2026 Ross Homel: 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	51	2542	2319	178	169	230	13410

Ross Homel 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 Ross Homel sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 230 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Ross Homel 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 Ross Homel sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ross Homel is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Health Professions, Psychology, and Social Sciences. Their work is concentrated within subfields such as General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Homel's research covers a range of topics including Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Community Health and Development, Health Policy Implementation Science, Homelessness and Social Issues, Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression, Crime Patterns and Interventions, and Complex Network Analysis Techniques.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Homel include:

Developmental Crime Prevention in the Twenty-first Century: Generating Better Evidence Embedded in Large-scale Delivery Systems, 2021, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
Evaluation of a place-based collective impact initiative through cross-sectoral data linkage, 2020, Australian Journal of Social Issues
Child well-being before and after the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns in three Australian states, 2023, Australian Journal of Social Issues
Cumulative Sociodemographic Risk as a Predictor of Adolescent Antisocial Behaviour, 2024, Child Indicators Research
The development and psychometric properties of a scalable digital measure of social and emotional wellbeing for middle childhood, 2023, Applied Developmental Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Homel include:

Kate Freiberg
Jacqueline Allen
Tara Renae McGee
Judy Rose
Samantha Low-Choy

Typical publication venues for Homel's research include:

Australian Journal of Social Issues
Child Indicators Research
Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
Applied Developmental Science
SSRN Electronic Journal

Homel has also authored works published by the Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks, such as:

The impact of a preschool communication program and comprehensive family support on serious youth offending: New findings from the Pathways to Prevention Project, 2024
Family support, enriched preschool and serious youth offending, 2024

Best Publications

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity: Research and Public Policy

Thomas Babor;Raul Caetano;Sally Casswell;Griffith Edwards

4431
Citations
Alcohol: No ordinary commodity: Research and public policy, 2nd ed.

Thomas Babor;Raul Caetano;Sally Casswell;Griffith Edwards

506
Citations
Infectious Burglaries. A Test of the Near Repeat Hypothesis

Michael Kenneth Townsley;Ross Homel;Janet Chaseling

493
Citations
Policing and Punishing the Drinking Driver: A Study of General and Specific Deterrence

Ross Homel

448
Citations
The Prediction and Prevention of Violence in Pubs and Clubs

Ross Homel

326
Citations
A Revised Classification of Situational Crime Prevention Techniques

Ross Homel;R. Clarke

317
Citations
Policing and Punishing the Drinking Driver: A Study of General and Specific Deterrence.

Harold G. Grasmick;Ross Homel

263
Citations
Public Drinking and Violence: Not Just an Alcohol Problem

Ross Homel;Steve Tomsen;Jennifer Thommeny

262
Citations
Raising the bar: preventing aggression in and around bars, clubs and pubs

Kathryn Graham;Ross Homel

254
Citations
Repeat Burglary Victimisation: Spatial and Temporal Patterns

Michael Kenneth Townsley;Ross Homel;Janet Chaseling

219
Citations
Alcohol : No Ordinary Commodity – a summary of the second edition

T. Babor;R. Caetano;S. Casswell;G. Edwards

213
Citations
Policing and punishing the drinking driver

Ross Homel

201
Citations
Preventing Alcohol-related Crime Through Community Action: The Surfers Paradise Safety Action Project

Ross Homel;Margory Ann Hauritz;Richard Keith Wortley;G. McIlwain

192
Citations
A meta-analysis of the effects of early developmental prevention programs in at-risk populations on non-health outcomes in adolescence

Matthew Manning;Ross Homel;Christine Ann Smith

172
Citations
Making licensed venues safer for patrons: what environmental factors should be the focus of interventions?

Ross Homel;Russell Carvolth;Marge Hauritz;Gillian Barbara McIlwain

166
Citations
The Long-term Effects of Random Breath Testing in Four Australian States: A Time Series Analysis

J Henstridge;Ross Homel;P Mackay

161
Citations
A prospective study investigating the impact of school belonging factors on negative affect in adolescents.

Ian M. Shochet;Coral L. Smith;Michael J. Furlong;Ross Homel

155
Citations
Risk and Resilience: Crime and Violence Prevention in Aboriginal Communities

Ross Homel;Robyn A Lincoln;Bruce Herd

152
Citations
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN

Ross Homel;Ailsa Burns

151
Citations
Danger on the Dance Floor: A Study of Interior Design, Crowding and Aggression in nightclubs

S. Macintyre;Ross Homel

147
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathryn Graham Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Harold D. Holder Pacific Institute

Ingeborg Rossow Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Robin Room La Trobe University

Thomas F. Babor University of Connecticut

Sally Casswell Massey University

Jürgen Rehm University of Toronto

Michael Livingston La Trobe University

Raul Caetano Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation

Norman Giesbrecht Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

External Links

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