Brian Francis

15.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
233 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Brian Francis is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Francis has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 26 papers in Clinical Psychology and 26 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Brian Francis's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (51 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (37 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (16 papers). Brian Francis is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (51 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (37 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (16 papers). Brian Francis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Brian Francis's co-authors include Jerald F. Lawless, Zhiyun Lin, G. Zames, Keith Soothill, Murray Aitkin, Manfredi Maggiore, John Hinde, Mireille E. Broucke, Dorothy A. Anderson and Juliet Harman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Brian Francis

221 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data. 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 2005 2004 1991 1983 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Francis United Kingdom 44 1.7k 1.6k 1.5k 1.5k 805 233 10.5k
David J. Hand United Kingdom 66 614 0.4× 2.3k 1.4× 1.2k 0.7× 868 0.6× 428 0.5× 369 24.0k
Geoffrey J. McLachlan Australia 52 1.0k 0.6× 6.6k 4.1× 1.0k 0.7× 705 0.5× 367 0.5× 272 29.4k
Richard L. Tweedie Australia 40 813 0.5× 4.8k 3.0× 971 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.9× 150 24.4k
Hal S. Stern United States 38 346 0.2× 3.9k 2.4× 467 0.3× 797 0.5× 739 0.9× 155 19.4k
D. R. Cox United Kingdom 46 499 0.3× 7.1k 4.5× 771 0.5× 733 0.5× 709 0.9× 127 23.7k
David C. Hoaglin United States 47 246 0.1× 2.4k 1.5× 386 0.3× 614 0.4× 618 0.8× 165 15.5k
Paul W. Holland United States 51 203 0.1× 6.0k 3.8× 1.7k 1.1× 2.4k 1.6× 392 0.5× 178 21.0k
Peter McCullagh Australia 32 309 0.2× 7.0k 4.4× 304 0.2× 954 0.6× 782 1.0× 156 25.3k
Gareth James United States 27 560 0.3× 1.6k 1.0× 334 0.2× 595 0.4× 247 0.3× 60 13.8k
Xiao‐Li Meng United States 34 260 0.2× 4.6k 2.9× 333 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 478 0.6× 112 13.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Francis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Francis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Francis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Francis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Francis 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 Brian Francis. Brian Francis 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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Walby, Sylvia & Brian Francis. (2024). Improving the Estimate of Trafficking in Human Beings and Modern Slavery by Integrating Data From ILO/Walk Free/IOM and UNODC. Social Indicators Research. 176(2). 669–693. 1 indexed citations
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Wallace, Stephanie & Brian Francis. (2024). Developing a Complete Sentence Severity Scale using Extended Goodman RC models. Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
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Obolenskaya, Polina, et al.. (2024). Definition and Measurement of Violence in the Crime Survey for England and Wales: Implications for the Amount and Gendering of Violence. The British Journal of Criminology. 65(2). 261–281. 1 indexed citations
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Reissland, Nadja, Brian Francis, Ezra Aydin, James Mason, & Benoı̂st Schaal. (2013). The development of anticipation in the fetus: A longitudinal account of human fetal mouth movements in reaction to and anticipation of touch. Developmental Psychobiology. 56(5). 955–963. 53 indexed citations
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Soothill, Keith & Brian Francis. (2009). Keeping the DNA link. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 13(3). 137–42. 1 indexed citations
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Lancaster, Gillian, Brian Francis, & Ruth Allen. (2009). Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre - creating enterprise and innovation in teaching statistics across disciplines. MSOR Connections. 9(1). 41–46. 3 indexed citations
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Lorde, Troy, et al.. (2008). Are Shocks to Barbados Long-Stay Visitor Arrivals Permanent or Temporary: A Short Empirical Note. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 2 indexed citations
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Francis, Brian, et al.. (2007). Introducing the Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre — a Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL). MSOR Connections. 7(2). 11–15. 1 indexed citations
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Soothill, Keith, et al.. (2004). PROFILES OF CRIME RECRUITMENT. The British Journal of Criminology. 401–418. 3 indexed citations
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Soothill, Keith, et al.. (2003). Homicide and the Media: Identifying the Top Cases in The Times. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Francis, Brian, et al.. (2002). Professional ASP.NET 1.0, Special Edition. 89–94. 3 indexed citations
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Francis, Brian, Keith Soothill, & Regina Dittrich. (2001). A new approach for ranking crime seriousness : the use of paired comparison methodology.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations
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Gatrell, Anthony C., et al.. (2000). The geography of survival after surgery for colo-rectal cancer in southern England. Social Science & Medicine. 50(7-8). 1099–1107. 29 indexed citations
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Francis, Brian, et al.. (1998). Beginning Active Server Pages 2.0. 3 indexed citations
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Aitkin, Murray & Brian Francis. (1995). Fitting overdispersed generalized linear models by non-parametric maximum likelihood.. Biological Chemistry. 383(7-8). 1237–48. 15 indexed citations
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Francis, Brian, Mick Green, & Clive Payne. (1993). GLIM system release 4 manual. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 124 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Robert, Brian Francis, & Joe Whittaker. (1985). Generalized linear models : proceedings of the GLIM 85 Conference, held in Lancaster, UK, Sept. 16-19, 1985. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Francis, Brian, et al.. (1984). The use of computerised records in a university student counselling service. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations
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Aitkin, Murray, Nan M. Laird, & Brian Francis. (1983). A Reanalysis of the Stanford Heart Transplant Data. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 78(382). 264–274. 72 indexed citations
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Francis, Brian, et al.. (1969). The annatto tree (Bixa orellana L.)-a guide to its occurrence, cultivation, preparation and uses. Tropical Science. 11. 97–10231. 8 indexed citations

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