Paul Cozens

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Paul Cozens is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Cozens has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Paul Cozens's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (40 papers), Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (18 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (15 papers). Paul Cozens is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (40 papers), Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (18 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (15 papers). Paul Cozens collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Malaysia. Paul Cozens's co-authors include David Hillier, Terence Love, Richard H. Neale, John Glasson, John Whitaker, Sam McLeod, Jane Matthews, Colin Rogers, Danielle M. Reynald and Aldrin Abdullah and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cities and Environmental Impact Assessment Review.

In The Last Decade

Paul Cozens

50 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Review and Current Status of Crime Prevention through E... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200
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. A Review and Current Status of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)
    2015 231 citations Paul Cozens, Terence Love Journal of Planning Literature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Cozens Australia 24 1.3k 391 332 287 270 52 2.0k
Vânia Ceccato Sweden 31 1.6k 1.3× 573 1.5× 185 0.6× 452 1.6× 251 0.9× 150 2.7k
Oscar Newman United States 8 1.3k 1.0× 221 0.6× 239 0.7× 105 0.4× 154 0.6× 11 2.2k
Aldrin Abdullah Malaysia 19 462 0.4× 162 0.4× 178 0.5× 64 0.2× 89 0.3× 90 1.1k
Jan Gehl Denmark 13 517 0.4× 744 1.9× 676 2.0× 57 0.2× 319 1.2× 27 2.2k
Elizabeth Burton United Kingdom 19 530 0.4× 857 2.2× 655 2.0× 33 0.1× 541 2.0× 32 2.8k
Belinda Yuen Singapore 28 512 0.4× 512 1.3× 447 1.3× 23 0.1× 362 1.3× 84 1.9k
Pauline van den Berg Netherlands 26 472 0.4× 1.0k 2.6× 466 1.4× 135 0.5× 137 0.5× 83 1.9k
Sue‐Ming Yang United States 18 2.3k 1.8× 154 0.4× 31 0.1× 217 0.8× 161 0.6× 28 2.5k
Gregory D. Breetzke South Africa 20 629 0.5× 101 0.3× 114 0.3× 50 0.2× 96 0.4× 72 1.1k
Joachim Scheiner Germany 30 450 0.3× 2.3k 5.9× 297 0.9× 193 0.7× 203 0.8× 124 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Cozens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Cozens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Cozens

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

All Works

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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2024). “Climate change and crime—exploring future risks, resilience and crime through environmental design (CPTED)”. Crime Prevention and Community Safety. 26(4). 420–439. 1 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul & Terence Love. (2015). A Review and Current Status of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED). Journal of Planning Literature. 30(4). 393–412. 231 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2015). Perceptions of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) at Australian Railway Stations. Journal of Public Transportation. 18(4). 73–92. 29 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul. (2015). Crime and Community Safety. 1 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2014). “Riders on the storm”: A co-teaching mentor model to increase student satisfaction and retention. A Practice Report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 1 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2014). Situational crime prevention at nightclub entrances in Perth, Western Australia: Exploring micro-level crime precipitators. Crime Prevention and Community Safety. 16(1). 54–70. 8 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2012). ‘Where Have All the Trees Gone?’ Urban Consolidation and the Demise of Urban Vegetation: A Case Study from Western Australia. Planning Practice and Research. 28(2). 231–255. 92 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul. (2009). Education in Designing out Crime - A Case Study. eSpace (Curtin University). 3 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2008). Designing out crime in Western Australia: a case study. Property Management. 26(5). 295–309. 12 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul. (2007). Public health and the potential benefits of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. 18(12). 232–232. 40 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul. (2007). Planning, crime and urban sustainability. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment. II. 187–196. 38 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2004). Critically Reviewing the Theory and Practice of Secured-by-design for Residential New-build Housing in Britain. Crime Prevention and Community Safety. 6(1). 13–29. 29 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2003). Managing crime and the fear of crime at railway stations––a case study in South Wales (UK). eSpace (Curtin University). 1(3). 121–132. 87 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2002). Investigating perceptions of personal security on the Valley Lines rail network in South Wales. World Transport Policy and Practice. 8(1). 19–29. 6 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul. (2002). EXPLORING CRIME AND THE FEAR OF CRIME WITHIN THE RAILWAY ENVIRONMENT. 51. 3 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2002). Gerontological Perspectives on Crime and Nuisance. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 14(2). 63–83. 8 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (2001). Defensible Space: Burglars and Police Evaluate Urban Residential Design. Security Journal. 14(4). 43–62. 18 indexed citations
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Cozens, Paul, et al.. (1999). The sustainable and the criminogenic: the case of new‐build housing projects in Britain. Property Management. 17(3). 252–261. 17 indexed citations

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