Rutger Leukfeldt

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Rutger Leukfeldt is a scholar working on Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Rutger Leukfeldt has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Information Systems, 61 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Rutger Leukfeldt's work include Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (77 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (46 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (34 papers). Rutger Leukfeldt is often cited by papers focused on Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (77 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (46 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (34 papers). Rutger Leukfeldt collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Rutger Leukfeldt's co-authors include E.R. Kleemans, Majid Yar, Wouter Stol, Steve van de Weijer, Thomas J. Holt, Jurjen Jansen, Asier Moneva, Anita Lavorgna, Edwin Kruisbergen and Wim Bernasco and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, American Behavioral Scientist and Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking.

In The Last Decade

Rutger Leukfeldt

73 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Applying Routine Activity Theory to Cybercrime: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

2016 246 citations Rutger Leukfeldt et al. Deviant Behavior profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rutger Leukfeldt Netherlands	24	1.3k	1.1k	238	112	75	87	1.6k
Jurjen Jansen Netherlands	14	382 0.3×	377 0.3×	80 0.3×	35 0.3×	34 0.5×	28	623
Fernando Miró Llinares Spain	13	267 0.2×	367 0.3×	162 0.7×	34 0.3×	47 0.6×	61	629
Dragana Calic Australia	13	645 0.5×	279 0.2×	33 0.1×	82 0.7×	60 0.8×	24	793
Paul M. Mastrangelo United States	9	440 0.3×	275 0.2×	48 0.2×	83 0.7×	28 0.4×	13	752
Lennon Y. C. Chang Australia	13	218 0.2×	273 0.2×	64 0.3×	18 0.2×	25 0.3×	40	484
Maura Conway Ireland	15	165 0.1×	620 0.5×	253 1.1×	11 0.1×	36 0.5×	37	849
Thomas Norton United States	11	196 0.1×	384 0.3×	298 1.3×	48 0.4×	39 0.5×	21	555
Andy Phippen United Kingdom	9	227 0.2×	232 0.2×	50 0.2×	42 0.4×	16 0.2×	39	477
Yixin Zou United States	13	199 0.2×	315 0.3×	132 0.6×	46 0.4×	64 0.9×	29	494
Samuel Woolley United States	9	134 0.1×	483 0.4×	217 0.9×	21 0.2×	9 0.1×	30	715

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Leukfeldt, Rutger, et al.. (2025). Bottlenecks and Opportunities for Improvement in Cybercrime Handling: Insights from Dutch Police Practice. Deviant Behavior. 46(9). 1231–1247.

Holt, Thomas J., et al.. (2025). The psychological correlates of cybercrime offending: Exploring the self-control/social learning relationship in serious cyber-dependent crime. European Journal of Criminology.

Leukfeldt, Rutger, et al.. (2025). Violence, Conflicts and Weapons in the World of Financial–Economic Cybercrime. The British Journal of Criminology. 66(2). 331–348. 2 indexed citations

Moneva, Asier, et al.. (2023). A systematic narrative review of pathways into, desistance from, and risk factors of financial-economic cyber-enabled crime. Computer law & security review. 52. 105858–105858. 10 indexed citations

Moneva, Asier & Rutger Leukfeldt. (2023). Insider threats among Dutch SMEs: Nature and extent of incidents, and cyber security measures. 56(4). 416–440. 9 indexed citations

Leukfeldt, Rutger, et al.. (2023). Your files have been encrypted: a crime script analysis of ransomware attacks. Trends in Organized Crime. 16 indexed citations

Leukfeldt, Rutger, et al.. (2023). An alternative intervention for juvenile hackers? A qualitative evaluation of the Hack_Right intervention. Journal of Crime and Justice. 47(4). 492–510. 6 indexed citations

Moneva, Asier & Rutger Leukfeldt. (2023). The effect of online ad campaigns on DDoS‐attacks: A cross‐national difference‐in‐differences quasi‐experiment. Criminology & Public Policy. 22(4). 869–894. 6 indexed citations

Kranenbarg, Marleen Weulen & Rutger Leukfeldt. (2021). Cybercrime in Context. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 3 indexed citations

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Kruisbergen, Edwin, et al.. (2019). Georganiseerde criminaliteit in Nederland: daders, verwevenheid en opsporing. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 5 indexed citations

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Kruisbergen, Edwin, et al.. (2018). Georganiseerde criminaliteit en ICT. Rapportage in het kader van de vijfde ronde van de Monitor Georganiseerde Criminaliteit. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2018(8). 3 indexed citations

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Leukfeldt, Rutger, et al.. (2018). Coping with cybercrime victimization: An exploratory study into impact and change. 2(2). 205–228. 6 indexed citations

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Kruisbergen, Edwin, et al.. (2018). Georganiseerde criminaliteit en ICT. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations

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Weijer, Steve van de, Rutger Leukfeldt, & Wim Bernasco. (2018). Determinants of reporting cybercrime: A comparison between identity theft, consumer fraud, and hacking. European Journal of Criminology. 16(4). 486–508. 55 indexed citations

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Leukfeldt, Rutger, E.R. Kleemans, & Wouter Stol. (2017). The Use of Online Crime Markets by Cybercriminal Networks: A View From Within. American Behavioral Scientist. 61(11). 1387–1402. 40 indexed citations

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Leukfeldt, Rutger & Jurjen Jansen. (2016). Cyber Criminal Networks And Money Mules: An Analysis Of Low-Tech And High-Tech Fraud Attacks In The Netherlands. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 13 indexed citations

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Leukfeldt, Rutger, et al.. (2013). High Volume Cyber Crime and the Organization of the Police: The results of two empirical studies in the Netherlands. 7(1). 1. 31 indexed citations

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Stol, Wouter, et al.. (2011). Internet, Crime and the Police|. 2(4). 59. 1 indexed citations

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Leukfeldt, Rutger, et al.. (2011). Oude wijn in nieuwe zakken? De aard van cybercrime en de implicaties voor de opsporingspraktijk|. 32(2). 71. 1 indexed citations

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Stol, Wouter, et al.. (2008). Filteren van kinderporno op internet. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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