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Top institutions in the United States for Criminology

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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Criminology?

186 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Criminology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.3% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 19 countries in the subfield. 136 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Cincinnati has the most (8), followed by University of Maryland, College Park (8) and Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus (8). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
186
0.3% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
136
73.1% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 19 countries in Criminology
Highest-ranked
#1,085
Nagin, Daniel S.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Cincinnati85#1Cullen, Francis T. #6,918
2University of Maryland, College Park86#2Paternoster, Raymond #14,113
3Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus88#3Spohn, Cassie C. #34,294
4University of California, Irvine52#5Hipp, John R. #9,604
5Pennsylvania State University55#6Ulmer, Jeffery T. #24,272
6University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences43#8Braga, Anthony A. #12,047
7Michigan State University44#9Campbell, Rebecca M. #12,408
8State University of New York Albany44#10Pickett, Justin T. #21,376
9Northwestern University43#11Skogan, Wesley G. #23,418
10George Mason University43#13Lum, Cynthia M. #61,321
11Arizona State University41#14Peguero, Anthony A. #99,721
12University of Nebraska–Lincoln32#15Edwards, Katie M. #19,763
13Florida State University33#21Mears, Daniel P. #32,476
14University of Nebraska Omaha31#25Nix, Justin #69,677
15Rutgers School of Criminal Justice33#26Apel, Robert J. #75,389
16Northeastern University31#27Piza, Eric L. #89,444

