OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Security Journal is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Transit crime and sexual violence in cities: international evidence and prevention	57
Public perception of CPTED maintenance strategies: a VR study on residential burglary prevention	30
High school gun carrying: the role of disorder, collective efficacy, and police efficacy at school in a predominantly black sample	25
Awareness of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in virtual reality: an analytical study	20
Identifying trends and patterns in offending and victimization on Snapchat: a rapid review	15
A bibliometric study on recent trends in artificial intelligence-based suspicious activity recognition	14
Grid-based crisis governance: integrating 4R theory and AGIL model with a keyword-based exploratory analysis	14
Review of Sutton, B. 2023. Bulletproof fashion: security, emotions, and the fortress body	13
From defensive walls to AI fences: the architectural evolution of borders	12
Risk, regulation, and governance: evaluating artificial intelligence across diverse application scenarios	12
Evolving regularity and geographical patterns of global piracy incidents distribution	12
The great American car crime decline	11
Comparative analysis of the activities of authorities to ensure the prevention of offenses in the Republic of Kazakhstan and other world countries	10
Unveiling the efficacy of the elaborated social identity model as a lens for understanding crowd psychology in South Korea: an empirical inquiry	10
Drawing the line: public attitudes towards warranted and unwarranted government surveillance in European countries	9
Enhancing the resilience of state institutions to security threats: strategic approaches for Ukraine	9
International cooperation in police training: evaluation of a European Union programme for African gendarmes	8
The role of individual and situational factors on repeat victimization of online fraud in China	8
Herders without borders: transhumance securitisation and the challenges of national security in Ghana and Nigeria	8
The “new” crimes of pandemics: observations and insights from Latin America	8
Comparing safety perceptions and active mobility in two urban settings: a case study	8
Fraudsters target the elderly: Behavioural evidence from randomised controlled scam-baiting experiments	7
Will the future policing of fraud be ‘a fundamental shift in our approach to tackling fraud’ or largely more of the same? Reviewing the 2023 UK fraud strategy through evidence on the ground	7
Prenzler, T.: preventing crime and disorder in public places: blending opportunity reduction, guardianship and welfare	7
Assessment of performance during cybersecurity tabletop exercises	7

Policing AI-generated crimes: an ethnographic study on anti-cybercrime police in China	7
Assessing the time-varying spatial influence of bus stops on crime by context: a street network analysis	6
Cyber-enabled imposter scams against older adults in the United States	6
Industrial security protection in the United States before the Pearl Harbor attack: failures to prepare, presidential executive orders, and guard force militarization	6
About time? Exploring the temporal dimensions and imperatives to crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) using a construction industry-aligned methodology for more sustainable and resili	6
Missing targets: which entities are affected by UN counter-terrorism sanctions?	6
Measuring the adoption of Enterprise Security Risk Management in Kenya’s higher education using the ASIS ESRM Maturity Model	6
Effects of socioeconomic and digital inequalities on cybersecurity in a developing country	6
The crime drop in South Africa: an exploratory research note	5
Michael John Williams, James Wesley Hutto & Asli Peker Dogra: Understanding international security: theory and practice	5
Perception toward autonomous ride-pooling services and public buses in Pakistan: perspectives in crime and victimization	5
Cyber war(fare)s: a bibliometric and topic analysis	5
Cyberbullying victimization among university students- a national study of Pakistan	5
Local residents’ perceptions of refugees as neighbors: a qualitative analysis of community social networks, purposive guardianship, and feelings of safety	5
Fortifying the digital realm: a comprehensive analysis of cyberspace security and the EU legislative framework	5
Prediction of male inmate infractions in Taiwan prisons	4
Investigating the data in investor alerting portals	4
The shadow of digital society: why the elderly are vulnerable to online phishing—a case study from South Korea	4
Balancing campus security and student rights: the case of the University of Botswana	4
Consciousness towards religious belief and re-radicalization in societies	4
The realpolitik of jihad: an anatomy of transnational Islamist terrorism in East Africa	4
Assessing cybersecurity dynamics: a comparative analysis of data breaches in urban and rural hospitals in the United States	3
Open-source intelligence and great-power competition under mediatization	3
The dimensions of ‘forensic biosecurity’ in genetic and facial contexts	3
Socio-spatial structure of urban communities and the distribution of crime in Makurdi, Nigeria	3
What is the role of architects and urban planners in crime prevention?	3
The asymmetric effect of environmental pollution and macroeconomic indicators on interpersonal violence across OECD countries	3
Regional inequality in citizens’ attitudes towards the police and the effect of stop-and-search	3
The use of home security technology by survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence: an exploratory study	3
Campus security and students’ perceptions of safety: an evaluation of security practices	3
What really works in preventing fraud against organisations and do decision-makers really need to know?	3
Detection of price manipulation fraud through rational choice theory: evidence for the retail industry in Taiwan	3
External auditors’ use and perceptions of fraud factors in assessing fraudulent financial reporting risk (FFRR): Implications for audit policy and practice	3
Identifying cyber security competencies and skills from online job advertisements through topic modeling	3
Making terrorist content findable: search engines as a key to mitigating Salafi-jihadi persistent presence on the internet	3
Bruneau, T. C.: Outsourcing National Defense: Why and How Private Contractors are Providing Public Services	3
Risk perceptions and safe behaviours on the internet among older adults in India	3
