Is Criminology & Public Policy “influential?” Answers from altmetrics

IF 3.5 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Criminology & Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-10-22 DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12604

John L. Worrall, Quinn Gordon

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Abstract

Research Summary

We use an altmetric aggregator, the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS), to rank the influence of articles published in Criminology & Public Policy from the journal's inception through July 31, 2022. We also rank articles based on specific AAS components, namely, Twitter, news, and policy document mentions. Last, we regress AASs on article-level predictors, including research category, funding, open access type, and time since publication. With few exceptions, policing scholarship far outweighs other categories of research in terms of AAS-measured societal impact.

Policy Implications

In contrast to bibliometrics (e.g., citation counts), altmetrics measure scholarship's societal impact, including its influence on policy. Since Criminology & Public Policy was initially created with the intention of influencing crime-related policy, it is important to gauge the extent to which that has occurred. Other policy-oriented (or perhaps all) criminal justice/criminology journals should evaluate their influence via altmetrics.

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犯罪学与公共政策“有影响力吗?”来自altmetrics的答案

研究总结:我们使用一种另类计量的聚合器——另类计量注意力评分(AAS)，对发表在《犯罪学》上的文章的影响力进行排名。《公共政策》杂志创刊至2022年7月31日。我们还根据特定的AAS组件(即Twitter、新闻和政策文件提及)对文章进行排名。最后，我们将AASs回归到文章级预测因子，包括研究类别、资助、开放获取类型和发表时间。就aas衡量的社会影响而言，除了少数例外，警务奖学金远远超过其他类别的研究。与文献计量学(如引用计数)相比，替代计量学衡量的是学术的社会影响，包括其对政策的影响。自犯罪学以来公共政策最初是为了影响与犯罪有关的政策而设立的，重要的是要衡量这种影响发生的程度。其他以政策为导向(或所有)的刑事司法/犯罪学期刊应通过其他指标评估其影响力。

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来源期刊

Criminology & Public Policy CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

CiteScore

8.10

自引率

6.50%

发文量

期刊介绍： Criminology & Public Policy is interdisciplinary in nature, devoted to policy discussions of criminology research findings. Focusing on the study of criminal justice policy and practice, the central objective of the journal is to strengthen the role of research findings in the formulation of crime and justice policy by publishing empirically based, policy focused articles.