Richard Rosenfeld

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Richard Rosenfeld is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Rosenfeld has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 26 papers in Health and 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Richard Rosenfeld's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (78 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (34 papers) and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (31 papers). Richard Rosenfeld is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (78 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (34 papers) and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (31 papers). Richard Rosenfeld collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and Croatia. Richard Rosenfeld's co-authors include Steven F. Messner, Eric P. Baumer, Robert Fornango, Alfred Blumstein, Daniel S. Nagin, Laura Dugan, Ramiro Martínez, Scott H. Decker, Matthew T. Lee and Michael Deckard and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Richard Rosenfeld

107 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Crime and the American Dream 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 100 200 300 400
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. Crime and the American Dream
    1993 477 citations Richard Rosenfeld et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Rosenfeld United States 40 5.2k 1.6k 1.1k 1.0k 858 110 6.1k
Andrew V. Papachristos United States 36 4.6k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 990 1.0× 723 0.8× 91 5.6k
Scott H. Decker United States 48 5.9k 1.2× 864 0.5× 1.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 180 7.1k
Terance D. Miethe United States 43 4.6k 0.9× 860 0.5× 503 0.5× 705 0.7× 982 1.1× 89 5.8k
John K. Cochran United States 43 3.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 385 0.4× 762 0.7× 911 1.1× 148 5.2k
Franklin E. Zimring United States 34 3.8k 0.7× 912 0.6× 584 0.6× 597 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 176 4.8k
Eric P. Baumer United States 34 3.3k 0.6× 729 0.4× 679 0.6× 880 0.9× 607 0.7× 69 3.9k
Paul Nieuwbeerta Netherlands 43 4.3k 0.8× 664 0.4× 887 0.8× 887 0.9× 1.6k 1.9× 205 5.0k
Steven F. Messner United States 54 8.6k 1.7× 2.1k 1.3× 891 0.8× 1.9k 1.9× 1.3k 1.6× 180 10.0k
Robert J. Bursik United States 28 6.1k 1.2× 876 0.5× 478 0.5× 1.7k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 45 7.2k
Michael Tonry United States 41 6.0k 1.2× 432 0.3× 885 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 2.2k 2.6× 172 7.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Rosenfeld

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Rosenfeld

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Rosenfeld. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Rosenfeld 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 Richard Rosenfeld. Richard Rosenfeld 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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Rosenfeld, Richard. (2024). Crime Dynamics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard, et al.. (2021). Crime, quarantine, and the U.S. coronavirus pandemic. Criminology & Public Policy. 20(3). 401–422. 35 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard & Matt Vogel. (2021). Homicide, Acquisitive Crime, and Inflation: A City-Level Longitudinal Analysis. Crime & Delinquency. 69(1). 3–33. 4 indexed citations
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Helton, Jesse J., et al.. (2020). Aggregate-level Lead Exposure and Child Maltreatment. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37(11-12). NP10418–NP10428. 1 indexed citations
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Slocum, Lee Ann, et al.. (2019). Enforcement trends in the city of St. Louis from 2007 to 2017: Exploring variability in arrests and criminal summonses over time and across communities. Journal of Community Psychology. 48(1). 36–67. 7 indexed citations
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Boutwell, Brian B., Erik J. Nelson, Zhengmin Qian, et al.. (2017). Aggregate-level lead exposure, gun violence, homicide, and rape. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0187953–e0187953. 27 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard. (2016). Documenting and Explaining the 2015 Homicide Rise: Research Directions. 74 indexed citations
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Levin, Aaron, Richard Rosenfeld, & Michael Deckard. (2016). The Law of Crime Concentration: An Application and Recommendations for Future Research. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 33(3). 635–647. 41 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard, et al.. (2016). The Impact of Neighborhood Status on Imprisonment for Firearm Offenses. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 32(4). 383–400. 13 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard. (2015). Ferguson and Police Use of Deadly Force. Missouri law review. 80(4). 11. 5 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard. (2015). Police Killings and Sociological Research. Sociological Forum. 31(1). 223–224. 5 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard. (2014). The Strange Career of Immigration in American Criminological Research. Criminology & Public Policy. 13(2). 281–283. 3 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard & Robert Fornango. (2007). THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ON ROBBERY AND PROPERTY CRIME: THE ROLE OF CONSUMER SENTIMENT*. Criminology. 45(4). 735–769. 133 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard, Robert Fornango, & Andrés F. Rengifo. (2007). THE IMPACT OF ORDER‐MAINTENANCE POLICING ON NEW YORK CITY HOMICIDE AND ROBBERY RATES: 1988‐2001*. Criminology. 45(2). 355–384. 134 indexed citations
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Blumstein, Alfred, Alfred Blumstein, Alfred Blumstein, et al.. (2005). The Crime Drop in America. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 37 indexed citations
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Loeber, Rolf, Dustin Pardini, D. Lynn Homish, et al.. (2005). The Prediction of Violence and Homicide in Young Men.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 73(6). 1074–1088. 179 indexed citations
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Lee, Matthew T., Ramiro Martínez, & Richard Rosenfeld. (2001). DOES IMMIGRATION INCREASE HOMICIDE? Negative Evidence From Three Border Cities. Sociological Quarterly. 42(4). 559–580. 7 indexed citations
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Clark, Charles E. & Richard Rosenfeld. (2000). American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns. The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It.. Journal of American History. 87(1). 207–207. 5 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard, Fred R. Harris, & Lynn A. Curtis. (2000). Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 29(3). 500–500. 9 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Richard & Scott H. Decker. (1993). Where Public Health and Law Enforcement Meet: Monitoring and Preventing Youth Violence. 12. 11–57. 8 indexed citations

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