2026 Paul B. Stretesky: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	37	6263	5819	1017	946	195	5315

Overview

Paul B. Stretesky is affiliated with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including social sciences, health professions, and environmental science, with demonstrated contributions to subfields such as general health professions, sociology and political science, statistics and probability, nature and landscape conservation, and global and planetary change.

Their scientific work centers on diverse topics, including:

Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
Homelessness and Social Issues
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Risk Perception and Management
Environmental Justice and Health Disparities

Recent notable publications by Paul B. Stretesky include:

Holiday Clubs as Community Organizations, 2020, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Shale gas development and crime: A review of the literature, 2020, The Extractive Industries and Society

They have also contributed to important interdisciplinary works in related fields, such as:

Food Insecurity in Advanced Capitalist Nations: A Review, 2020, Sustainability (authored by Michael A. Long)
Mental Well-Being in UK Higher Education During Covid-19: Do Students Trust Universities and the Government?, 2021, Frontiers in Public Health (authored by Margaret Anne Defeyter)
Welfare State Spending, Income Inequality and Food Insecurity in Affluent Nations: A Cross-National Examination of OECD Countries, 2020, Sustainability (authored by Md Belal Hossain)

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic venues, including:

Sustainability
Frontiers in Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Energy Policy

Co-authors regularly collaborating with Paul B. Stretesky are:

Michael A. Long
Michael J. Lynch
Margaret Anne Defeyter
Kenneth J. Berry
Janis E. Johnston

Their scholarly contributions extend to book publications as well. These include works published by Cambridge University Press and Society, Environment and Statistics. Notable titles are:

Applying Benford's Law for Assessing the Validity of Social Science Data, 2023
Permutation Statistical Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2025

Best Publications

The Treadmill of Crime: Political Economy and Green Criminology

Paul B. Stretesky;Michael A Long;Michael J Lynch

316
Citations
Environmental Justice: An Analysis of Superfund Sites in Florida

Paul Stretesky;Michael J. Hogan

277
Citations
The relationship between lead exposure and homicide.

Paul B. Stretesky;Michael J. Lynch

251
Citations
Exploring Green Criminology: Toward a Green Criminological Revolution

Michael J. Lynch;Paul B. Stretesky

242
Citations
Is It a Crime to Produce Ecological Disorganization? Why Green Criminology and Political Economy Matter in the Analysis of Global Ecological Harms

Michael J. Lynch;Michael A. Long;Kimberly L. Barrett;Paul B. Stretesky

192
Citations
A cross-national study of the association between per capita carbon dioxide emissions and exports to the United States

Paul B. Stretesky;Michael J. Lynch

191
Citations
Gang-Related Gun Violence Socialization, Identity, and Self

Paul B. Stretesky;Mark R. Pogrebin

181
Citations
The relationship between lead and crime.

Paul B. Stretesky;Michael J. Lynch

150
Citations
Determinants of Environmental Law Violation Fines Against Petroleum Refineries: Race, Ethnicity, Income, and Aggregation Effects

Michael J. Lynch;Paul B. Stretesky;Ronald G. Burns

136
Citations
Global warming and state-corporate crime: the politicalization of global warming under the Bush administration

Michael J. Lynch;Ronald G. Burns;Paul B. Stretesky

136
Citations
Toxic Crimes: Examining Corporate Victimization of the General Public Employing Medical and Epidemiological Evidence

Michael J. Lynch;Paul Stretesky

131
Citations
Corporate environmental violence and racism

Paul Stretesky;Michael J. Lynch

117
Citations
Space matters: An analysis of poverty, poverty clustering, and violent crime

Paul B. Stretesky;Amie M. Schuck;Michael J. Hogan

115
Citations
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE PREDICTIONS OF DISTANCE TO ACCIDENTAL CHEMICAL RELEASES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA

Paul Stretesky;Michael J. Lynch

112
Citations
Green Criminology: Crime, Justice, and the Environment

Michael J. Lynch;Michael A. Long;Paul B. Stretesky;Kimberly L. Barrett

99
Citations
Crime in the Coal Industry Implications for Green Criminology and Treadmill of Production

Michael A. Long;Paul B. Stretesky;Michael J. Lynch;Emily Fenwick

97
Citations
Does environmental enforcement slow the treadmill of production? The relationship between large monetary penalties, ecological disorganization and toxic releases within offending corporations

Paul B. Stretesky;Michael A. Long;Michael J. Lynch

95
Citations
Corporate self-policing and the environment

Paul B. Stretesky

94
Citations
Environmental hazards and school segregation in Hillsborough County, Florida, 1987-1999

Paul B. Stretesky;Michael J. Lynch

89
Citations
Food Insecurity in Advanced Capitalist Nations: A Review

Michael A. Long;Lara Gonçalves;Paul B. Stretesky;Margaret Anne Defeyter

83
Citations
Media Coverage of Chemical Crimes, Hillsborough County, Florida, 1987–97

Michael J. Lynch;Paul Stretesky;Paul Hammond

82
Citations
Does Environmental Enforcement Slow the Treadmill of Production

Michael Long;Paul Stretesky;Michael Lynch

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Lynch University of South Florida

Michael Lynch Arizona State University

Edmund F. McGarrell Michigan State University

External Links

Personal website of Paul B. Stretesky

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