OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Security Journal is 3. 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
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	14
The great American car crime decline	12
Risk, regulation, and governance: evaluating artificial intelligence across diverse application scenarios	11
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
Enhancing the resilience of state institutions to security threats: strategic approaches for Ukraine	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
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
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
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
The role of individual and situational factors on repeat victimization of online fraud in China	7
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
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
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
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
Perception toward autonomous ride-pooling services and public buses in Pakistan: perspectives in crime and victimization	4
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
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
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