Standout Papers

BROKEN WINDOWS: THE POLIC... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1982 1985 1968 1975 1961 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. BROKEN WINDOWS: THE POLICE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD SAFETY
    1982 1.3k citations James Q. Wilson, George L. Kelling profile →
  2. Crime and Human Nature
    1985 1.1k citations James Q. Wilson, R. J. Herrnstein Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  3. Varieties of Police Behavior
    1968 844 citations James Q. Wilson Harvard University Press eBooks profile →
  4. Thinking about crime
    1975 618 citations James Q. Wilson Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  5. Incentive Systems: A Theory of Organizations
    1961 561 citations Peter B. Clark, James Q. Wilson Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  6. Varieties of Police Behavior
    1970 505 citations Patrick V. Murphy, James Q. Wilson Harvard Law Review profile →
  7. Varieties of Police Behavior: The Management of Law and Order in Eight Communities
    1969 437 citations Jan M. Chaiken, James Q. Wilson The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science profile →
  8. Political Organizations
    1974 419 citations Lawrence D. Mankin, James Q. Wilson The Western Political Quarterly profile →

Immediate Impact

1 by Nobel laureates 24 from Science/Nature 60 hit
Sub-graph 1 of 23

Citing Papers

Determinants of emissions pathways in the coupled climate–social system
2022 HitNature
The role of officer race and gender in police-civilian interactions in Chicago
2021 HitScience
3 intermediate papers

Works of James Q. Wilson being referenced

Varieties of Police Behavior: The Management of Law and Order in Eight Communities
1969 Hit
Varieties of Police Behavior
1968 Hit
and 3 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
James Q. Wilson 6.2k 3.0k 1.0k 963 850 134 9.3k
Wesley G. Skogan 7.4k 1.2× 4.0k 1.3× 750 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 151 8.7k
Charles W. Mills 6.5k 1.0× 2.3k 0.8× 453 0.4× 994 1.0× 270 0.3× 124 11.7k
Émile Durkheim 8.4k 1.3× 2.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 196 14.4k
Max Weber 7.8k 1.3× 3.3k 1.1× 445 0.4× 657 0.7× 424 0.5× 289 13.9k
Richard A. Cloward 4.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 647 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 258 0.3× 61 7.3k
Iris Marion Young 6.3k 1.0× 3.4k 1.2× 576 0.6× 979 1.0× 265 0.3× 106 12.1k
Johan Galtung 6.7k 1.1× 2.9k 1.0× 602 0.6× 801 0.8× 389 0.5× 192 11.3k
Steven D. Levitt 5.0k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 640 0.6× 548 0.6× 463 0.5× 135 11.6k
Albert J. Reiss 4.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 841 0.9× 995 1.2× 105 6.6k
Lewis A. Coser 6.1k 1.0× 2.3k 0.8× 393 0.4× 612 0.6× 282 0.3× 172 10.2k

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