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Researcher · Shippensburg University · United States

Melissa L. Ricketts

Melissa L. Ricketts publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems and Clinical Psychology, on topics such as Crime Patterns and Interventions, Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies and Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment.

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World rank
#202,144
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#75,037
of 1,627,098
Works
55
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
26.9
h-index
21
i10-index 33Top 5.7% in Sociology and Political Science
Melissa L. Ricketts

What does Melissa L. Ricketts research?

Melissa L. Ricketts's work is mostly in Social Sciences (40%), Computer Science (16%), Psychology (8%).

Social Sciences: 27 works · 48.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 22 works · 40.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 18 works · 32.6% of their workCommunication: 4 works · 7.6% of their workPsychology: 5 works · 8.3% of their workClinical Psychology: 5 works · 8.3% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 28.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 9 works · 15.9% of their workComputer Science: 9 works · 15.9% of their workInformation Systems: 5 works · 9.8% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 3 works · 6.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 4 works · 6.8% of their workMedicine: 4 works · 6.8% of their workEpidemiology: 4 works · 6.8% of their workTHEIR WORKMelissa L.Ricketts55works
Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences48%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2240.2%
    2. Psychology58.3%
  2. Everything else1628.8%
    1. Computer Science915.9%
    1. Medicine46.8%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science33% of their works
  2. 2Information Systems10% of their works
  3. 3Clinical Psychology8% of their works
  4. 4Communication8% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology7% of their works
  6. 6Artificial Intelligence6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melissa L. Ricketts's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Victimization, Crime, Social Structure, Gender Differences, Psychological Impact, Cyberbullying, Social Media and Cybercrime.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Victimization222 topics
  2. Crime181 topic
  3. Social Structure181 topic
  4. Gender Differences172 topics
  5. Psychological Impact172 topics
  6. Cyberbullying142 topics
  7. Social Media142 topics
  8. Cybercrime131 topic
  9. Dark Web131 topic
  10. Cyberstalking91 topic
  11. Stalking91 topic
  12. Alcohol Dependence81 topic
  13. Detection81 topic
  14. Hate Speech81 topic
  15. Hypersexual Disorder81 topic
  16. Pornography Consumption81 topic
  17. Substance Use Disorders81 topic
  18. Aggression61 topic
  19. Bullying61 topic
  20. Digital Divide61 topic
  21. Political Participation61 topic

Where does Melissa L. Ricketts work?

Melissa L. Ricketts's main affiliation in the publication record is Shippensburg University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Melissa L. Ricketts have?

OpenAlex counts 55 works and 1,479 citations for Melissa L. Ricketts, an h-index of 21, ranking #202,144 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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