Marcus Felson

16.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Marcus Felson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcus Felson has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Marcus Felson's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (45 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (28 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (16 papers). Marcus Felson is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (45 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (28 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (16 papers). Marcus Felson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Marcus Felson's co-authors include Lawrence E. Cohen, Joe L. Spaeth, Kenneth C. Land, R. V. G. Clarke, Martin A. Andresen, Rémi Boivin, Brandon C. Welsh, Meghan E. Hollis, Shanhe Jiang and Yanqing Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Marcus Felson

80 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity A... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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.

  1. Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach
    1979 5.7k citations Lawrence E. Cohen, Marcus Felson American Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcus Felson United States 30 8.5k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 86 10.1k
Lawrence E. Cohen United States 25 8.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 39 9.4k
Raymond Paternoster United States 52 8.8k 1.0× 756 0.5× 2.7k 2.0× 1.5k 1.2× 977 0.9× 100 11.5k
Ronald V. Clarke United States 32 5.3k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 928 0.7× 560 0.5× 577 0.5× 95 6.8k
David Weisburd United States 65 14.3k 1.7× 1.8k 1.3× 1.8k 1.4× 2.2k 1.8× 2.0k 1.9× 287 16.3k
Terance D. Miethe United States 43 4.6k 0.5× 459 0.3× 982 0.7× 705 0.6× 860 0.8× 89 5.8k
Lawrence W. Sherman United States 50 11.5k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 2.4k 1.9× 1.8k 1.5× 3.1k 2.9× 199 13.7k
Anthony A. Braga United States 56 8.3k 1.0× 785 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 2.5k 2.4× 189 9.8k
Bonnie S. Fisher United States 54 7.5k 0.9× 282 0.2× 2.5k 1.9× 998 0.8× 3.7k 3.5× 207 11.2k
Lorraine Mazerolle Australia 33 4.2k 0.5× 346 0.3× 548 0.4× 761 0.6× 612 0.6× 222 5.4k
John R. Hipp United States 51 5.7k 0.7× 365 0.3× 828 0.6× 2.2k 1.8× 966 0.9× 174 8.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcus Felson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcus Felson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Denley, John, Barak Ariel, & Marcus Felson. (2023). Where can offenders be found when they are not committing crimes? A cross-sectional survey of British police officers on non-crime locations. Heliyon. 10(1). e23385–e23385. 1 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus, Silas Nogueira de Melo, & Rémi Boivin. (2021). Risk of Outdoor Rape and Proximity to Bus Stops, Bars, and Residences. Violence and Victims. 36(6). 723–738. 10 indexed citations
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Vaughan, Adam D., et al.. (2020). The Promise and Challenge of Activity-Based Crime Rates: a Comparison of the USA, Canada, and Australia. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. 27(3). 397–413. 2 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus, et al.. (2020). Crime Rates in a Pandemic: the Largest Criminological Experiment in History. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 45(4). 525–536. 143 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus, Shanhe Jiang, & Yanqing Xu. (2020). Routine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020. Crime Science. 9(1). 10–10. 102 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus. (2018). Policy Levels for Situational Crime Prevention. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 679(1). 198–201. 2 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus, et al.. (2017). Introductory Criminology: The Study of Risky Situations. 8 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus & Rémi Boivin. (2015). Daily crime flows within a city. Crime Science. 4(1). 64 indexed citations
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Geoffrion, Steve, Marcus Felson, Rémi Boivin, & Frédéric Ouellet. (2014). Systematic observation of barroom incidents in a large Montreal venue. Security Journal. 30(1). 123–141. 6 indexed citations
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Boivin, Rémi, Steve Geoffrion, Frédéric Ouellet, & Marcus Felson. (2013). Nightly variation of disorder in a Canadian nightclub. Journal of Substance Use. 19(1-2). 188–193. 8 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus. (2013). In their own words: criminals on crime. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 25(2). 252–254. 12 indexed citations
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Lemieux, Andrew & Marcus Felson. (2012). Risk of Violent Crime Victimization During Major Daily Activities. Violence and Victims. 27(5). 635–655. 40 indexed citations
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Clarke, R. V. G. & Marcus Felson. (2004). Routine activity and rational choice. 229 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus. (1996). Preventing retail theft: an application of environmental criminology. Security Journal. 1(7). 71–75. 10 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus. (1987). ROUTINE ACTIVITIES AND CRIME PREVENTION IN THE DEVELOPINGMETROPOLIS*. Criminology. 25(4). 911–932. 317 indexed citations
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Heer, David M., Robert W. Hodge, & Marcus Felson. (1985). The cluttered nest: evidence that young adults are more likely to live at home now than in the recent past. 69(3). 436–441. 30 indexed citations
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Cohen, Lawrence E. & Marcus Felson. (1979). Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach. American Sociological Review. 44(4). 588–588. 5714 indexed citations breakdown →
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Felson, Marcus. (1975). A Modern Sociological Approach to the Stratification of Material Life Styles. ACR North American Advances. 3 indexed citations
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Felson, Marcus. (1974). How to rig your results with a fancy coding scheme. Social Science Research. 3(1). 79–82. 1 indexed citations
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Segal, David R. & Marcus Felson. (1970). Social Status and Economic Class: Structural Antecedents of Class Identification, Political Party Choice, and Material Consumption. American Journal of Primatology. 52(2). 93–9.

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