Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (8)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by COHN, E. G.
Right arrow Articles by FARRINGTON, D. P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

The British Journal of Criminology 38:156-170 (1998)
© 1998 Centre for Crime & Justice Studies (formerly ISTD)

RESEARCH-ARTICLE

CHANGES IN THE MOST-CITED SCHOLARS IN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS BETWEEN 1986–90 AND 1991–95

ELLEN G. COHN and DAVID P. FARRINGTON

Respectively, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice. School of Policy and Management, Florida International University, and Professor of Psychological Criminology, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University.

We determined the most-cited scholars in 1991–95 in the major criminology journals of the major countries of the English-speaking world: British Journal of Criminology (BJC), Criminology (CRIM), Canadian Journal of Criminology (CJC) and Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology (ANZ). We also compared the results with those obtained in a similar analysis for 1986–90. The scholars with the most citations in 1991–95 were Patricia M. Mayhew (BJC), Travis Hirschi (CRIM), Murray A. Straus (CJC) and John Braithwaite (ANZ). However, Anthony N. Doob was cited in a larger number of different CJC articles than Murray A. Straus, and we concluded that this measure (termed the prevalence of citations) was a better measure of wide-ranging influence than the total number of citations. On a combined score, the five most-cited scholars in al four journals in 1991–95 were Travis Hirschi, David P. Farrington, Michael R. Gottfredson, Alfred Blumstein and John Braithwaite. Whereas the most-cited works of the most-cited scholars in the earlier period tended to be concerned with criminal career research and measuring crime, the most-cited works of the most-cited scholars in the later period were more concerned with criminological theories.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Journal of Contemporary Criminal JusticeHome page
R. A. WRIGHT, K. M. BRYANT, and J. M. MILLER
Top Criminals/Top Criminologists: The Most-Cited Authors and Works in White-Collar Crime
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, November 1, 2001; 17(4): 383 - 399.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Theoretical CriminologyHome page
C. TAYLOR
The Relationship between Social and Self-Control:: Tracing Hirschi's Criminological Career
Theoretical Criminology, August 1, 2001; 5(3): 369 - 388.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 The Prison JournalHome page
R. A. WRIGHT and J. M. MILLER
The Most-Cited Scholars and Works in Corrections
The Prison Journal, March 1, 1999; 79(1): 5 - 22.
[Abstract] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.