Steve Tombs

3.8k total citations
111 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Steve Tombs is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Tombs has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 42 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 29 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Steve Tombs's work include Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (42 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (34 papers) and Regulation and Compliance Studies (27 papers). Steve Tombs is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (42 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (34 papers) and Regulation and Compliance Studies (27 papers). Steve Tombs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Hong Kong. Steve Tombs's co-authors include David Whyte, Paddy Hillyard, Frank Pearce, Richard G. Wilkinson, Christina Pantazis, Danielle Gordon, Victoria Canning, Denis Smith, Roy Coleman and Simon Pemberton and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Management Studies and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Steve Tombs

104 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steve Tombs United Kingdom 22 1.0k 660 497 342 212 111 1.9k
Edmund F. McGarrell United States 29 2.1k 2.1× 307 0.5× 160 0.3× 327 1.0× 726 3.4× 107 2.7k
Neal Shover United States 25 1.8k 1.8× 304 0.5× 148 0.3× 300 0.9× 81 0.4× 56 2.2k
George L. Kelling United States 11 1.7k 1.7× 166 0.3× 67 0.1× 421 1.2× 595 2.8× 30 2.2k
Tim Prenzler Australia 23 1.2k 1.2× 133 0.2× 205 0.4× 101 0.3× 1.2k 5.6× 159 1.8k
Jihong Zhao United States 31 2.6k 2.6× 164 0.2× 197 0.4× 503 1.5× 1.8k 8.6× 102 3.3k
Dick Hobbs United Kingdom 26 1.3k 1.3× 146 0.2× 27 0.1× 202 0.6× 198 0.9× 55 1.8k
Adrian Cherney Australia 27 1.8k 1.8× 77 0.1× 115 0.2× 348 1.0× 1.3k 6.1× 133 2.6k
Steven Box United Kingdom 14 871 0.9× 192 0.3× 52 0.1× 182 0.5× 133 0.6× 22 1.2k
Gabe Mythen United Kingdom 23 1.2k 1.2× 71 0.1× 35 0.1× 172 0.5× 261 1.2× 63 1.5k
Kevin Bales United Kingdom 20 1.2k 1.1× 53 0.1× 165 0.3× 153 0.4× 230 1.1× 53 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Tombs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Tombs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Tombs, Steve & David Whyte. (2016). la empresa criminal: por qué las corporaciones deben ser abolidas. Open Research Online (The Open University). 1 indexed citations
2.
Tombs, Steve. (2015). Social Protection after the Crisis. Policy Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
3.
Tombs, Steve. (2015). Social Protection after the Crisis. Bristol University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
4.
Tombs, Steve & David Whyte. (2014). Toxic Capital Everywhere: mapping the co-ordinates of regulatory tolerance. Open Research Online (The Open University). 41. 80. 7 indexed citations
5.
Tombs, Steve. (2013). Trabajando para el mercado “libre”: complicidad estatal en la rutina del daño corporativo en el Reino Unido (Working for the ‘Free’ Market: state complicity in routine corporate harm in the United Kingdom). Revistes Científiques de la University of Barcelona (University of Barcelona). 154–179.
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Tombs, Steve. (2012). STATE-CORPORATE SYMBIOSIS IN THE PRODUCTION OF CRIME AND HARM. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 41 indexed citations
7.
Tombs, Steve & David Whyte. (2012). Transcending the deregulation debate? Regulation, risk, and the enforcement of health and safety law in theUK. Regulation & Governance. 7(1). 61–79. 53 indexed citations
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Pemberton, Simon, et al.. (2012). Whistleblowing, organisational harm and the self-regulating organisation. Policy & Politics. 40(2). 263–279. 14 indexed citations
9.
Dorling, Danny, Danielle Gordon, Paddy Hillyard, et al.. (2008). Criminal obsessions: Why harm matters more than crime. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 37 indexed citations
10.
Tombs, Steve. (2007). Globalisation, neoliberalism and the trajectories of public policy: closing (and reopening?) political possibilities. International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy. 2(4). 299–299. 3 indexed citations
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Tombs, Steve. (2006). 'Violence', Safety Crimes and Criminology. The British Journal of Criminology. 47(4). 531–550. 29 indexed citations
12.
Sim, Joe, Steve Tombs, & David Whyte. (2004). Leaving a 'Stain Upon the Silence': Contemporary Criminology and the Politics of Dissent. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
13.
Hillyard, Paddy, Christina Pantazis, Steve Tombs, & Danielle Gordon. (2004). Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 231 indexed citations
14.
Tombs, Steve, David Whyte, Paddy Hillyard, & Joe Sim. (2004). LEAVING A 'STAIN UPON THE SILENCE'. The British Journal of Criminology. 369–390. 5 indexed citations
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Tombs, Steve, et al.. (2004). Economic Crime Control in Finland. Sociology. 38(1). 165–174. 5 indexed citations
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Tombs, Steve & David Whyte. (1998). Capital Fights Back: risk, regulation and profit in the UK offshore oil industry. Studies in Political Economy. 57. 7 indexed citations
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Tombs, Steve, et al.. (1996). Hegemony, risk and governance: ‘social regulation’ and the American chemical industry. Economy and Society. 25(3). 428–454. 16 indexed citations
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Tombs, Steve. (1993). Corporate crime and the ‘Management’ of major hazards. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 5(4). 331–344. 3 indexed citations
20.
Tombs, Steve. (1989). Chlorine toxicity monograph. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 2(1). 56–56. 2 indexed citations

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