Alan A. Block

880 total citations
56 papers, 436 citations indexed

About

Alan A. Block is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan A. Block has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 436 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Education and 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Alan A. Block's work include Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (18 papers), Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (5 papers) and Jewish Identity and Society (3 papers). Alan A. Block is often cited by papers focused on Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (18 papers), Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (5 papers) and Jewish Identity and Society (3 papers). Alan A. Block collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Alan A. Block's co-authors include Sean Griffin, Alfred W. McCoy, Frank R. Scarpitti, Samuel Walker, Thomas J. Bernard, Lloyd deMause, Michael Levi, Frank Bovenkerk, Seymour Fiddle and Richard C. Larson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of Marriage and the Family.

In The Last Decade

Alan A. Block

47 papers receiving 316 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan A. Block United States 13 299 57 42 37 35 56 436
John J. Pauly United States 9 260 0.9× 15 0.3× 18 0.4× 8 0.2× 15 0.4× 23 445
Sheldon Hackney United States 9 223 0.7× 30 0.5× 28 0.7× 5 0.1× 61 1.7× 41 340
Susan Trevaskes Australia 17 412 1.4× 76 1.3× 11 0.3× 15 0.4× 305 8.7× 44 624
David O. Friedrichs United States 15 429 1.4× 29 0.5× 228 5.4× 3 0.1× 63 1.8× 48 550
Jack Weatherford United States 6 132 0.4× 38 0.7× 3 0.1× 12 0.3× 26 0.7× 9 284
Sarah Thornton Australia 5 426 1.4× 16 0.3× 6 0.1× 21 0.6× 23 0.7× 8 591
Alan Seals United States 10 225 0.8× 105 1.8× 6 0.1× 7 0.2× 23 0.7× 17 421
Robert C. Bannister United States 11 280 0.9× 21 0.4× 8 0.2× 4 0.1× 44 1.3× 35 475
Peter C. Sederberg United States 10 208 0.7× 29 0.5× 10 0.2× 2 0.1× 103 2.9× 27 328
Austin Harrington United Kingdom 12 242 0.8× 48 0.8× 4 0.1× 5 0.1× 62 1.8× 44 381

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan A. Block

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Block, Alan A.. (2024). Space, Time, and Organized Crime.
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McCoy, Alfred W. & Alan A. Block. (2021). War on Drugs.
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Block, Alan A.. (2020). Masters of Paradise. 1 indexed citations
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Bovenkerk, Frank, Michael Levi, & Alan A. Block. (2010). The organized crime community : essays in honor of Alan A. Block. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 3 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A.. (2009). Ethics and Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A., et al.. (2005). A Curriculum for Character Education: Joseph Schwab and the Ramah Camps.. 32(2). 192–201. 2 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A., et al.. (2004). All Is Clouded by Desire. Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A.. (2004). Talmud, Curriculum, and The Practical: Joseph Schwab and the Rabbis. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A.. (2002). Environmental Crime and Pollution: Wasteful Reflections (1). Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 61. 7 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A. & Sean Griffin. (2002). Transnational Financial Crime. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 18(4). 381–393. 5 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A.. (2000). Resisting Occupation, Resisting Reading. Language Arts. 78(2). 129–137. 2 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A.. (1996). American Corruption and the Decline of the Progressive Ethos. Journal of Law and Society. 23(1). 18–18. 6 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A.. (1994). Space, time & organized crime. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A.. (1992). Anonymous toil : a re-evaluation of the American radical novel in the twentieth century. University Press of America eBooks.
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Block, Alan A., et al.. (1990). A Trojan horse: Anti-communism and the war on drugs. Crime Law and Social Change. 14(1). 39–55. 14 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A., et al.. (1986). Poisoning for Profit: The Mafia and Toxic Waste in America. Michigan Law Review. 84(4/5). 771–771. 21 indexed citations
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Walker, Samuel & Alan A. Block. (1984). East Side-West Side: Organizing Crime in New York, 1930-1950. Journal of American History. 71(2). 417–417. 11 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A.. (1982). On the waterfront revisited: The criminology of waterfront organized crime. Crime Law and Social Change. 6(4). 373–396. 4 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A.. (1977). Aw! Your mother's in the mafia: Women criminals in progressive New York. Crime Law and Social Change. 1(1). 5–22. 13 indexed citations
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Block, Alan A. & Lloyd deMause. (1977). The New Psychohistory. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 39(2). 429–429. 6 indexed citations

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