Alberto Aziani

848 total citations
38 papers, 479 citations indexed

About

Alberto Aziani is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Aziani has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 479 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Alberto Aziani's work include Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (21 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (15 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (9 papers). Alberto Aziani is often cited by papers focused on Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (21 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (15 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (9 papers). Alberto Aziani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Alberto Aziani's co-authors include Serena Favarin, Gian Maria Campedelli, Alex R. Piquero, Giulia Berlusconi, Luca Giommoni, Francesco Calderoni, James E. Prieger, Joras Ferwerda, Jonathan Kulick and Ernesto Ugo Savona and has published in prestigious journals such as International Migration Review, Social Networks and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Aziani

34 papers receiving 470 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alberto Aziani Italy 10 390 81 69 57 48 38 479
Gian Maria Campedelli Italy 11 383 1.0× 54 0.7× 75 1.1× 68 1.2× 40 0.8× 30 483
Serena Favarin Italy 9 348 0.9× 51 0.6× 72 1.0× 59 1.0× 64 1.3× 21 429
Tarah Hodgkinson Canada 14 421 1.1× 56 0.7× 49 0.7× 55 1.0× 72 1.5× 41 528
Alexander Hirschfield United Kingdom 9 404 1.0× 74 0.9× 48 0.7× 23 0.4× 41 0.9× 17 540
Rémi Boivin Canada 13 474 1.2× 65 0.8× 81 1.2× 5 0.1× 45 0.9× 58 564
YongJei Lee United States 10 355 0.9× 44 0.5× 39 0.6× 3 0.1× 60 1.3× 22 398
Laura Wyckoff United States 5 405 1.0× 59 0.7× 39 0.6× 3 0.1× 44 0.9× 10 439
Gisela Bichler United States 14 558 1.4× 200 2.5× 25 0.4× 4 0.1× 60 1.3× 42 661
Jen Mailley United Kingdom 7 380 1.0× 33 0.4× 41 0.6× 3 0.1× 72 1.5× 11 419
Robert Fornango United States 8 563 1.4× 34 0.4× 119 1.7× 5 0.1× 44 0.9× 11 634

Countries citing papers authored by Alberto Aziani

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alberto Aziani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Aziani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alberto Aziani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alberto Aziani based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alberto Aziani. Alberto Aziani is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aziani, Alberto, et al.. (2025). From (Possible) Detection to Action: The Real-World Impact of Suspicious Transaction Reports in Italy. Crime Law and Social Change. 83(1).
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Aziani, Alberto, et al.. (2025). Transnational cocaine trafficking: multiple data sources for network construction. Global Crime. 1–27.
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Aziani, Alberto, et al.. (2024). Informative (Dis)information: Exploring the Correlation Between Social Media Disinformation Campaigns and Real-World Criminal Activity. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Favarin, Serena, et al.. (2023). Transnational trafficking networks of end-of-life vehicles and e-waste. Global Crime. 24(3). 215–237. 4 indexed citations
5.
Aziani, Alberto & Jonathan P. Caulkins. (2023). Changing dynamics of drug overdoses in the United Kingdom: An attempt to replicate the Jalal et al. findings of steady exponential growth. International Journal of Drug Policy. 119. 104146–104146. 1 indexed citations
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Nikolopoulos, Christos, et al.. (2023). The Nexus Between Big Data Analytics and the Proliferation of Fake News as a Precursor to Online and Offline Criminal Activities. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 4056–4064. 3 indexed citations
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Aziani, Alberto. (2022). What happens when the police go on strike? Homicides increase. Evidence from Ceará, Brazil. Global Crime. 23(4). 365–391. 2 indexed citations
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Giommoni, Luca, Giulia Berlusconi, & Alberto Aziani. (2021). Interdicting International Drug Trafficking: a Network Approach for Coordinated and Targeted Interventions. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. 28(4). 545–572. 12 indexed citations
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Aziani, Alberto, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 and Organized Crime: Strategies employed by criminal groups to increase their profits and power in the first months of the pandemic. Trends in Organized Crime. 26(2). 114–135. 9 indexed citations
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Aziani, Alberto, et al.. (2021). Who are our owners? Exploring the ownership links of businesses to identify illicit financial flows. European Journal of Criminology. 19(6). 1542–1573. 9 indexed citations
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Campedelli, Gian Maria, Serena Favarin, Alberto Aziani, & Alex R. Piquero. (2020). Disentangling community-level changes in crime trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago. Crime Science. 9(1). 21–21. 111 indexed citations
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Campedelli, Gian Maria, Alberto Aziani, & Serena Favarin. (2020). Exploring the Immediate Effects of COVID-19 Containment Policies on Crime: an Empirical Analysis of the Short-Term Aftermath in Los Angeles. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 46(5). 704–727. 148 indexed citations
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Favarin, Serena & Alberto Aziani. (2020). The Global Waste Trafficking and Its Correlates. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 36(3). 351–383. 11 indexed citations
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Aziani, Alberto, et al.. (2020). Measuring (Transnational) Organized Crime as an Indicator of Global Justice. Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 13(2). 211–231. 2 indexed citations
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Aziani, Alberto, et al.. (2020). A methodology for estimating the illicit consumption of cigarettes at the country level. Global Crime. 21(2). 154–184. 5 indexed citations
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Aziani, Alberto, Giulia Berlusconi, & Luca Giommoni. (2019). A Quantitative Application of Enterprise and Social Embeddedness Theories to the Transnational Trafficking of Cocaine in Europe. Deviant Behavior. 42(2). 245–267. 19 indexed citations
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Aziani, Alberto, et al.. (2019). ITTP NEXUS in Europe and Beyond. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 1–372. 3 indexed citations
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Prieger, James E., et al.. (2019). The Impact of E-Cigarette Regulation on the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in the European Union. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Aziani, Alberto. (2018). Illicit Financial Flows. 8 indexed citations
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Aziani, Alberto, et al.. (2017). Empty Discarded Pack Data and the Prevalence of Illicit Trade in Cigarettes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations

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