Les Johnston

70 total papers · 2.9k total citations
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Les Johnston is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Les Johnston has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Les Johnston’s work include Policing Practices and Perceptions (20 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (9 papers) and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 papers). Les Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Policing Practices and Perceptions (20 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (9 papers) and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 papers). Les Johnston collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and Canada. Les Johnston's co-authors include Clifford Shearing, David Shulman, Paul Mason, Colin Webster, Mark Button, Robert MacDonald, Tracy Shildrick, Robert MacDonald, Kwabena Frimpong and Michael Kempa and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Urban Studies and The British Journal of Criminology.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Les Johnston

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Les Johnston. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Les Johnston 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 Les Johnston. Les Johnston is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Les Johnston

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Les Johnston

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Les Johnston. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Les Johnston. The network helps show where Les Johnston may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Les Johnston

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