Sue‐Ming Yang

3.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Sue‐Ming Yang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sue‐Ming Yang has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Clinical Psychology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sue‐Ming Yang's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (22 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (6 papers). Sue‐Ming Yang is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (22 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (6 papers). Sue‐Ming Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Taiwan. Sue‐Ming Yang's co-authors include David Weisburd, Elizabeth R. Groff, Cynthia Lum, Shawn D. Bushway, Joshua C. Hinkle, Gary LaFree, Alese Wooditch, Martha Crenshaw, Charlotte Gill and Laura Wyckoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency and The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

In The Last Decade

Sue‐Ming Yang

27 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AT PLACES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF STREET SEGMENTS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE*

2004 609 citations David Weisburd, Shawn D. Bushway et al. Criminology profile →
The Criminology of Place

2012 495 citations David Weisburd, Elizabeth R. Groff et al. profile →
The Criminology of Place: Street Segments and Our Understanding of the Crime Problem

2012 365 citations David Weisburd, Elizabeth R. Groff et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sue‐Ming Yang United States	18	2.3k	390	384	382	306	28	2.5k
Eric L. Piza United States	25	1.7k 0.7×	229 0.6×	385 1.0×	353 0.9×	231 0.8×	89	2.0k
Leslie W. Kennedy United States	33	2.7k 1.2×	519 1.3×	497 1.3×	331 0.9×	326 1.1×	94	3.4k
Elizabeth R. Groff United States	31	3.3k 1.5×	543 1.4×	573 1.5×	629 1.6×	487 1.6×	60	3.7k
David M. Hureau United States	16	2.0k 0.9×	413 1.1×	232 0.6×	502 1.3×	193 0.6×	27	2.3k
Joel M. Caplan United States	24	1.4k 0.6×	247 0.6×	423 1.1×	172 0.5×	197 0.6×	60	1.9k
Michael E. Buerger Germany	12	1.6k 0.7×	264 0.7×	225 0.6×	326 0.9×	251 0.8×	22	1.8k
Richard Block United States	29	1.8k 0.8×	300 0.8×	276 0.7×	149 0.4×	273 0.9×	58	2.4k
Ken Pease United Kingdom	24	2.2k 0.9×	306 0.8×	215 0.6×	238 0.6×	299 1.0×	143	2.5k
Patricia L. Brantingham Canada	22	2.9k 1.3×	354 0.9×	442 1.2×	114 0.3×	589 1.9×	64	3.2k
Patrick R. Gartin United States	6	1.6k 0.7×	268 0.7×	231 0.6×	206 0.5×	240 0.8×	7	1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sue‐Ming Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Sue‐Ming, et al.. (2025). Identifying signals of mental health crisis in calls for police service. Journal of Criminal Justice. 97. 102356–102356.

Yang, Sue‐Ming, et al.. (2024). A police-clinician co-response team to people with mental illness in a suburban-rural community: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 21(2). 577–598. 10 indexed citations

Yang, Sue‐Ming, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the effects of co-response teams in reducing subsequent hospitalization: A place-based randomized controlled trial. Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice. 18. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Sue‐Ming, Joshua C. Hinkle, & Laura Wyckoff. (2018). Using Multitrait-Multimethod (MTMM) Techniques to Examine the Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Social Disorder. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 55(5). 571–608. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Sue‐Ming, et al.. (2018). Exploring Police Response to Mental Health Calls in a Nonurban Area: A Case Study of Roanoke County, Virginia. Victims & Offenders. 13(8). 1132–1152. 26 indexed citations

Yang, Sue‐Ming, et al.. (2015). Do We “See” the Same Thing? An Experimental Look into the Black Box of Disorder Perception. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 52(4). 534–566. 34 indexed citations

Weisburd, David, et al.. (2015). Do Stop, Question, and Frisk Practices Deter Crime?. Criminology & Public Policy. 15(1). 31–56. 77 indexed citations

Weisburd, David, John E. Eck, Anthony A. Braga, et al.. (2015). Place Matters. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 60 indexed citations

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth R. Groff, & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2013). Understanding and Controlling Hot Spots of Crime: The Importance of Formal and Informal Social Controls. Prevention Science. 15(1). 31–43. 103 indexed citations

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LaFree, Gary, Erin Miller, & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2013). Terrorism in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, 1970 to 2008. Sicherheit & Frieden. 31(2). 77–86. 6 indexed citations

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Hinkle, Joshua C. & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2013). A New Look into Broken Windows: What Shapes Individuals’ Perceptions of Social Disorder?. Journal of Criminal Justice. 42(1). 26–35. 58 indexed citations

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Groff, Elizabeth R., David Weisburd, & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2010). Is it Important to Examine Crime Trends at a Local 'Micro' Level?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Street to Street Variability in Crime Trajectories. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Hinkle, Joshua C. & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2010). Surveying fear of crime and victimization experiences: An exploratory study of question wording and question-order effects. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Sue‐Ming & Laura Wyckoff. (2010). Perceptions of safety and victimization: does survey construction affect perceptions?. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 6(3). 293–323. 13 indexed citations

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Groff, Elizabeth R., David Weisburd, & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2009). Is it Important to Examine Crime Trends at a Local “Micro” Level?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Street to Street Variability in Crime Trajectories. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 26(1). 7–32. 256 indexed citations

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Yang, Sue‐Ming. (2009). Assessing the Spatial–Temporal Relationship Between Disorder and Violence. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 26(1). 139–163. 57 indexed citations

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Lum, Cynthia & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2005). Why do evaluation researchers in crime and justice choose non-experimental methods?. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 1(2). 191–213. 40 indexed citations

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Weisburd, David, Shawn D. Bushway, Cynthia Lum, & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2004). TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AT PLACES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF STREET SEGMENTS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE*. Criminology. 42(2). 283–322. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weisburd, David, Cynthia Lum, & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2003). "Don't Work"?. 23 indexed citations

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Weisburd, David, Cynthia Lum, & Sue‐Ming Yang. (2003). When can we Conclude that Treatments or Programs “Don’t Work”?. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 587(1). 31–48. 57 indexed citations

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