Ben Brown

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ben Brown is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Brown has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 13 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Ben Brown's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (25 papers), Policing Practices and Perceptions (14 papers) and Gun Ownership and Violence Research (12 papers). Ben Brown is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (25 papers), Policing Practices and Perceptions (14 papers) and Gun Ownership and Violence Research (12 papers). Ben Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. Ben Brown's co-authors include Wm. Reed Benedict, Linda‐Gail Bekker, Andrew Scheibe, Stefan Baral, Douglas J. Bower, Chris Beyrer, Miran Kim, Bobby D. Bryant, Jennifer Mahon and Zoe Duby and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and AIDS.

In The Last Decade

Ben Brown

47 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Perceptions of the police 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Perceptions of the police
    2002 520 citations Ben Brown, Wm. Reed Benedict profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Brown United States 19 988 653 340 335 258 48 1.6k
Jennifer Brown United States 17 424 0.4× 112 0.2× 171 0.5× 83 0.2× 53 0.2× 44 1.4k
Marcia Edison United States 23 362 0.4× 137 0.2× 80 0.2× 30 0.1× 86 0.3× 40 1.7k
Jon Green United States 19 405 0.4× 138 0.2× 826 2.4× 167 0.5× 92 0.4× 55 1.8k
Nandita Sharma India 14 772 0.8× 153 0.2× 380 1.1× 51 0.2× 233 0.9× 40 1.4k
Amanda L. Robinson United Kingdom 24 999 1.0× 224 0.3× 41 0.1× 870 2.6× 38 0.1× 83 2.1k
Geoff Pearson United Kingdom 19 579 0.6× 244 0.4× 328 1.0× 65 0.2× 151 0.6× 55 1.1k
Jennifer A. Reich United States 15 428 0.4× 37 0.1× 83 0.2× 399 1.2× 114 0.4× 45 1.1k
Jacqueline Boles United States 13 580 0.6× 46 0.1× 184 0.5× 69 0.2× 146 0.6× 26 929
Kate Wilson United States 21 427 0.4× 31 0.0× 278 0.8× 128 0.4× 204 0.8× 87 1.3k
Juan Battle United States 18 555 0.6× 107 0.2× 47 0.1× 73 0.2× 16 0.1× 52 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Brown

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Brown. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Brown 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 Ben Brown. Ben Brown 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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Brown, Ben, et al.. (2025). What happened to Black Lives Matter? Public support for Black Lives Matter and the politics of police reform. Contemporary Justice Review. 28(1). 44–68.
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Brown, Ben, Mfezi Mcingana, Oluwasolape Olawore, et al.. (2024). The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on HIV prevention and treatment services for key populations in South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2386–2386. 3 indexed citations
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Brown, Ben, et al.. (2022). Police executive leadership: An empirical and theoretical exploration of police chief performance. International Journal of Police Science & Management. 25(1). 53–66. 3 indexed citations
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Sehhat, M. Hossein, Austin T. Sutton, Chia‐Hung Hung, et al.. (2022). Plasma spheroidization of gas-atomized 304L stainless steel powder for laser powder bed fusion process . 1(1). 1–1. 25 indexed citations
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Mulchandani, Ranya, Ben Brown, Tim Brooks, et al.. (2021). Use of dried blood spot samples for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection using the Roche Elecsys ® high throughput immunoassay. Journal of Clinical Virology. 136. 104739–104739. 34 indexed citations
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Watson, David, Ben Brown, & Alan Johnston. (2020). A data-driven characterisation of natural facial expressions when giving good and bad news. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(10). e1008335–e1008335. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Cao & Ben Brown. (2020). Understanding chinese medicine and western medicine to reach the maximum treatment benefit. Journal of Translational Science. 6(2). 5 indexed citations
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Atujuna, Millicent, Peter A. Newman, Melissa Wallace, et al.. (2018). Contexts of vulnerability and the acceptability of new biomedical HIV prevention technologies among key populations in South Africa: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0191251–e0191251. 43 indexed citations
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Duby, Zoe, Busisiwe Nkosi, Andrew Scheibe, Ben Brown, & Linda‐Gail Bekker. (2018). ‘Scared of going to the clinic’: Contextualising healthcare access for men who have sex with men, female sex workers and people who use drugs in two South African cities. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 19(1). 701–701. 64 indexed citations
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Scheibe, Andrew, Zoe Duby, Ben Brown, Eduard J. Sanders, & Linda‐Gail Bekker. (2017). Attitude shifts and knowledge gains: Evaluating men who have sex with men sensitisation training for healthcare workers in the Western Cape, South Africa. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 18(1). 673–673. 15 indexed citations
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Scheibe, Andrew, et al.. (2016). HIV prevalence and risk among people who inject drugs in five South African cities. International Journal of Drug Policy. 30. 107–115. 37 indexed citations
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Brown, Ben. (2016). Fear of Crime in South Korea. International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy. 5(4). 116–131. 9 indexed citations
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Siegler, Aaron J., Patrick S. Sullivan, Alex de Voux, et al.. (2014). Exploring repeat HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa. AIDS Care. 27(2). 229–234. 18 indexed citations
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Middelkoop, Keren, Cecilia Rademeyer, Ben Brown, et al.. (2013). Epidemiology of HIV-1 Subtypes Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Cape Town, South Africa. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 65(4). 473–480. 25 indexed citations
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Baral, Stefan, et al.. (2011). HIV Risk and Associations of HIV Infection among men who have sex with men in Peri-Urban Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 766–766. 118 indexed citations
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Brown, Ben. (2006). CCTV in Town Centres: Three Case Studies. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 45 indexed citations
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Benedict, Wm. Reed, et al.. (1999). Small Town Surveys. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 15(2). 144–154. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, Ben, et al.. (1988). At Risk for Suicide.... AJN American Journal of Nursing. 88(10). 1358–1358. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, Ben, et al.. (1982). Wife abuse: an old family problem, a new health problem.. PubMed. 78(6). 23–8. 1 indexed citations

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