information and Cyber Security, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies, Crime Patterns and Interventions, Homelessness and Social Issues, Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies, and the History of Science and Medicine.

Brian K. Payne has contributed publications to various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • CrimRxiv
  • Journal of Cybersecurity Education Research and Practice
  • Histoire sociale
  • American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Notable recent papers authored by Brian K. Payne include:

  • Criminals Work from Home during Pandemics Too: a Public Health Approach to Respond to Fraud and Crimes against those 50 and above, 2020, American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Trends in Cybercrime Research: An Examination, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Cybersecurity, Technology, and Society: Developing an Interdisciplinary, Open, General Education Cybersecurity Course, 2021, CrimRxiv
  • Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Trends in Cybercrime Research: An Examination, 2020, CrimRxiv

Brian has also coauthored with researchers such as Jonathan Hobson, Lisa Mayes, Tisha M. Paredes, Lora Pitman, and Tancy Vandecar-Burdin, reflecting collaboration across topics and disciplines.

Among Brian K. Payne's scholarly contributions is a book titled Eating the Ocean, published in 2022 by McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks.

The scholar's work intersects multiple subfields including Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science, History and Philosophy of Science, General Health Professions, and Political Science and International Relations.

Best Publications

  • Racial Differences in Resolving Conflicts: A Comparison between Black and White Police Officers:

    Ivan Y. Sun;Brian K. Payne

  • What drives punitive beliefs?: Demographic characteristics and justifications for sentencing

    Brian K Payne;Randy R Gainey;Ruth A Triplett;Mona J.E Danner

  • The impact of situational factors, officer characteristics, and neighborhood context on police behavior: A multilevel analysis

    Ivan Y. Sun;Brian K. Payne;Yuning Wu

  • Crime and Elder Abuse: An Integrated Perspective

    Brian K. Payne

  • A Qualitative Assessment of the Pains Experienced on Electronic Monitoring

    Brian K. Payne;Randy R. Gainey

  • The relationships between time in jail, time on electronic monitoring, and recidivism: An event history analysis of a jail-based program

    Randy R. Gainey;Brian K. Payne;Mike O'Toole

  • White-Collar Crime: The Essentials

    Brian K. Payne

  • Using Student Samples in Criminological Research

    Brian K. Payne;Allison Chappell

  • Policing in small town America: Dogs, drunks, disorder, and dysfunction

    Brian K. Payne;Bruce L. Berg;Ivan Y. Sun

  • Understanding the Experience of House Arrest with Electronic Monitoring: An Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Data

    Randy R. Gainey;Brian K. Payne

  • Attitudes About the Police and Neighborhood Safety in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods The Influence of Criminal Victimization and Perceptions of a Drug Problem

    Brian K. Payne;Randy R. Gainey

  • An Empirical Examination of the Characteristics, Consequences, and Causes of Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes

    Brian K. Payne;Richard Cikovic Ms

  • Students' Perceptions of Group Projects: The Role of Race, Age, and Slacking.

    Brian K. Payne;Elizabeth Monk-Turner

  • Improving Group Work: Voices of Students.

    Brian K. Payne;Elizabeth Monk-Turner;Donald Smith;Melvina Sumter

  • The Blameworthy Victim: Domestic Violence Myths and the Criminalization of Victimhood

    Christina Policastro;Brian K. Payne

  • The Electronic Monitoring of Offenders Released from Jail or Prison: Safety, Control, and Comparisons to the Incarceration Experience

    Brian K. Payne;Randy R. Gainey

  • Attitudes about rehabilitating sex offenders: Demographic, victimization, and community-level influences

    Brian K. Payne;Richard Tewksbury;Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine

  • Family Violence and Criminal Justice: A Life-Course Approach

    Brian K Payne;Randy R. Gainey

  • Bringing the field into the criminal justice classroom: Field trips, ride-alongs, and guest speakers

    Brian K. Payne;Melvina Sumter;Ivan Sun

  • An integrated understanding of elder abuse and neglect

    Brian K Payne

Frequent Co-Authors

Randy R. Gainey
Randy R. Gainey Old Dominion University
Richard Tewksbury
Richard Tewksbury University of Louisville
Ivan Y. Sun
Ivan Y. Sun University of Delaware
George E. Higgins
George E. Higgins University of Louisville
David C. May
David C. May Mississippi State University
Yuning Wu
Yuning Wu Wayne State University

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