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Most-Cited Scholars in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1986-2010

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In their early research, Cohn and Farrington (1994a, 1994b) decided to obtain citation data from a small number of prestigious journals in criminology and criminal justice rather than using data from larger sources such as the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). At that time (1986–1990), SSCI was only available in print format, although today it is part of Thomson Reuters’ online Web of Science (WoS). While this resource provides access to citations in a large number of social science journals in a variety of disciplines, it also has some significant disadvantages. Some of the problems in the print version of SSCI have been corrected by the conversion to electronic format, but a number remain. WoS includes self-citations, which need to be excluded if the purpose of the research is to examine one scholar’s influence on others in the field. Additionally, any errors present in journal reference lists, such as spelling mistakes or incorrect initials, are carried over and reproduced in the WoS. If the journal permits the use of the generic “et al.” in the reference list, those additional authors will not be included in the WoS.

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  1. Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

    Ellen G. Cohn

  2. Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    David P. Farrington

  3. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

    Amaia Iratzoqui

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Cohn, E.G., Farrington, D.P., Iratzoqui, A. (2014). Methodology. In: Most-Cited Scholars in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1986-2010. SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01222-3_2

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