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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

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	23
Identifying trends and patterns in offending and victimization on Snapchat: a rapid review	19
Review of Sutton, B. 2023. Bulletproof fashion: security, emotions, and the fortress body	14
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
The great American car crime decline	12
From defensive walls to AI fences: the architectural evolution of borders	11
Comparative analysis of the activities of authorities to ensure the prevention of offenses in the Republic of Kazakhstan and other world countries	11
Evolving regularity and geographical patterns of global piracy incidents distribution	11
Risk, regulation, and governance: evaluating artificial intelligence across diverse application scenarios	11
Unveiling the efficacy of the elaborated social identity model as a lens for understanding crowd psychology in South Korea: an empirical inquiry	10
Enhancing the resilience of state institutions to security threats: strategic approaches for Ukraine	10
Drawing the line: public attitudes towards warranted and unwarranted government surveillance in European countries	9
Comparing safety perceptions and active mobility in two urban settings: a case study	8
Herders without borders: transhumance securitisation and the challenges of national security in Ghana and Nigeria	8
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	8
The role of individual and situational factors on repeat victimization of online fraud in China	7
Policing AI-generated crimes: an ethnographic study on anti-cybercrime police in China	7
International cooperation in police training: evaluation of a European Union programme for African gendarmes	7
Prenzler, T.: preventing crime and disorder in public places: blending opportunity reduction, guardianship and welfare	7
The “new” crimes of pandemics: observations and insights from Latin America	7
Assessment of performance during cybersecurity tabletop exercises	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
Effects of socioeconomic and digital inequalities on cybersecurity in a developing country	6
Assessing the time-varying spatial influence of bus stops on crime by context: a street network analysis	6
Measuring the adoption of Enterprise Security Risk Management in Kenya’s higher education using the ASIS ESRM Maturity Model	6
Fraudsters target the elderly: Behavioural evidence from randomised controlled scam-baiting experiments	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
Consciousness towards religious belief and re-radicalization in societies	5
Local residents’ perceptions of refugees as neighbors: a qualitative analysis of community social networks, purposive guardianship, and feelings of safety	5
Cyber war(fare)s: a bibliometric and topic analysis	5
Cyberbullying victimization among university students- a national study of Pakistan	5
Michael John Williams, James Wesley Hutto & Asli Peker Dogra: Understanding international security: theory and practice	5
Missing targets: which entities are affected by UN counter-terrorism sanctions?	5
Prediction of male inmate infractions in Taiwan prisons	5
The crime drop in South Africa: an exploratory research note	5
Fortifying the digital realm: a comprehensive analysis of cyberspace security and the EU legislative framework	5
The realpolitik of jihad: an anatomy of transnational Islamist terrorism in East Africa	4
What is the role of architects and urban planners in crime prevention?	4
Balancing campus security and student rights: the case of the University of Botswana	4
Regional inequality in citizens’ attitudes towards the police and the effect of stop-and-search	4
Perception toward autonomous ride-pooling services and public buses in Pakistan: perspectives in crime and victimization	4
Risk perceptions and safe behaviours on the internet among older adults in India	3
External auditors’ use and perceptions of fraud factors in assessing fraudulent financial reporting risk (FFRR): Implications for audit policy and practice	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
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
Investigating the data in investor alerting portals	3
The asymmetric effect of environmental pollution and macroeconomic indicators on interpersonal violence across OECD countries	3
Making terrorist content findable: search engines as a key to mitigating Salafi-jihadi persistent presence on the internet	3
Detection of price manipulation fraud through rational choice theory: evidence for the retail industry in Taiwan	3
Campus security and students’ perceptions of safety: an evaluation of security practices	3
Upholding civil rights through commitment to the rule of law in advocacy	3
The shadow of digital society: why the elderly are vulnerable to online phishing—a case study from South Korea	3
Identifying cyber security competencies and skills from online job advertisements through topic modeling	3
The use of home security technology by survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence: an exploratory study	3
Bruneau, T. C.: Outsourcing National Defense: Why and How Private Contractors are Providing Public Services	3
Socio-spatial structure of urban communities and the distribution of crime in Makurdi, Nigeria	2
