Federico Varese

2.8k total citations
44 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Federico Varese is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Federico Varese has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Information Systems and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Federico Varese's work include Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (32 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (16 papers) and Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (5 papers). Federico Varese is often cited by papers focused on Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (32 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (16 papers) and Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (5 papers). Federico Varese collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Hong Kong. Federico Varese's co-authors include Paolo Campana, Robert Legvold, Anja Shortland, Meir Yaish, Jonathan Lusthaus, Alastair Smith, Rebecca Wong, Peng Wang, Ridhi Kashyap and Edoardo Gallo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Foreign Affairs and Social Networks.

In The Last Decade

Federico Varese

40 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Federico Varese United Kingdom 19 1.2k 219 196 179 147 44 1.4k
David Skarbek United States 12 715 0.6× 62 0.3× 115 0.6× 44 0.2× 189 1.3× 36 970
Henry N. Pontell United States 24 1.1k 0.9× 17 0.1× 110 0.6× 173 1.0× 188 1.3× 78 1.5k
Tobias Kelly United Kingdom 13 704 0.6× 18 0.1× 334 1.7× 64 0.4× 25 0.2× 46 1.0k
Phil Williams United Kingdom 13 453 0.4× 31 0.1× 196 1.0× 49 0.3× 69 0.5× 72 670
Otwin Marenin United States 18 814 0.7× 16 0.1× 600 3.1× 48 0.3× 35 0.2× 71 1.1k
James Sheptycki Canada 19 832 0.7× 26 0.1× 655 3.3× 61 0.3× 13 0.1× 72 1.0k
Andrew Goldsmith Australia 18 1.1k 0.9× 10 0.0× 796 4.1× 211 1.2× 25 0.2× 75 1.4k
Randy K. Lippert Canada 17 584 0.5× 17 0.1× 353 1.8× 30 0.2× 28 0.2× 87 877
John L. McMullan Canada 17 362 0.3× 13 0.1× 75 0.4× 45 0.3× 89 0.6× 56 730
Rita Abrahamsen Canada 18 983 0.8× 8 0.0× 625 3.2× 28 0.2× 80 0.5× 45 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Federico Varese

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Fields of papers citing papers by Federico Varese

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Federico Varese

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Federico Varese. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Federico Varese 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 Federico Varese. Federico Varese 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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Campana, Paolo, et al.. (2025). Criminal governance in a large European city: The case of gangs in London. European Journal of Criminology. 22(6). 877–900. 1 indexed citations
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Lusthaus, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). Mapping the global geography of cybercrime with the World Cybercrime Index. PLoS ONE. 19(4). e0297312–e0297312. 16 indexed citations
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Campana, Paolo & Federico Varese. (2022). The determinants of group membership in organized crime in the UK: A network study. Global Crime. 23(1). 5–22. 13 indexed citations
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Lusthaus, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). Exploring Cybercrime Disruption through Laboratory Experiments. 144–148.
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Varese, Federico, Peng Wang, & Rebecca Wong. (2018). ‘Why Should I Trust You With My Money?’: Credible Commitments in the Informal Economy in China. The British Journal of Criminology. 59(3). 594–613. 14 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2018). Mafia-Leben. 7 indexed citations
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Shortland, Anja & Federico Varese. (2015). State-Building, Informal Governance and Organised Crime: The Case of Somali Piracy. Political Studies. 64(4). 811–831. 37 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2013). Protection and Extortion. Oxford University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2013). Mafias on the Move: How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 5 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2011). Mafias on the Move. Princeton University Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2011). Mafias on the Move. Princeton University Press eBooks. 98 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2010). 1) The Structure of Criminal Connections: The Russian-Italian Mafia Network.
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Varese, Federico. (2009). The Camorra closely observed. Global Crime. 10(3). 262–266. 6 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2006). The Structure of a Criminal Network Examined: The Russian Mafia in Rome. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2006). How Mafias Migrate: The Case of the `Ndrangheta in Northern Italy. Law & Society Review. 40(2). 411–444. 1 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2001). Is Sicily the future of Russia? Private protection and the rise of the Russian Mafia. European Journal of Sociology. 42(1). 186–220. 4 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (2001). The Russian Mafia. 238 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico & Meir Yaish. (2000). THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ASKED. Rationality and Society. 12(3). 307–334. 41 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (1998). The society of the vory-v-zakone, 1930s-1950s. Cahiers du monde russe. 39(4). 515–538. 25 indexed citations
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Varese, Federico. (1994). Is Sicily the future of Russia? Private protection and the rise of the Russian Mafia. European Journal of Sociology. 35(2). 224–258. 85 indexed citations

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