This paper uses citation analysis as a way of investigating differences between British and American criminological research. Citation analysis is a valid technique for assessing the prestige of journals and scholars, although it has never before been used in studying British criminology. We found that British Journal of Criminology articles were rarely cited in the leading American Journal Criminology. The citation rate of BJC articles in criminology and in the Social Science Citation Index increased as their quantitativeness increased. There was no significant tendency for the most cited authors in the BJC to be among the most cited in criminology. We concluded that the influence of British criminologists on their American counterparts will increase only to the extent that they are able and willing to carry out high quality quantitative research using sophisticated statistical methods.
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It’s a way of investigating differences between British and American criminological research how to way for research for the studying of criminology. For the studying British criminology although it has never before been used in studying for an official document or speech that praises somebody’s actions, accomplishments, or characters analysis is a valid technique for assessing the honor or high opinion inspired of professional body for its members and especially an academic specialist in one area of knowledge. Almost never cited in the leading America journals criminology we found that British Journals of Criminology (BJC). The citation rate of BJC articles in criminology and the (SSCI) or the Social Science Citation Index increase as there capable or quantitativeness increased. For the most cited author in the BJC to be among the most cited in criminology there was no significant tendency. The British criminology we concluded that the influence on their American counterparts to carry out high quality quantitative research using sophisticated statistically method will increase only to the area or the extent.
JABER P. METOPHER
BS Crim 4B