Safety perception across boundaries: comparing gated and open Chinese university towns in pathways to security, satisfaction, and engagement	2
The virtual "Caliphate" strikes back? Mapping the Islamic State's information ecosystem on the surface web	2
Terrorism, democracy and human security: a communication model. Ronald Crelinsten. 2021. Abingdon, Routledge, ISBN 978-036786089-9	2
Direct and indirect situational crime prevention: using the COSTS criteria to improve interventions	2
Population distribution and terrorist attack preference: evidence from Xinjiang, China	2
Susceptibility for criminal facilitation in social housing: a psychological perspective	2
‘We shall triumph like the Jews’: unveiling the implicit side of IPOB’s armed separatism in Southeast Nigeria	2
Digital trust and the adoption of e-government services in Pakistan: a systematic literature review	2
Developing and implementing social engineering-prevention policies: a qualitative study	2
State or private security supply? An analysis from the institutional economics perspective	2
Review of Gates, K. 2025. Targeted: corporations and the police surveillance economy. New York: NYU Press. pp. 196. ISBN 9781479829217	2

Tabletop scenario exercises as a training tool for improving response to workplace violence	2
The money laundering and terrorist financing risks of new and disruptive technologies: a futures-oriented scoping review	2
The word mobile phone missing in the Cyber Crime Act, 2015	2
What really works in preventing fraud against organisations and do decision-makers really need to know?	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
Students care “who” carries: probing attributes associated with college students’ attitudes toward campus carry	2
Business e-mail compromise scam, cyber victimization, and economic sustainability of corporate organizations in Nigeria	2
Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud	2
Suslov, Tymur: Rethinking security, the human side of risk management	2
Reimagining the familiar stranger as a source of security: generating guardianship through everyday mobility	2
Addressing cybersecurity and safety disconnects in United States army aviation: an exploratory qualitative case study	2
Cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes and their modus operandi in South Korea	2
Hidden players: the role of ‘drops’ in the cybercrime ecosystem	2
Community-based vigilante violence and corporate social responsibility in Nigeria’s oil-producing region	2
Exploring banditry in Nigeria	1
Disruptive behavior of young people in shopping malls: a security provider perspective	1
Frauds and forgeries in banking industry in Africa: a content analyses of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation annual crime report	1
Cyber risks in healthcare and social organizations: analyzing the relationship between cybersecurity profiles and the opinion of protection of managers	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
Crime at micro-places in public libraries	1
Schneider, G. (2025). Presilience: how to navigate risk, embrace opportunity, and build resilience	1
Card-not-present fraud: using crime scripts to inform crime prevention initiatives	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
Integrated security management model: a proposal applied to organisational resilience	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
Embedding information security management in organisations: improving participation and engagement through intra-organisational Liaison	1
A general problem-solving matrix (GPSM): combining crime prevention and public health tools	1
Exploring the value of holiday preferences and routine activities for understanding tourist victimisation while on holiday	1
The global digital compact impact on the spread of violence and disinformation on the internet	1
Place of hotel characteristics and security systems in hotel operations, Nigeria	1
Economic espionage via fake social media profiles in the UK: professional workers awareness and resilience	1
Disposable spies: a proposal for a model	1
Profiling consumers who reported mass marketing scams: demographic characteristics and emotional sentiments associated with victimization	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
Retraction Note: Formation of a legislative framework in the field of combating cybercrime and strategic directions of its development	1
Honor, fear, and coercion: cyberbullying and blackmailing in Palestinian society	1
Identifying and preventing future forms of crimes using situational crime prevention	1
Cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities experienced by small-scale African migrant traders in Southern Africa	1
Nigerian state and the management of armed conflicts: rethinking the amnesty approach	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
Towards safer public spaces: a systematic literature review on CPTED strategies in park design	1
Bias and noise in security risk assessments, an empirical study on the information position and confidence of security professionals	1
Shifting Cartel powers: an examination of the impact on U.S. and Mexican law enforcement	1
The effects of organizational images on security compliance intention: focused on affection and job security in South Korea	1