Donald Black

5.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
42 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Donald Black is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald Black has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Donald Black's work include Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (5 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (5 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 papers). Donald Black is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (5 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (5 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 papers). Donald Black collaborates with scholars based in United States. Donald Black's co-authors include Alexander W. Pisciotta, Albert J. Reiss, Robert Jackall, Kenneth Culp Davis, James Q. Wilson, Mary Baumgartner, Ted Robert Gurr, Mark Cooney, Jonathan H. Turner and Allan V. Horwitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Donald Black

38 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Crime as Social Control

1983 635 citations Donald Black American Sociological Review profile →
The Manners and Customs of the Police

1982 443 citations Donald Black et al. profile →
Police Control of Juveniles

1970 384 citations Donald Black et al. American Sociological Review profile →
Production of Crime Rates

1970 340 citations Donald Black American Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald Black United States	19	2.8k	1.1k	580	279	269	42	3.5k
Jerome H. Skolnick United States	25	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	373 0.6×	199 0.7×	155 0.6×	78	3.0k
David H. Bayley United States	29	3.4k 1.2×	2.8k 2.5×	479 0.8×	215 0.8×	292 1.1×	87	4.3k
Marc Gertz United States	34	3.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	739 1.3×	153 0.5×	292 1.1×	83	4.3k
Ann Munster	26	2.0k 0.7×	570 0.5×	401 0.7×	186 0.7×	117 0.4×	90	2.9k
Yuen J. Huo United States	23	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	221 0.4×	192 0.7×	76 0.3×	48	3.6k
Robert Reiner United Kingdom	17	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	109 0.2×	115 0.4×	140 0.5×	56	3.2k
David Garland United States	30	4.5k 1.6×	1.0k 0.9×	241 0.4×	485 1.7×	300 1.1×	76	5.4k
Tim Newburn United Kingdom	32	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	110 0.2×	175 0.6×	150 0.6×	134	3.0k
Michael Welch United States	30	2.3k 0.8×	529 0.5×	709 1.2×	62 0.2×	83 0.3×	117	3.2k
William J. Chambliss United States	22	1.6k 0.6×	450 0.4×	139 0.2×	137 0.5×	304 1.1×	61	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Donald Black

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald Black

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald Black

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

1.

Black, Donald. (2018). Domestic Violence and Social Time. 11(1). 1–27. 1 indexed citations

2.

Black, Donald. (2011). Moral Time. Oxford University Press eBooks. 40 indexed citations

3.

Bernard, Thomas J. & Donald Black. (2002). Donald Black's Influence in Criminology. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(6). 650–650. 4 indexed citations

4.

Collins, Randall & Donald Black. (2002). Black's Contributions to a General Theory of Conflict. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(6). 655–655. 2 indexed citations

5.

Black, Donald. (2002). Pure Sociology and the Geometry of Discovery. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(6). 668–668. 14 indexed citations

6.

Cerulo, Karen A. & Donald Black. (2002). The Behavior of Culture . . . Courtesy of Donald Black. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(6). 652–652.

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Black, Donald. (2000). On the origin of morality. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 7. 10 indexed citations

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Black, Donald. (2000). The Purification of Sociology. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 29(5). 704–704. 20 indexed citations

9.

Black, Donald. (1995). The Epistemology of Pure Sociology. Law & Social Inquiry. 20(4). 829–870. 110 indexed citations

10.

Black, Donald. (1987). Compensation and the Social Structure of Misfortune. Law & Society Review. 21(4). 563–584. 18 indexed citations

11.

Hagan, John & Donald Black. (1985). The Science of Social Control. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(6). 667–667. 1 indexed citations

12.

Black, Donald. (1983). Crime as Social Control. American Sociological Review. 48(1). 34–34. 635 indexed citations breakdown →

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Black, Donald, et al.. (1981). The Relevance of Legal Anthropology. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 10(1). 43–43.

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Black, Donald. (1979). Common Sense in the Sociology of Law. American Sociological Review. 44(1). 18–18. 58 indexed citations

15.

Black, Donald. (1973). The Mobilization of Law. The Journal of Legal Studies. 2(1). 125–149. 137 indexed citations

16.

Black, Donald, et al.. (1972). The Social Organization of Homosexuality. 1(2). 187–202. 10 indexed citations

17.

Black, Donald. (1972). Law, Society, and Industrial Justice.Philip Selznick , Philippe Nonet , Howard M. Vollmer. American Journal of Sociology. 78(3). 709–714. 4 indexed citations

18.

Black, Donald & Ted Robert Gurr. (1972). Why Men Rebel.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 1(1). 36–36. 16 indexed citations

19.

Black, Donald & Kenneth Culp Davis. (1970). Discretionary Justice: A Preliminary Inquiry.. American Sociological Review. 35(2). 384–384. 217 indexed citations

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Black, Donald. (1970). Production of Crime Rates. American Sociological Review. 35(4). 733–733. 340 indexed citations breakdown →

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