Digital trust and the adoption of e-government services in Pakistan: a systematic literature review	3
Upholding civil rights through commitment to the rule of law in advocacy	3
Tactical and psychological aspects of interrogation using new digital technologies and Gesell spy mirror	3
Understanding the consideration of strategies for coping with locality violence in Arab society in Israel	3
Plural policing in rural contexts: a GPS-based evaluation of multi-entity patrols against fruit theft	2
Community-based vigilante violence and corporate social responsibility in Nigeria’s oil-producing region	2
‘We shall triumph like the Jews’: unveiling the implicit side of IPOB’s armed separatism in Southeast Nigeria	2
The virtual "Caliphate" strikes back? Mapping the Islamic State's information ecosystem on the surface web	2
Review of Gates, K. 2025. Targeted: corporations and the police surveillance economy. New York: NYU Press. pp. 196. ISBN 9781479829217	2
Terrorism, democracy and human security: a communication model. Ronald Crelinsten. 2021. Abingdon, Routledge, ISBN 978-036786089-9	2
Cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes and their modus operandi in South Korea	2
Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud	2
Shadow of death: the criminal economy of banditry and kidnapping in northwest Nigeria	2

Exploring the physical risks and security mechanisms for Chinese companies operating under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Project	2
Developing and implementing social engineering-prevention policies: a qualitative study	2
The money laundering and terrorist financing risks of new and disruptive technologies: a futures-oriented scoping review	2
Addressing cybersecurity and safety disconnects in United States army aviation: an exploratory qualitative case study	2
Reimagining the familiar stranger as a source of security: generating guardianship through everyday mobility	2
Trust to threat: the dynamics of insider risk in network security ecosystems	2
The word mobile phone missing in the Cyber Crime Act, 2015	2
Susceptibility for criminal facilitation in social housing: a psychological perspective	2
Safety perception across boundaries: comparing gated and open Chinese university towns in pathways to security, satisfaction, and engagement	2
Hidden players: the role of ‘drops’ in the cybercrime ecosystem	2
Business e-mail compromise scam, cyber victimization, and economic sustainability of corporate organizations in Nigeria	2
Suslov, Tymur: Rethinking security, the human side of risk management	2
Tabletop scenario exercises as a training tool for improving response to workplace violence	2
Population distribution and terrorist attack preference: evidence from Xinjiang, China	2
Students care “who” carries: probing attributes associated with college students’ attitudes toward campus carry	2
Honor, fear, and coercion: cyberbullying and blackmailing in Palestinian society	1
State or private security supply? An analysis from the institutional economics perspective	1
Profiling consumers who reported mass marketing scams: demographic characteristics and emotional sentiments associated with victimization	1
Fear of violence after mass shootings: Latinx campus experiences	1
Carrying a handgun in public vs. taking a handgun to school among youth: an exploration of the predicting power of risk factors related to delinquency, aggression, and victimization	1
Place of hotel characteristics and security systems in hotel operations, Nigeria	1
Identifying and preventing future forms of crimes using situational crime prevention	1
Bias and noise in security risk assessments, an empirical study on the information position and confidence of security professionals	1
Card-not-present fraud: using crime scripts to inform crime prevention initiatives	1
Economic espionage via fake social media profiles in the UK: professional workers awareness and resilience	1
Introducing Bayesian belief updating as a method to counter improvised explosive devices: a qualitative case study on identifying human behaviours associated with explosive chemical precursor diversio	1
Disruptive behavior of young people in shopping malls: a security provider perspective	1
Embedding information security management in organisations: improving participation and engagement through intra-organisational Liaison	1
Direct and indirect situational crime prevention: using the COSTS criteria to improve interventions	1
The effects of organizational images on security compliance intention: focused on affection and job security in South Korea	1
How much protection is enough? Predicting the use of webcam protective measures through the lens of low self-control and social learning	1
Spatial effects of insecurity on attracting tourists in Middle East countries	1
Old problem, new manifestation: the emergence of cultism in rural secondary schools in Anambra state, Nigeria	1
Schneider, G. (2025). Presilience: how to navigate risk, embrace opportunity, and build resilience	1
Towards safer public spaces: a systematic literature review on CPTED strategies in park design	1
Exploring the value of holiday preferences and routine activities for understanding tourist victimisation while on holiday	1
Cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities experienced by small-scale African migrant traders in Southern Africa	1
Issues with the application of CPTED in urban development: a case of City X, Malaysia	1
Fraud and cybercrime against older adults in Christian-dominated southern Nigeria	1
Retraction Note: Formation of a legislative framework in the field of combating cybercrime and strategic directions of its development	1
Exploring banditry in Nigeria	1
A general problem-solving matrix (GPSM): combining crime prevention and public health tools	1
Vulnerability to Social Engineering Across Digital User Generations: A Dual-Theory Approach	1
Utilizing cyberplace managers to prevent and control cybercrimes: a vignette experimental study	1
The global digital compact impact on the spread of violence and disinformation on the internet	1
Disposable spies: a proposal for a model	1
Shifting Cartel powers: an examination of the impact on U.S. and Mexican law enforcement	1
Cyber risks in healthcare and social organizations: analyzing the relationship between cybersecurity profiles and the opinion of protection of managers	1
Integrated security management model: a proposal applied to organisational resilience	1
Frauds and forgeries in banking industry in Africa: a content analyses of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation annual crime report	1