Oscar Newman

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Oscar Newman is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Oscar Newman has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science and 1 paper in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Oscar Newman's work include Urban Green Space and Health (2 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (1 paper) and Noise Effects and Management (1 paper). Oscar Newman is often cited by papers focused on Urban Green Space and Health (2 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (1 paper) and Noise Effects and Management (1 paper). Oscar Newman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Oscar Newman's co-authors include Karen A. Franck and Mark Baldassare and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal of the American Planning Association and Population and Environment.

In The Last Decade

Oscar Newman

11 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Defensible Space: Crime Prevention through Urban Design

1974 1.2k citations Oscar Newman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oscar Newman United States	8	1.3k	415	365	264	239	11	2.2k
Paul Cozens Australia	24	1.3k 1.0×	262 0.6×	154 0.4×	222 0.8×	332 1.4×	52	2.0k
William Michelson Canada	20	1.0k 0.8×	216 0.5×	172 0.5×	135 0.5×	178 0.7×	60	1.7k
Arza Churchman Israel	10	576 0.4×	112 0.3×	140 0.4×	177 0.7×	313 1.3×	22	1.4k
George L. Kelling United States	11	1.7k 1.3×	421 1.0×	135 0.4×	30 0.1×	41 0.2×	30	2.2k
Richard C. Rich United States	14	717 0.5×	574 1.4×	73 0.2×	42 0.2×	96 0.4×	28	1.4k
Keith D. Harries United States	18	960 0.7×	174 0.4×	85 0.2×	40 0.2×	39 0.2×	57	1.3k
David T. Herbert United Kingdom	20	747 0.6×	77 0.2×	237 0.6×	59 0.2×	36 0.2×	50	1.3k
Julian Wolpert United States	20	1.1k 0.8×	254 0.6×	202 0.6×	81 0.3×	42 0.2×	44	1.8k
Jan Gehl Denmark	13	517 0.4×	72 0.2×	483 1.3×	799 3.0×	676 2.8×	27	2.2k
Gerald D. Suttles United States	13	1.7k 1.3×	605 1.5×	307 0.8×	34 0.1×	35 0.1×	21	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Oscar Newman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Oscar Newman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oscar Newman

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11 of 11 papers shown

1.

Newman, Oscar. (1996). Creating defensible space. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 295 indexed citations

2.

Newman, Oscar. (1995). Defensible Space: A New Physical Planning Tool for Urban Revitalization. Journal of the American Planning Association. 61(2). 149–155. 96 indexed citations

3.

Newman, Oscar & Karen A. Franck. (1982). The effects of building size on personal crime and fear of crime. Population and Environment. 5(4). 203–220. 96 indexed citations

4.

Newman, Oscar. (1980). Community of interest. Society. 18(1). 52–57. 114 indexed citations

5.

Newman, Oscar. (1975). Reactions to the “Defensible Space” Study and Some Further Findings. International Journal of Mental Health. 4(3). 48–70. 26 indexed citations

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Baldassare, Mark, et al.. (1975). Human Identity in the Urban Environment.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 4(4). 435–435. 4 indexed citations

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Newman, Oscar, et al.. (1974). Defensible Space: Crime Prevention through Urban Design. 27(1). 11–11. 1155 indexed citations breakdown →

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Newman, Oscar. (1973). Defensible Space: People and Design in the Violent City. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 305 indexed citations

9.

Newman, Oscar. (1973). Architectural design for crime prevention. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 62 indexed citations

10.

Newman, Oscar. (1961). New frontiers in architecture : CIAM '59 in Otterlo. 3 indexed citations

11.

Newman, Oscar, et al.. (1961). CIAM '59 in Otterlo : Arbeitsgruppe für die Gestaltung soziologischer und visueller Zusammenhänge. 1 indexed citations

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