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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 38 5908 5487 2815 2569 81 6801

David Jacobs publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David Jacobs between 1977 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David Jacobs published across 47 years, from 1977 to 2023, averaging 1.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 5 publications in 2007. 3 of the 84 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
1 2 3 4 5
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 5. Peak 5 publications in 2007. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 4 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 3 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 2 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 0 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 3 publications
1977 2023

84 publications in total across all disciplines

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David Jacobs: publications per year, 1977 to 2023
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 4
1979 2
1980 2
1981 3
1982 3
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 0
1987 1
1988 3
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 1
1995 0
1996 2
1997 1
1998 2
1999 3
2000 2
2001 3
2002 3
2003 3
2004 3
2005 4
2006 2
2007 5
2008 3
2009 2
2010 5
2011 1
2012 2
2013 2
2014 4
2015 0
2016 2
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0
2020 1
2021 1
2022 0
2023 3
Total 84
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David Jacobs 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 David Jacobs 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, 74–83 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: 81 publications — 5th percentile

5% 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 81
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
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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David Jacobs 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 David Jacobs 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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 38
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
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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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Social science

David Jacobs mostly deals with Criminology, Politics, State, Human factors and ergonomics and Conflict theories. His study looks at the relationship between Politics and fields such as Punishment, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. His State research includes elements of Deadly force and Ethnic group.

His study focuses on the intersection of Ethnic group and fields such as Fundamentalism with connections in the field of Imprisonment. The Human factors and ergonomics study which covers Suicide prevention that intersects with Injury prevention. His research investigates the connection between Law enforcement and topics such as Political economy that intersect with problems in Political sociology, Principle of legality, Development economics, Legislature and Legal death.

His most cited work include:

  • Coffin nails and corporate strategies (419 citations)
  • The Determinants of Deadly Force: A Structural Analysis of Police Violence (299 citations)
  • The Politics of Punishment across Time and Space: A Pooled Time-Series Analysis of Imprisonment Rates (242 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Politics, Criminology, Political economy, Economic inequality and Social psychology. His Politics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Punishment, Explanatory power and State. When carried out as part of a general Criminology research project, his work on Criminal justice, Imprisonment and Deadly force is frequently linked to work in Suicide prevention and Panel analysis, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.

His work in Imprisonment addresses subjects such as Prison, which are connected to disciplines such as Political system. He works mostly in the field of Political economy, limiting it down to concerns involving Economic growth and, occasionally, Political sociology. The study incorporates disciplines such as Development economics and Social control in addition to Unemployment.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Politics (47.50%)
  • Criminology (25.00%)
  • Political economy (20.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2020)?

  • Politics (47.50%)
  • Criminology (25.00%)
  • Political economy (20.00%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Politics, Criminology, Political economy, Economic inequality and Suicide prevention are his primary areas of study. The Politics study combines topics in areas such as Power, Legislature and State. He studied State and Harm that intersect with Political sociology.

David Jacobs combines subjects such as Racial threat, Explanatory power and American political science with his study of Criminology. David Jacobs has included themes like Economic growth, Business cycle, Development economics, Presidential system and Novelty in his Political economy study. His studies in Suicide prevention integrate themes in fields like Injury prevention and Human factors and ergonomics.

Between 2009 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • On the Politics of Imprisonments: A Review of Systematic Findings (37 citations)
  • Union Strength, Neoliberalism, and Inequality Contingent Political Analyses of U.S. Income Differences since 1950 (35 citations)
  • The Determinants of the Number of White Supremacist Groups: A Pooled Time-Series Analysis (20 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Social science

David Jacobs spends much of his time researching Politics, Development economics, Political economy, Criminology and Explanatory power. His Politics research incorporates elements of Family income, Prison, Unemployment and Imprisonment. His work deals with themes such as Criminal justice and Conservatism, which intersect with Prison.

His research in Unemployment intersects with topics in Dominance, Pooled time series analysis and Racial threat. His Imprisonment study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Divided society. David Jacobs interconnects Economic system and Demographic economics in the investigation of issues within Explanatory power.

Best Publications

  • Coffin nails and corporate strategies

    David Jacobs;Robert H. Miles;Kim S. Cameron

  • The Determinants of Deadly Force: A Structural Analysis of Police Violence

    David Jacobs;Robert M. O'Brien

  • The Politics of Punishment across Time and Space: A Pooled Time-Series Analysis of Imprisonment Rates

    David Jacobs;Jason T. Carmichael

  • The political sociology of the death penalty: A pooled time-series analysis

    David Jacobs;Jason T. Carmichael

  • Toward a Political Model of Incarceration: A Time-Series Examination of Multiple Explanations for Prison Admission Rates

    David Jacobs;Ronald E. Helms

  • Inequality and Police Strength: Conflict Theory and Coercive Control in Metropolitan Areas.

    David Jacobs

  • Vigilantism, Current Racial Threat, and Death Sentences:

    David Jacobs;Jason T. Carmichael;Stephanie L. Kent

  • Political Opportunities and African‐American Protest, 1948–19971

    J. Craig Jenkins;David Jacobs;Jon Agnone

  • MINORITY THREAT AND POLICE STRENGTH FROM 1980 TO 2000: A FIXED‐EFFECTS ANALYSIS OF NONLINEAR AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS IN LARGE U.S. CITIES

    Stephanie L. Kent;David Jacobs

  • Interracial Conflict and Interracial Homicide: Do Political and Economic Rivalries Explain White Killings of Blacks or Black Killings of Whites?

    David Jacobs;Katherine Wood

  • The Political Context of Sentencing: An Analysis of Community and Individual Determinants

    Ronald Helms;David Jacobs

  • Inequality and Police Use of Deadly Force: An Empirical Assessment of a Conflict Hypothesis

    David Jacobs;David Britt

  • Collective Outbursts, Politics, and Punitive Resources: Toward a Political Sociology of Spending on Social Control

    David Jacobs;Ronald Helms

  • Political Institutions, Minorities, and Punishment: A Pooled Cross-National Analysis of Imprisonment Rates

    David Jacobs;Richard Kleban

  • RACIAL THREAT, PARTISAN POLITICS, AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PRISON ADMISSIONS: A PANEL ANALYSIS*

    Bradley Keen;David Jacobs

  • Ideology, Social Threat, and the Death Sentence: Capital Sentences across Time and Space

    David Jacobs;Jason T. Carmichael

  • Subordination and Violence against State Control Agents: Testing Political Explanations for Lethal Assaults against the Police

    David Jacobs;Jason T. Carmichael

  • Testing Coercive Explanations for Order: The Determinants of Law Enforcement Strength over Time

    David Jacobs;Ronald E. Helms

  • Economic Inequality and Homicide in the Developed Nations From 1975 to 1995

    David Jacobs;Amber M. Richardson

  • Toward a Political Sociology of Punishment: Politics and Changes in the Incarcerated Population☆

    David Jacobs;Ronald Helms

Frequent Co-Authors

Mayer N. Zald
Mayer N. Zald University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin
Zhenchao Qian
Zhenchao Qian Brown University
J. Craig Jenkins
J. Craig Jenkins The Ohio State University
Joe A. Stone
Joe A. Stone University of Oregon
Kim S. Cameron
Kim S. Cameron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Benjamin Cornwell
Benjamin Cornwell Cornell University

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