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Scholarly influence in criminology and criminal justice journals in 1990-2000

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  • Cohn, Ellen G.
  • Farrington, David P.

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The main aim of this research was to investigate changes in scholarly influence by identifying the most-cited scholars in twenty journals: five American criminology journals, five American criminal justice journals, five international criminology journals, and five international criminal justice journals. The most-cited works of the most-cited scholars were also reported. Results obtained in 2000 were compared with previous findings in 1995 and 1990, and with results obtained from analyzing nine journals in 1996-2000. In 2000, the most-cited scholars were Robert J. Sampson in American criminology journals, Francis T. Cullen in American criminal justice journals, John Braithwaite in international criminology journals, and Robert D. Hare in international criminal justice journals. The expansion from nine to twenty journals benefited international scholars such as John Braithwaite and Richard V. Ericson and scholars in less mainstream areas such as Murray A. Straus. Overall, Robert J. Sampson was the most-cited scholar in these twenty journals in 2000, compared with Lawrence W. Sherman in 1995 and Marvin E. Wolfgang in 1990. The prevalence of citations (the number of different articles in which a scholar was cited) and specialization (where a scholar's influence was based on one or two highly-cited works) were also studied.

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  • Cohn, Ellen G. & Farrington, David P., 2008. "Scholarly influence in criminology and criminal justice journals in 1990-2000," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 11-21, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:36:y::i:1:p:11-21
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