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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 35 6770 6293 484 467 252 4676

Don Weatherburn publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Don Weatherburn between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Don Weatherburn published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 5.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2016. 10 of the 266 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2016. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 5 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 5 publications
1978 2025

266 publications in total across all disciplines

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Don Weatherburn: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 2
1983 0
1984 0
1985 2
1986 0
1987 1
1988 1
1989 0
1990 1
1991 0
1992 3
1993 2
1994 1
1995 5
1996 3
1997 3
1998 2
1999 7
2000 13
2001 13
2002 8
2003 7
2004 8
2005 9
2006 9
2007 5
2008 9
2009 11
2010 10
2011 7
2012 10
2013 8
2014 15
2015 13
2016 17
2017 10
2018 7
2019 4
2020 7
2021 12
2022 6
2023 4
2024 5
2025 5
Total 266
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Don Weatherburn 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 Don Weatherburn 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, 244–253 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: 252 publications — 79th percentile

79% 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
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167 252
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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Don Weatherburn 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 Don Weatherburn 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, 35 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: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% 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 35
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
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

Don Weatherburn is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their academic work spans the fields of Social Sciences and Medicine, with 38 and 25 publications respectively. Within these fields, they focus particularly on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research addresses several main topics, reflecting a broad engagement with criminal justice and public health issues. Key topics include:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance

Don Weatherburn has contributed to multiple scholarly journals, with frequent publication venues as follows:

  • Journal of Criminology (6 publications)
  • International Journal of Drug Policy (6 publications)
  • Drug and Alcohol Review (3 publications)
  • Addiction (3 publications)
  • Psychiatry Psychology and Law (3 publications)

Their recent papers include:

  • Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Reoffending?, 2020, The Review of Economics and Statistics
  • The contribution of methamphetamine use to crime: Evidence from Australian longitudinal data, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Sertraline hydrochloride for reducing impulsive behaviour in male, repeat-violent offenders (ReINVEST): protocol for a phase IV, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Does mental health treatment reduce recidivism among offenders with a psychotic illness?, 2021, Journal of Criminology
  • The impact of the COVID-19, social distancing, and movement restrictions on crime in NSW, Australia, 2021, Crime Science

Collaborations are prominent in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Joanna J. J. Wang
  • Sara Rahman
  • Michael Farrell
  • Sergey Alexeev
  • Tony Butler

Don Weatherburn has also published books through various publishers. Recent book publications include works with the Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks such as "Towards a theory of Indigenous contact with the criminal justice system" and "Towards an understanding of Indigenous arrest," both released in 2024. Another book titled "The Vanishing Criminal" was published by MUP eBooks in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post-release from prison: retrospective data linkage study

    Louisa Degenhardt;Sarah Larney;Sarah Larney;Jo Kimber;Jo Kimber;Natasa Gisev

  • Supply control and harm reduction: lessons from the Australian heroin 'drought'.

    Don Weatherburn;Craig Jones;Karen Freeman;Toni Makkai

  • Fluctuations in heroin purity and the incidence of fatal heroin overdose.

    Shane Darke;Wayne Hall;Don Weatherburn;Bronwyn Lind

  • The impact of law enforcement activity on a heroin market.

    Don Weatherburn;Bronwyn Lind

  • The relationship between alcohol sales and assault in New South Wales, Australia.

    Richard J. Stevenson;Bronwyn Lind;Don Weatherburn

  • Economic and Social Factors Underpinning Indigenous Contact with the Justice System: Results from the 2002 NATSISS Survey, The

    Don Weatherburn;Lucy Snowball;Boyd H Hunter

  • The impact of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) on crime.

    Karen Freeman;Craig G.A. Jones;Don J. Weatherburn;Scott Rutter

  • The Effectiveness Of Methadone Maintenance Treatment In Controlling Crime An Australian Aggregate-Level Analysis

    Bronwyn Lind;Shuling Chen;Don Weatherburn;Richard Mattick

  • Reducing Aboriginal Over‐representation in Prison

    Don Weatherburn;Jackie Fitzgerald;Jiuzhao Hua

  • Does Racial Bias in Sentencing Contribute to Indigenous Overrepresentation in Prison

    Lucy Snowball;Don J Weatherburn

  • NEW SOUTH WALES DRUG COURT EVALUATION: COST-EFFECTIVENESS

    Bronwyn Lind;Don Weatherburn;Shuling Chen;Marian Shanahan

  • The deterrent effects of Australian street-level drug law enforcement on illicit drug offending at outdoor music festivals

    Caitlin Elizabeth Hughes;Vivienne Moxham-Hall;Alison Ritter;Don Weatherburn

  • Delinquent-prone communities

    Donald James Weatherburn;Bronwyn Lind

  • Transition from Juvenile to Adult Criminal Careers, The

    Shuling Chen;Tania Matruglio;Don Weatherburn;Jiuzhao Hua

  • Preventing cannabis users from driving under the influence of cannabis

    Craig Jones;Neil Donnelly;Wendy Swift;Don Weatherburn

  • Indigenous Over-representation in Prison: The Role of Offender Characteristics

    Lucy Snowball;Don Weatherburn

  • Law and Order in Australia: Rhetoric and Reality

    Donald James Weatherburn;Murray Gleeson

  • Lockouts and last drinks: The impact of the January 2014 liquor licence reforms on assaults in NSW, Australia

    Patricia Menendez;Don Weatherburn;Kypros Kypri;Jacqueline Fitzgerald

  • Crime, deterrence and punishment revisited

    Maurice J. G. Bun;Richard Kelaher;Vasilis Sarafidis;Don Weatherburn

  • Liquor Outlet Concentrations and Alcohol-related Neighbourhood Problems

    Neil Donnelly;Suzanne Poynton;Don Weatherburn;Errol Bamford

  • Predictors of Indigenous Arrest: An Exploratory Study

    Don J Weatherburn;Lucy Snowball;Boyd H Hunter

  • Arresting Incarceration: Pathways Out of Indigenous Imprisonment

    Donald James Weatherburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Tony Butler
Tony Butler University of New South Wales
Richard J. Stevenson
Richard J. Stevenson Macquarie University
Michael Farrell
Michael Farrell University of New South Wales
Emily Lancsar
Emily Lancsar Australian National University
Marion Haas
Marion Haas University of Technology Sydney
Shane Darke
Shane Darke University of New South Wales
Wayne Hall
Wayne Hall University of Queensland
Boyd Hunter
Boyd Hunter Australian National University
Amanda L. Baker
Amanda L. Baker University of Newcastle Australia

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