The Altmetrics Hot 100: What Are the Most Influential Articles in Criminology and Criminal Justice?. (August 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Corey, Jessica; Sanders, Whitney
• Other Names: Worrall John L. guest-editor.; Cohn Ellen G. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of contemporary criminal justice. Volume 39:Number 3(2023)
• Page Start: 405
• Page End: 428
• Publication Date: 2023-08
• Subjects: altmetrics -- scholarly influence -- article rankings; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Periodicals; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Periodicals; 364.973
• DOI: 10.1177/10439862231170949
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1043-9862

Abstract

Citation counts have commonly been used to measure "influence" of criminal justice and criminology (CCJ) scholars and articles. However, citation counts do not reflect influence outside of academia and thus may not be the best way to determine the true impact of scholarly work. This study uses the Altmetrics Attention Score (AAS) to measure which CCJ articles are the most influential in CCJ. Results demonstrate how AAS affects the ranking of "top" articles relative to the typical citation count measures. Implications for future ranking studies are discussed.