Judith Bessant

2.3k total citations
136 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Judith Bessant is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Judith Bessant has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 24 papers in General Health Professions and 23 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Judith Bessant's work include Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (35 papers), Children's Rights and Participation (15 papers) and Social Work Education and Practice (11 papers). Judith Bessant is often cited by papers focused on Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (35 papers), Children's Rights and Participation (15 papers) and Social Work Education and Practice (11 papers). Judith Bessant collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Spain and France. Judith Bessant's co-authors include Rob Watts, Rys Farthing, Sarah Pickard, Richard Hil, Sandy Cook, Karen Broadley, Tony Dalton, Paul Smyth, Guy Johnson and Ruth Webber and has published in prestigious journals such as Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, The Medical Journal of Australia and British Journal of Management.

In The Last Decade

Judith Bessant

116 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Judith Bessant Australia 19 779 281 241 232 180 136 1.3k
Steve McDonald United States 19 788 1.0× 203 0.7× 243 1.0× 118 0.5× 157 0.9× 43 1.4k
Robert van Krieken Australia 17 791 1.0× 133 0.5× 252 1.0× 178 0.8× 119 0.7× 69 1.4k
Stuart C. Carr New Zealand 23 706 0.9× 396 1.4× 231 1.0× 145 0.6× 93 0.5× 135 1.7k
Christiane Wilke Canada 5 1.0k 1.3× 183 0.7× 291 1.2× 598 2.6× 71 0.4× 18 1.8k
Joel Golb 4 1.0k 1.3× 183 0.7× 291 1.2× 578 2.5× 66 0.4× 6 1.8k
Ken Roberts United Kingdom 23 1.2k 1.5× 249 0.9× 260 1.1× 316 1.4× 160 0.9× 123 1.7k
William G. Staples United States 12 891 1.1× 179 0.6× 189 0.8× 406 1.8× 46 0.3× 33 1.5k
Diana Leonard United Kingdom 17 639 0.8× 342 1.2× 442 1.8× 222 1.0× 75 0.4× 38 1.6k
Barbara Cruikshank United States 4 896 1.2× 390 1.4× 209 0.9× 354 1.5× 50 0.3× 9 1.6k
Fred Cartmel United Kingdom 12 1.1k 1.5× 369 1.3× 478 2.0× 279 1.2× 165 0.9× 28 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Judith Bessant

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Fields of papers citing papers by Judith Bessant

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Judith Bessant

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Judith Bessant. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Judith Bessant 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 Judith Bessant. Judith Bessant 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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Bessant, Judith & Rob Watts. (2025). Young and invisible in a time of polycrisis: reframing the problem and finding solutions. Journal of Youth Studies. 1–18.
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Bessant, Judith, Sarah Pickard, & Rob Watts. (2019). Translating Bourdieu into youth studies. Journal of Youth Studies. 23(1). 76–92. 15 indexed citations
3.
Bessant, Judith. (2018). The Criminalization of Political Dissent.
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Bessant, Judith. (2012). Youth work and the education of professional practitioners in Australia. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 2 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (2009). Educating youth workers as public advocates. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library).
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Bessant, Judith. (2009). The politics of scary youth: policy making and prejudice. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 1 indexed citations
7.
Bessant, Judith, et al.. (2008). Children and the law: An historical overview. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 2 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (2006). The Fixed Age Rule: Young People, Consent and Research Ethics. Youth studies Australia. 25(4). 50. 12 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (2005). Why Employ Qualified Youth Workers. Youth studies Australia. 24(4). 9–13. 2 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (2004). Youth Work: The Loch Ness Monster and Professionalism. Youth studies Australia. 23(4). 26–33. 6 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (2004). Up Periscope: The Future for Youth Work in Australia. Youth studies Australia. 23(3). 17–25. 5 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (2003). Precursors to a Media Frenzy: Supervised Chroming, Young People in Care and the Victorian Government's Drug Policy. Youth studies Australia. 22(3). 11. 6 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith, et al.. (2003). Heroin users, housing and social participation: attacking social exclusion through better housing. 10 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (2002). Left, right or straight ahead: Contemporary prospects for progressive and critical criminology. Research Bank (Australian Catholic University). 3 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith, et al.. (2000). Working with Indigenous young people: an introduction for youth workers.. Youth studies Australia. 19(2). 32. 2 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith & Rob Watts. (1998). History, myth making and young people in a time of change. Family matters. 4. 8 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (1998). IT: educating for youth work practice in a network society. Youth studies Australia. 17(2). 22. 1 indexed citations
18.
Cook, Sandy & Judith Bessant. (1997). Women's encounters with violence : Australian experiences. SAGE Publications eBooks. 55 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (1996). Reforming Victoria's child and adolescent services: citizenship rights and young people. 31. 2 indexed citations
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Bessant, Judith. (1994). Confidence in the naturalness of categories and juvenile justice systems: [Book reviews of: Juvenile Justice: Debating the Issues. Gale, Fay; Naffine, Ngaire and Wundersitz, Joy (eds). (1993) and Johnson, Lesley. The Modern Girl: Girlhood and Growing Up (1993).]. Australian Feminist Law Journal. 2. 213. 1 indexed citations

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