The top 100 in Criminology in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Nagin, Daniel S.
    Carnegie Mellon University
  2. 2
    Sampson, Robert J.
    Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  3. 3
    Agnew, Robert S.
    Emory University
  4. 4
    Piquero, Alex R.
    University of Miami
  5. 5
    Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
    Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
  6. 6
    Cullen, Francis T.
    University of Cincinnati
  7. 7
    Weitzer, Ronald
    The George Washington University
  8. 8
    Ullman, Sarah E.
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  9. 9
    Hipp, John R.
    University of California, Irvine
  10. 10
    Banyard PhD, Victoria L.
    Rutgers School of Social Work
  11. 11
    Walters, Glenn D.
    Kutztown University
  12. 12
    Braga, Anthony A.
    University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  13. 13
    Campbell, Rebecca M.
    Michigan State University
  14. 14
    Koss, Mary P.
    The University of Arizona Health Sciences
  15. 15
    Straus, Murray A.
    University of New Hampshire Durham
  16. 16
    Paternoster, Raymond
    University of Maryland, College Park
  17. 17
    Hinduja, Sameer
    Florida Atlantic University
  18. 18
    Wells, Gary L.
    College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  19. 19
    Holt, Thomas J.
    Michigan State University
  20. 20
    Berk, Richard A.
    University of Pennsylvania
  21. 21
    Edwards, Katie M.
    University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  22. 22
    Levenson, Jill S.
    Barry University
  23. 23
    Kassin, Saul M.
    John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  24. 24
    Dworkin, Emily R.
    University of Washington School of Medicine
  25. 25
    Pickett, Justin T.
    State University of New York Albany
  26. 26
    Skogan, Wesley G.
    Northwestern University
  27. 27
    Papachristos, Andrew V.
    Northwestern University
  28. 28
    Ulmer, Jeffery T.
    Pennsylvania State University
  29. 29
    Giordano, Peggy C.
    Bowling Green State University
  30. 30
    Pratt, Travis C.
    University of Cincinnati
  31. 31
    Osgood, D. Wayne
    Pennsylvania State University
  32. 32
    DeLisi, Matt
    Iowa State University
  33. 33
    Kirk, David S.
    University of Pennsylvania
  34. 34
    Lipsey, Mark W.
    Vanderbilt University
  35. 35
    Johnson, Brian D.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  36. 36
    Mears, Daniel P.
    Florida State University
  37. 37
    Bryant-Davis, Thema S.
    Pepperdine University
  38. 38
    Ratcliffe, Jerry H.
    University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  39. 39
    Spohn, Cassie C.
    Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus
  40. 40
    Turanovic, Jillian J.
    University of Colorado Boulder
  41. 41
    Kubrin, Charis E.
    University of California, Irvine
  42. 42
    Fisher, Bonnie Sue
    University of Cincinnati
  43. 43
    Coker, Ann L.
    University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  44. 44
    Steffensmeier, Darrell J.
    Pennsylvania State University
  45. 45
    MacDonald, John M.
    University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  46. 46
    Phelps, Michelle S.
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  47. 47
    Gau, Jacinta M.
    University of Central Florida
  48. 48
    Cohen, Mark A.
    Vanderbilt University
  49. 49
    Wooldredge, John D.
    University of Cincinnati
  50. 50
    Reisig, Michael D.
    Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus
  51. 51
    Reyns, Bradford W.
    Weber State University
  52. 52
    Beckett, Katherine A.
    University of Washington
  53. 53
    Duwe, Grant
    Minnesota Department of Corrections
  54. 54
    Decker, Scott H.
    Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus
  55. 55
    Paoline, Eugene A.
    University of Central Florida
  56. 56
    Jennings, Wesley G.
    University of Mississippi
  57. 57
    Worthen, Meredith Gwynne Fair
    The University of Oklahoma
  58. 58
    Sullivan, Cris M.Soto
    Michigan State University
  59. 59
    Thornberry, Terence P.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  60. 60
    Vaughn, Michael G.
    Saint Louis University
  61. 61
    Pyrooz, David C.
    University of Colorado Boulder
  62. 62
    Razack, Sherene Halida
    University of California, Los Angeles
  63. 63
    Patchin, Justin W.
    University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
  64. 64
    Edelman, Lauren B.
    Berkeley Law
  65. 65
    Hagan, John L.
    Northwestern University
  66. 66
    Tewksbury, Richard Allan
    University of Louisville
  67. 67
    Rothman, Emily Faith
    Boston University
  68. 68
    Basile, Kathleen C.
    National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  69. 69
    LaFree, Gary D.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  70. 70
    Bushway, Shawn D.
    State University of New York Albany
  71. 71
    Laub, John H.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  72. 72
    Hawdon, James E.
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  73. 73
    Lum, Cynthia M.
    George Mason University
  74. 74
    Baumer, Eric P.S.
    Pennsylvania State University
  75. 75
    Herrenkohl, Todd I.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  76. 76
    McMahon, Sarah
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  77. 77
    Terrill, William C.
    Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus
  78. 78
    Rosenfeld, Richard
    University of Missouri-St. Louis
  79. 79
    Lambert, Eric G.
    Indiana University Northwest
  80. 80
    Taxman, Faye S.
    George Mason University
  81. 81
    DeHart, Dana D.
    University of South Carolina
  82. 82
    Felson, Richard B.
    Pennsylvania State University
  83. 83
    Nix, Justin
    University of Nebraska Omaha
  84. 84
    Fagan, Abigail A.
    University of Florida
  85. 85
    White, Michael D.
    Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus
  86. 86
    Goodman, Lisa A.
    Boston College
  87. 87
    Messner, Steven F.
    State University of New York Albany
  88. 88
    Felson, Marcus
    Texas State University
  89. 89
    Warr, Mark
    The University of Texas at Austin
  90. 90
    DeKeseredy, Walter S.
    West Virginia University
  91. 91
    Wilson, Laura C.
    University of Mary Washington
  92. 92
    Cook, Phillip J.
    National Bureau of Economic Research
  93. 93
    Lynch, Michael J.
    College of Behavioral and Community Sciences
  94. 94
    Apel, Robert J.
    Rutgers School of Criminal Justice
  95. 95
    Meißner, Christian A.
    College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  96. 96
    Monahan, John
    University of Virginia School of Law
  97. 97
    Reuter, Peter H.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  98. 98
    Visher, Christy A.
    University of Delaware
  99. 99
    Baglivio, Michael T.
    Analytic Initiatives, LLC
  100. 100
    Hirschfield, Paul J.
    Department of Sociology

186 listed scientists in Criminology in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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