Bocar Ba

565 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 247 citations indexed

About

Bocar Ba is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Bocar Ba has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 247 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Bocar Ba's work include Policing Practices and Perceptions (10 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (9 papers) and Regulation and Compliance Studies (6 papers). Bocar Ba is often cited by papers focused on Policing Practices and Perceptions (10 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (9 papers) and Regulation and Compliance Studies (6 papers). Bocar Ba collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Singapore. Bocar Ba's co-authors include Roman Rivera, Dean Knox, Jonathan Mummolo, Emily Owens, Sébastien Annan-Phan, Jeffrey Grogger, Xianghong Li, Robert Lalonde, John C. Ham and Michelle Torres and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Economic Perspectives and The Review of Economics and Statistics.

In The Last Decade

Bocar Ba

16 papers receiving 238 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The role of officer race and gender in police-civilian interactions in Chicago

2021 165 citations Bocar Ba, Dean Knox et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bocar Ba United States	7	186	158	56	40	18	19	247
Roman Rivera United States	5	169 0.9×	149 0.9×	47 0.8×	40 1.0×	14 0.8×	12	218
James Hoggett United Kingdom	7	201 1.1×	132 0.8×	32 0.6×	70 1.8×	16 0.9×	16	243
Julie Barkworth Australia	6	247 1.3×	201 1.3×	42 0.8×	55 1.4×	8 0.4×	6	286
Warren Christopher United States	6	167 0.9×	182 1.2×	40 0.7×	40 1.0×	16 0.9×	16	240
Daniel Lytle United States	8	174 0.9×	136 0.9×	46 0.8×	24 0.6×	5 0.3×	19	221
Matthew Radburn United Kingdom	10	268 1.4×	219 1.4×	29 0.5×	38 0.9×	5 0.3×	17	315
Michael Brogden United Kingdom	6	165 0.9×	139 0.9×	20 0.4×	20 0.5×	9 0.5×	8	208
Jeffrey S. Nowacki United States	11	295 1.6×	214 1.4×	89 1.6×	49 1.2×	29 1.6×	21	351
Trevor Jones United Kingdom	5	199 1.1×	179 1.1×	32 0.6×	14 0.3×	36 2.0×	9	281
Branko Lobnikar Slovenia	10	101 0.5×	103 0.7×	24 0.4×	24 0.6×	4 0.2×	41	179

Countries citing papers authored by Bocar Ba

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bocar Ba

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bocar Ba

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bocar Ba. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bocar Ba 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 Bocar Ba. Bocar Ba is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

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Ba, Bocar, Jacob Kaplan, Dean Knox, et al.. (2025). Political diversity in U.S. police agencies. American Journal of Political Science. 69(4). 1617–1635. 1 indexed citations

2.

Ba, Bocar, et al.. (2023). Market Response to Racial Uprisings. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Rivera, Roman & Bocar Ba. (2023). The Effect of Police Oversight on Crime and Misconduct Allegations: Evidence from Chicago. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 108(1). 57–74. 7 indexed citations

4.

Rivera, Roman, et al.. (2023). Peer Effects in Police Use of Force. American Economic Journal Economic Policy. 15(2). 256–291. 9 indexed citations

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Annan-Phan, Sébastien & Bocar Ba. (2023). JUE Insight: Hot temperatures, aggression, and death at the hands of the police: Evidence from the U.S. Journal of Urban Economics. 142. 103592–103592. 1 indexed citations

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Rivera, Roman, et al.. (2022). The Black-White Recognition Gap in Award Nominations. Journal of Labor Economics. 42(1). 1–23. 1 indexed citations

7.

Ouss, Aurélie, et al.. (2022). Officer-Involved: The Media Language of Police Killings. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Ba, Bocar. (2021). Conservatisme, féodalité, système des castes en Mauritanie. Pour un regard lucide. n° 29(1). 21–30.

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Owens, Emily & Bocar Ba. (2021). The Economics of Policing and Public Safety. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 35(4). 3–28. 13 indexed citations

10.

Ba, Bocar, et al.. (2021). Police Officer Assignment and Neighborhood Crime. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

11.

Ba, Bocar, Dean Knox, Jonathan Mummolo, & Roman Rivera. (2021). The role of officer race and gender in police-civilian interactions in Chicago. Science. 371(6530). 696–702. 165 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ba, Bocar, et al.. (2020). Disparities in Police Award Nominations: Evidence from Chicago. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 110. 447–451. 5 indexed citations

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Rivera, Roman, et al.. (2019). In-group Bias and the Police: Evidence from Award Nominations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Rivera, Roman & Bocar Ba. (2019). The Effect of Police Oversight on Crime and Allegations of Misconduct: Evidence from Chicago. eYLS (Yale Law School). 22 indexed citations

15.

Ba, Bocar & Jeffrey Grogger. (2019). The Introduction of Tasers and Police Use of Firearms: Evidence from the Chicago Police Department. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 109. 157–160. 6 indexed citations

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Rivera, Roman, et al.. (2019). Spillover Effects in Police Use of Force. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Annan-Phan, Sébastien & Bocar Ba. (2019). Hot Temperatures, Aggression, and Death at the Hands of the Police: Evidence from the U.S.. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Ba, Bocar, John C. Ham, Robert Lalonde, & Xianghong Li. (2017). Estimating (Easily Interpreted) Dynamic Training Effects from Experimental Data. Journal of Labor Economics. 35(S1). S149–S200. 4 indexed citations

19.

Ba, Bocar. (2016). How Far Are You Willing to Go against the Police? Evaluating the Effects of Citizen Affidavits in Chicago. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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