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D-Index
41
Citations
7200
World Ranking
99
National Ranking
78

Gary D. Kleck publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary D. Kleck sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 180 publications — 55th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

Gary D. Kleck D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary D. Kleck sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award

Overview

Gary D. Kleck is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and psychology, contributing substantially to several interdisciplinary fields including health, clinical psychology, sociology, and political science. The main areas of their work focus on gun ownership and violence research, suicide and self-harm studies, crime patterns and interventions, as well as traumatic ocular injuries and injury epidemiology.

The body of work by Gary D. Kleck includes publications in a variety of academic journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets encompass:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Justice Quarterly
  • Archives of Suicide Research
  • Journal of Crime and Justice

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Kleck include:

  • "The Cross-national Association of Gun Ownership Rates and Suicide Rates: An Analysis of 194 Nations" (2021), published in Archives of Suicide Research
  • "The Impact of Firearm Levels on Homicide Rates: the Effects of Controlling for Cultural Differences in Cross-National Research" (2021), published in American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • "What Do CDC's Surveys Say About the Prevalence of Defensive Gun Use?" (2020), published in American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • "The Continuing Vitality of Flawed Research on Guns and Violence: A Comment on Fridel (2020)" (2021), published in Justice Quarterly
  • "Compliance with universal background check gun laws" (2020), published in Journal of Crime and Justice

Their research topics are diverse yet interconnected, reflecting a strong focus on public health, safety, and policy issues related to firearms and violence. The main topics Gary D. Kleck has addressed in publications are:

  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Kleck has collaborated frequently with other scholars in the field, notably with coauthor Tomislav V. Kovandzic. This collaboration is part of a broader academic engagement with researchers focused on criminology, public health, and social science perspectives on violence and injury.

Best Publications

  • Racial Discrimination in Criminal Sentencing: A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence with Additional Evidence on the Death Penalty.

    Gary D. Kleck

  • Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America

    Gary Kleck

  • Targeting guns : firearms and their control

    Gary Kleck

  • Armed resistance to crime: the prevalence and nature of self-defense with a gun

    Gary D. Kleck;Marc G. Gertz

  • RACE, RACIAL THREAT, AND SENTENCING OF HABITUAL OFFENDERS*

    Charles Crawford;Ted Chiricos;Gary Kleck

  • The impact of gun control and gun ownership levels on violence rates

    Gary D. Kleck;E. Britt Patterson

  • THE MISSING LINK IN GENERAL DETERRENCE RESEARCH

    Gary Kleck;Brion Sever;Spencer Li;Marc Gertz

  • Measures of Gun Ownership Levels for Macro-Level Crime and Violence Research

    Gary D. Kleck

  • Capital Punishment, Gun Ownership, and Homicide

    Gary D. Kleck

  • The Effects of Weaponry on Human Violence

    Gary Kleck;Karen McElrath

  • Crime control through the private use of armed force

    Gary D. Kleck

  • Rape and Resistance

    Gary Kleck;Susan Sayles

  • RESISTING CRIME: THE EFFECTS OF VICTIM ACTION ON THE OUTCOMES OF CRIMES

    Jongyeon Tark;Gary D. Kleck

  • Crime, Culture Conflict and the Sources of Support for Gun Control: A Multilevel Application of the General Social Surveys

    Gary D. Kleck

  • Victim Resistance and Offender Weapon Effects in Robbery

    Gary D. Kleck;Miriam A. Delone

  • The effect of perceived risk and victimization on plans to purchase a gun for self-protection

    Gary D. Kleck;Tomislav Victor Kovandzic;Mark Saber;Will Hauser

  • Carrying Guns for Protection: Results from the National Self-Defense Survey

    Gary D. Kleck;Marc G. Gertz

  • Mass Shootings in Schools: The Worst Possible Case for Gun Control

    Gary D. Kleck

  • What methods are most frequently used in research in criminology and criminal justice

    Gary D. Kleck;Jongyeon Tark;Jon J. Bellows

  • Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and Their Firearms.By James D. Wright and Peter H. Rossi. Aldine de Gruyter. 247 pp. Cloth, $36.95; paper, $14.95

    Gary D. Kleck

  • Under the Gun: Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America.

    Gary Kleck;James D. Wright;Peter H. Rossi;Kathleen Daly

  • Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. Schaffer
Mark E. Schaffer Heriot-Watt University
Marc Gertz
Marc Gertz Florida State University
J. C. Barnes
J. C. Barnes University of Cincinnati
James D. Wright
James D. Wright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ted Chiricos
Ted Chiricos Florida State University
Kathleen Daly
Kathleen Daly Griffith University
Peter H. Rossi
Peter H. Rossi University of Massachusetts Amherst
Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring University of California, Berkeley

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