2026 Gary D. Kleck: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
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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

736
Citations
Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America

Gary Kleck

614
Citations
Targeting guns : firearms and their control

Gary Kleck

608
Citations
Armed resistance to crime: the prevalence and nature of self-defense with a gun

Gary D. Kleck;Marc G. Gertz

566
Citations
RACE, RACIAL THREAT, AND SENTENCING OF HABITUAL OFFENDERS*

Charles Crawford;Ted Chiricos;Gary Kleck

426
Citations
The impact of gun control and gun ownership levels on violence rates

Gary D. Kleck;E. Britt Patterson

337
Citations
THE MISSING LINK IN GENERAL DETERRENCE RESEARCH

Gary Kleck;Brion Sever;Spencer Li;Marc Gertz

277
Citations
Measures of Gun Ownership Levels for Macro-Level Crime and Violence Research

Gary D. Kleck

194
Citations
Capital Punishment, Gun Ownership, and Homicide

Gary D. Kleck

188
Citations
The Effects of Weaponry on Human Violence

Gary Kleck;Karen McElrath

178
Citations
Crime control through the private use of armed force

Gary D. Kleck

170
Citations
Rape and Resistance

Gary Kleck;Susan Sayles

165
Citations
RESISTING CRIME: THE EFFECTS OF VICTIM ACTION ON THE OUTCOMES OF CRIMES

Jongyeon Tark;Gary D. Kleck

159
Citations
Crime, Culture Conflict and the Sources of Support for Gun Control: A Multilevel Application of the General Social Surveys

Gary D. Kleck

134
Citations
Victim Resistance and Offender Weapon Effects in Robbery

Gary D. Kleck;Miriam A. Delone

132
Citations
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

124
Citations
Carrying Guns for Protection: Results from the National Self-Defense Survey

Gary D. Kleck;Marc G. Gertz

118
Citations
Mass Shootings in Schools: The Worst Possible Case for Gun Control

Gary D. Kleck

114
Citations
What methods are most frequently used in research in criminology and criminal justice

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

109
Citations
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

93
Citations
Under the Gun: Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America.

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

7
Citations
Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America

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6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. Schaffer Heriot-Watt University

Marc Gertz Florida State University

J. C. Barnes University of Cincinnati

James D. Wright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Ted Chiricos Florida State University

Kathleen Daly Griffith University

Peter H. Rossi University of Massachusetts Amherst

Franklin E. Zimring University of California, Berkeley

External Links

Wikipedia of Gary D. Kleck Personal website of Gary D. Kleck

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