2026 Valerie Jenness: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	33	7164	6656	3473	3169	110	3490

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

7164

6656

3473

3169

110

3490

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

3490

World Ranking

7164

National Ranking

3473

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Doris Wilkinson Faculty Leadership Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems Irvine
2010 - Public Understanding of Sociology Award, American Sociological Association
2008 - Joseph B. Gittler Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems
2001 - Lee Founders Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems Irvine

Best Publications

THE HOMOGENIZATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF HATE CRIME LAW IN THE UNITED STATES, 1978 TO 1995: INNOVATION AND DIFFUSION IN THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BIGOTRY *

Ryken Grattet;Valerie Jenness;Theodore R. Curry

295
Citations
Agnes Goes to Prison Gender Authenticity, Transgender Inmates in Prisons for Men, and Pursuit of “The Real Deal”

Valerie Jenness;Sarah Fenstermaker

181
Citations
The Law-In-Between: The Effects of Organizational Perviousness on the Policing of Hate Crime

Valerie Jenness;Ryken Grattet

163
Citations
Hate Crimes: New Social Movements and the Politics of Violence

Valerie Jenness;Kendal Broad

158
Citations
Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy

David S. Meyer;Valerie Jenness;Helen M. Ingram

154
Citations
The Reconstitution of Law in Local Settings: Agency Discretion, Ambiguity, and a Surplus of Law in the Policing of Hate Crime

Ryken Grattet;Valerie Jenness

149
Citations
From Sex as Sin to Sex as Work: COYOTE and the Reorganization of Prostitution as a Social Problem

Unknown

148
Citations
Where the Margins Meet: A Demographic Assessment of Transgender Inmates in Men’s Prisons

Lori Sexton;Valerie Jenness;Jennifer Macy Sumner

147
Citations
Social Movement Growth, Domain Expansion, and Framing Processes: The Gay/Lesbian Movement and Violence against Gays and Lesbians as a Social Problem

Unknown

125
Citations
Making it Work: The Prostitutes' Rights Movement in Perspective

Joseph Gusfield;Valerie Jenness

120
Citations
Making Work, Making Trouble: Prostitution as a Social Problem

Unknown

112
Citations
Explaining Criminalization: From Demography and Status Politics to Globalization and Modernization

Valerie Jenness

112
Citations
Transforming Symbolic Law into Organizational Action: Hate Crime Policy and Law Enforcement Practice

Ryken Grattet;Valerie Jenness

103
Citations
Challenges and opportunities for gender-affirming healthcare for transgender women in prison.

Jae Sevelius;Valerie Jenness

98
Citations
The Birth and Maturation of Hate Crime Policy in the United States

Ryken Grattet;Valerie Jenness

98
Citations
Managing Differences and Making Legislation: Social Movements and the Racialization, Sexualization, and Gendering of Federal Hate Crime Law in the U.S., 1985-1998

Valerie Jenness

75
Citations
Sexual victimization against transgender women in prison: Consent and coercion in context

Valerie Jenness;Lori Sexton;Jennifer Macy Sumner

70
Citations
From Policy to Prisoners to People: A “Soft Mixed Methods” Approach to Studying Transgender Prisoners:

Valerie Jenness

70
Citations
Prostitution: An International Handbook on Trends, Problems and Policies.

Unknown

69
Citations
Examining the Boundaries of Hate Crime Law: Disabilities and the "Dilemma of Difference"

Unknown

61
Citations

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Valerie Jenness

D-Index & Metrics

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

Research.com Recognitions

Best Publications

THE HOMOGENIZATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF HATE CRIME LAW IN THE UNITED STATES, 1978 TO 1995: INNOVATION AND DIFFUSION IN THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BIGOTRY *

Agnes Goes to Prison Gender Authenticity, Transgender Inmates in Prisons for Men, and Pursuit of “The Real Deal”

The Law-In-Between: The Effects of Organizational Perviousness on the Policing of Hate Crime

Hate Crimes: New Social Movements and the Politics of Violence

Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy

The Reconstitution of Law in Local Settings: Agency Discretion, Ambiguity, and a Surplus of Law in the Policing of Hate Crime

From Sex as Sin to Sex as Work: COYOTE and the Reorganization of Prostitution as a Social Problem

Where the Margins Meet: A Demographic Assessment of Transgender Inmates in Men’s Prisons

Social Movement Growth, Domain Expansion, and Framing Processes: The Gay/Lesbian Movement and Violence against Gays and Lesbians as a Social Problem

Making it Work: The Prostitutes' Rights Movement in Perspective

Making Work, Making Trouble: Prostitution as a Social Problem

Explaining Criminalization: From Demography and Status Politics to Globalization and Modernization

Transforming Symbolic Law into Organizational Action: Hate Crime Policy and Law Enforcement Practice

Challenges and opportunities for gender-affirming healthcare for transgender women in prison.

The Birth and Maturation of Hate Crime Policy in the United States

Managing Differences and Making Legislation: Social Movements and the Racialization, Sexualization, and Gendering of Federal Hate Crime Law in the U.S., 1985-1998

Sexual victimization against transgender women in prison: Consent and coercion in context

From Policy to Prisoners to People: A “Soft Mixed Methods” Approach to Studying Transgender Prisoners:

Prostitution: An International Handbook on Trends, Problems and Policies.

Examining the Boundaries of Hate Crime Law: Disabilities and the "Dilemma of Difference"

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