Victor M. Rios

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 912 citations indexed

About

Victor M. Rios is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor M. Rios has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 912 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Education and 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Victor M. Rios's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 papers), Education Discipline and Inequality (6 papers) and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 papers). Victor M. Rios is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 papers), Education Discipline and Inequality (6 papers) and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 papers). Victor M. Rios collaborates with scholars based in United States and Peru. Victor M. Rios's co-authors include Tracy A. Dennis, Julian Samora, Rebeca Mireles‐Rios, Edward H. Spicer, Nikita Carney, Jennifer Cobbina, S.K. Chaudhuri, Nichole M. Garcia, Ángel Román and Alfredo García and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Victor M. Rios

31 papers receiving 816 citations

Hit Papers

Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 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. Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
    2011 408 citations Victor M. Rios profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Victor M. Rios United States 14 690 247 188 160 145 33 912
Leon C. Wilson United States 8 478 0.7× 222 0.9× 83 0.4× 140 0.9× 325 2.2× 18 870
Yasser Arafat Payne United States 13 522 0.8× 197 0.8× 107 0.6× 187 1.2× 163 1.1× 31 772
James Diego Vigil United States 14 760 1.1× 199 0.8× 70 0.4× 237 1.5× 101 0.7× 35 951
Carmen M. Culotta United States 2 420 0.6× 234 0.9× 68 0.4× 53 0.3× 185 1.3× 2 680
Gordon Bazemore United States 20 1.2k 1.7× 211 0.9× 126 0.7× 258 1.6× 780 5.4× 69 1.4k
Khalil Shikaki Israel 16 413 0.6× 95 0.4× 90 0.5× 98 0.6× 346 2.4× 41 775
Gil Keppens Belgium 15 341 0.5× 350 1.4× 298 1.6× 80 0.5× 398 2.7× 35 1.0k
Phia S. Salter United States 13 782 1.1× 174 0.7× 65 0.3× 74 0.5× 93 0.6× 39 1.0k
Josine Junger-Tas Netherlands 17 826 1.2× 96 0.4× 64 0.3× 194 1.2× 456 3.1× 41 1.2k
Ilhong Yun South Korea 14 339 0.5× 42 0.2× 133 0.7× 78 0.5× 190 1.3× 38 575

Countries citing papers authored by Victor M. Rios

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Fields of papers citing papers by Victor M. Rios

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Victor M. Rios

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Victor M. Rios. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Victor M. Rios 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 Victor M. Rios. Victor M. Rios 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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Garcia, Nichole M., et al.. (2022). Advancing QuantCrit to Rethink the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Latinx and Black Youth. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 33(2). 269–288. 8 indexed citations
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Cobbina, Jennifer, et al.. (2019). “I Will Be Out There Every Day Strong!” Protest Policing and Future Activism Among Ferguson and Baltimore Protesters. Sociological Forum. 34(2). 409–433. 13 indexed citations
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García, Alfredo, et al.. (2018). Estudio de la caída libre utilizando diferentes técnicas experimentales. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 12(1). 2.
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Rios, Victor M.. (2017). No Way Out: Precarious Living in the Shadow of Poverty and Drug Dealing. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 46(3). 302–303. 2 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M., et al.. (2017). Ethnographies of Race, Crime, and Justice: Toward a Sociological Double-Consciousness. Annual Review of Sociology. 43(1). 493–513. 26 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2017). Human Targets: Schools, Police, and the Criminalization of Latino Youth. 35 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2016). Beyond Power-Blind Ethnography. Sociological Focus. 50(1). 99–101. 3 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2015). On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City. By Alice Goffman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014. Pp. xiv+277. $25.00.. American Journal of Sociology. 121(1). 306–308. 13 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M., et al.. (2013). Smoking Guns or Smoke & Mirrors?: Schools and the Policing of Latino Boys. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal. 7(3). 54–66. 15 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M., et al.. (2012). Influencia de las inteligencias múltiples en la elección de carreras profesionales en estudiantes de cuarto y quinto de secundaria. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 2(2). 148–159. 1 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2010). Navigating the Thin Line Between Education and Incarceration: An Action Research Case Study on Gang-Associated Latino Youth. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR). 15(1-2). 200–212. 12 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2009). The Consequences of the Criminal Justice Pipeline on Black and Latino Masculinity. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 623(1). 150–162. 50 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2009). Street Gang Patterns and Policies. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 38(4). 324–325. 22 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M., et al.. (2008). Crianza y comercialización de cuy para el mercado limeño. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 2 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2008). Gangs and Immigrant Youth. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 37(2). 162–163. 5 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2008). The Racial Politics of Youth Crime. Latino Studies. 6(1-2). 97–115. 13 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2006). The Hyper-Criminalization of Black and Latino Male Youth in the Era of Mass Incarceration. Souls. 8(2). 40–54. 64 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M.. (2004). La marea roja. ˜El œViejo topo. 47–57. 1 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M., Julian Samora, & Edward H. Spicer. (1978). Ethnic Medicine in the Southwest.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 7(5). 621–621. 36 indexed citations
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Rios, Victor M., et al.. (1976). Chicano Organizations in the Midwest: Past, Present and Possibilities. Aztlán A Journal of Chicano Studies. 7(2). 235–253. 1 indexed citations

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