Derek A. Epp

942 total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 535 citations indexed

About

Derek A. Epp is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek A. Epp has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 535 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Derek A. Epp's work include Policing Practices and Perceptions (11 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (11 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (6 papers). Derek A. Epp is often cited by papers focused on Policing Practices and Perceptions (11 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (11 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (6 papers). Derek A. Epp collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Italy. Derek A. Epp's co-authors include Frank R. Baumgartner, Kelsey Shoub, Bryan D. Jones, Ben Noble, Tevfik Murat Yıldırım, Marcello Carammia, Jay Jennings, Enrico Borghetto, Herschel F. Thomas and Hannah Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Political Science Review and The Journal of Politics.

In The Last Decade

Derek A. Epp

23 papers receiving 487 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Suspect Citizens

2018 130 citations Frank R. Baumgartner, Derek A. Epp et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek A. Epp United States	15	376	293	78	71	49	27	535
Edward L. Lascher United States	10	289 0.8×	111 0.4×	108 1.4×	95 1.3×	36 0.7×	32	424
Eli B. Silverman United States	10	311 0.8×	429 1.5×	19 0.2×	55 0.8×	40 0.8×	20	514
R. van Steden Netherlands	12	313 0.8×	343 1.2×	21 0.3×	46 0.6×	33 0.7×	68	510
Barry Loveday United Kingdom	14	391 1.0×	417 1.4×	17 0.2×	57 0.8×	70 1.4×	76	622
Sílvia M. Mendes United States	9	379 1.0×	212 0.7×	88 1.1×	113 1.6×	13 0.3×	17	531
Justin De Benedictis-Kessner United States	11	344 0.9×	214 0.7×	147 1.9×	98 1.4×	37 0.8×	32	547
Richard Witmer United States	9	293 0.8×	114 0.4×	75 1.0×	124 1.7×	51 1.0×	27	408
Jan Terpstra Netherlands	14	436 1.2×	420 1.4×	12 0.2×	67 0.9×	71 1.4×	69	610
Fany Yuval Israel	12	149 0.4×	178 0.6×	53 0.7×	18 0.3×	79 1.6×	30	344
Larry T. Hoover United States	12	249 0.7×	337 1.2×	13 0.2×	26 0.4×	12 0.2×	30	462

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek A. Epp

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All Works

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Borghetto, Enrico, Luca Manucci, & Derek A. Epp. (2025). Is the populist Robin Hood a fairy tale? Parliamentary attention to social welfare. Journal of European Public Policy. 33(1). 40–73. 1 indexed citations

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Epp, Derek A., et al.. (2025). The George Floyd Effect: How Protests and Public Scrutiny Changed Police Behavior. Perspectives on Politics. 23(4). 1250–1270.

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Cox, Courtney, et al.. (2024). Access to Healthcare and Voting: The Case of Hospital Closures in Rural America. American Political Science Review. 119(3). 1233–1244. 1 indexed citations

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Epp, Derek A., et al.. (2023). Consent searches: Evaluating the usefulness of a common and highly discretionary police practice. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 21(1). 35–91.

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Epp, Derek A., et al.. (2022). Contact and Context: How Municipal Traffic Stops Shape Citizen Character. The Journal of Politics. 84(4). 2272–2277. 10 indexed citations

6.

Shoub, Kelsey, et al.. (2021). Better for everyone: Black descriptive representation and police traffic stops. Politics Groups and Identities. 10(5). 807–816. 8 indexed citations

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Epp, Derek A., et al.. (2020). The use and effectiveness of investigative police stops. Politics Groups and Identities. 9(5). 1016–1029. 14 indexed citations

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Baumgartner, Frank R., et al.. (2020). At the intersection: Race, gender, and discretion in police traffic stop outcomes. 7(2). 239–261. 11 indexed citations

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Epp, Derek A. & Jay Jennings. (2020). Inequality, Media Frames, and Public Support for Welfare. Public Opinion Quarterly. 84(3). 629–653. 14 indexed citations

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Shoub, Kelsey, et al.. (2020). Race, Place, and Context: The Persistence of Race Effects in Traffic Stop Outcomes in the Face of Situational, Demographic, and Political Controls. 5(3). 481–508. 18 indexed citations

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Jones, Bryan D., Derek A. Epp, & Frank R. Baumgartner. (2019). Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Policy Punctuations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 7–26. 38 indexed citations

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Baumgartner, Frank R., Derek A. Epp, & Kelsey Shoub. (2018). Suspect citizens what 20 million traffic stops tell us about policing and race. 50 indexed citations

13.

Baumgartner, Frank R., Derek A. Epp, & Kelsey Shoub. (2018). Suspect Citizens. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 130 indexed citations breakdown →

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Epp, Derek A.. (2017). Policy Agendas and Economic Inequality in American Politics. Political Studies. 66(4). 922–939. 9 indexed citations

15.

Epp, Derek A.. (2017). The Structure of Policy Change. 14 indexed citations

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Baumgartner, Frank R., et al.. (2017). Racial Disparities in Traffic Stop Outcomes. 9(1). 21–53. 17 indexed citations

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Epp, Derek A.. (2017). Public policy and the wisdom of crowds. Cognitive Systems Research. 43. 53–61. 14 indexed citations

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Baumgartner, Frank R., et al.. (2016). Targeting young men of color for search and arrest during traffic stops: evidence from North Carolina, 2002–2013. Politics Groups and Identities. 5(1). 107–131. 37 indexed citations

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Epp, Derek A. & Frank R. Baumgartner. (2016). Complexity, Capacity, and Budget Punctuations. Policy Studies Journal. 45(2). 247–264. 37 indexed citations

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Epp, Derek A., et al.. (2014). Partisan Priorities and Public Budgeting. Political Research Quarterly. 67(4). 864–878. 14 indexed citations

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