Roman Rivera

443 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 218 citations indexed

About

Roman Rivera is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Roman Rivera has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 218 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Roman Rivera's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (7 papers), Policing Practices and Perceptions (6 papers) and Regulation and Compliance Studies (5 papers). Roman Rivera is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (7 papers), Policing Practices and Perceptions (6 papers) and Regulation and Compliance Studies (5 papers). Roman Rivera collaborates with scholars based in United States and Bulgaria. Roman Rivera's co-authors include Bocar Ba, Dean Knox, Jonathan Mummolo, Jacob Kaplan, Michelle Torres and Patrick Bayer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Review of Economics and Statistics and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Roman Rivera

12 papers receiving 210 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The role of officer race and gender in police-civilian interactions in Chicago

2021 165 citations Bocar Ba, Dean Knox et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roman Rivera United States	5	169	149	47	40	14	12	218
Bocar Ba United States	7	186 1.1×	158 1.1×	56 1.2×	40 1.0×	18 1.3×	19	247
Daniel Lytle United States	8	174 1.0×	136 0.9×	46 1.0×	24 0.6×	5 0.4×	19	221
Warren Christopher United States	6	167 1.0×	182 1.2×	40 0.9×	40 1.0×	16 1.1×	16	240
Branko Lobnikar Slovenia	10	101 0.6×	103 0.7×	24 0.5×	24 0.6×	4 0.3×	41	179
Michael Brogden United Kingdom	6	165 1.0×	139 0.9×	20 0.4×	20 0.5×	9 0.6×	8	208
Michele Leiby United States	6	162 1.0×	74 0.5×	21 0.4×	151 3.8×	10 0.7×	12	269
Michael Kyle United States	8	119 0.7×	124 0.8×	34 0.7×	32 0.8×	17 1.2×	27	183
Georgina Sinclair United Kingdom	6	92 0.5×	103 0.7×	18 0.4×	62 1.6×	3 0.2×	10	165
Anthony Gregory	3	151 0.9×	112 0.8×	53 1.1×	15 0.4×	2 0.1×	5	191
Josip Glaurdić Luxembourg	8	100 0.6×	114 0.8×	8 0.2×	33 0.8×	15 1.1×	35	193

Countries citing papers authored by Roman Rivera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roman Rivera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roman Rivera

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

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

1.

Ba, Bocar, Jacob Kaplan, Dean Knox, et al.. (2025). Political diversity in U.S. police agencies. American Journal of Political Science. 69(4). 1617–1635. 1 indexed citations

2.

Rivera, Roman. (2025). Do Peers Matter in the Police Academy?. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 17(2). 127–164. 1 indexed citations

3.

Rivera, Roman & Bocar Ba. (2023). The Effect of Police Oversight on Crime and Misconduct Allegations: Evidence from Chicago. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 108(1). 57–74. 7 indexed citations

4.

Rivera, Roman, et al.. (2023). Peer Effects in Police Use of Force. American Economic Journal Economic Policy. 15(2). 256–291. 9 indexed citations

5.

Rivera, Roman, et al.. (2022). The Black-White Recognition Gap in Award Nominations. Journal of Labor Economics. 42(1). 1–23. 1 indexed citations

6.

Rivera, Roman. (2022). The Effect of Minority Peers on Future Arrest Quantity and Quality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

7.

Ba, Bocar, et al.. (2021). Police Officer Assignment and Neighborhood Crime. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Ba, Bocar, Dean Knox, Jonathan Mummolo, & Roman Rivera. (2021). The role of officer race and gender in police-civilian interactions in Chicago. Science. 371(6530). 696–702. 165 indexed citations breakdown →

9.

Ba, Bocar, et al.. (2020). Disparities in Police Award Nominations: Evidence from Chicago. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 110. 447–451. 5 indexed citations

10.

Rivera, Roman, et al.. (2019). In-group Bias and the Police: Evidence from Award Nominations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

11.

Rivera, Roman & Bocar Ba. (2019). The Effect of Police Oversight on Crime and Allegations of Misconduct: Evidence from Chicago. eYLS (Yale Law School). 22 indexed citations

12.

Rivera, Roman, et al.. (2019). Spillover Effects in Police Use of Force. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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