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Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies

Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of cybercrime, including identity theft, online fraud, drug trafficking on the dark web, hacker communities, and the application of routine activity theory to understand victimization. It delves into the complexities of cryptomarkets, law enforcement challenges, and the psychological and financial impact of cyber-fraud victimization.

  • Cybercrime
  • Dark Web
  • Identity Theft
  • Cryptomarkets
  • Online Fraud
  • Routine Activity Theory
  • Law Enforcement
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Hacker Communities
  • Victimization
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+66%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies

Which countries lead Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (923 and 830 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 923 works
  2. 2 India 830 works
  3. 3 China 432 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 418 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 362 works
  6. 6 Nigeria 244 works
  7. 7 Russia 174 works
  8. 8 Australia 173 works
  9. 9 Malaysia 171 works
  10. 10 South Africa 137 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 23.9%India: 21.5%China: 11.2%Indonesia: 10.8%6 others listed: 32.6%24%largest
United States923 · 23.9%India830 · 21.5%China432 · 11.2%Indonesia418 · 10.8%6 others listed1,261 · 32.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universiti Teknologi MARA publishes the most Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies research, followed by University of Indonesia and University of South Africa.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 28 works
  2. 2 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 26 works
  3. 3 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 24 works
  4. 4 Amity UniversityIndia 19 works
  5. 5 Binus UniversityIndonesia 16 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 15 works
  7. 7 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 15 works
  8. 8 George Mason UniversityUnited States 15 works
  9. 9 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 15 works
  10. 10 Institute of CriminologySlovenia 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies include Stephen M. Smith, David Alan Bennett and Philip S. Yu.

  1. 1 Stephen M. Smith United Kingdom 214k citations
  2. 2 David Alan Bennett United States 190k citations
  3. 3 Philip S. Yu United States 141k citations
  4. 4 Mark Damian Griffiths United Kingdom 133k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies?

The most cited paper in Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies is "How the machine ‘thinks’: Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms" (Jenna Burrell, 2016), with 2,806 citations. Next come "Validating Instruments in MIS Research1" (2,535) and "Information Security Policy Compliance: An Empirical Study of Rationality-Based Beliefs and Information Security Awareness1" (1,871).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 How the machine ‘thinks’: Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms Jenna Burrell · Big Data & Society Open access 6 Jan 2016 2,806
2 Validating Instruments in MIS Research1 Detmar W. Straub · MIS Quarterly Jun 1989 2,535
3 Information Security Policy Compliance: An Empirical Study of Rationality-Based Beliefs and Information Security Awareness1 Burcu Bulgurcu, Hasan Cavusoglu, Izak Benbasat · MIS Quarterly Sep 2010 1,871
4 The application of data mining techniques in financial fraud detection: A classification framework and an academic review of literature Eric W.T. Ngai, Yong Qiang Hu, Yung Hou Wong et al. · Decision Support Systems 20 Aug 2010 1,350
5 Privacy in the Digital Age: a Review of Information Privacy Research in Information Systems1 Bélanger, Robert E. Crossler · MIS Quarterly Open access Dec 2011 1,346
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Where is Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies research done?

The largest centres of Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia) and Jakarta (Indonesia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 93 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 74 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 71 works
  4. 4 JakartaIndonesia 71 works
  5. 5 ChennaiIndia 64 works
  6. 6 New YorkUnited States 54 works
  7. 7 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 50 works
  8. 8 PuneIndia 49 works
  9. 9 BengaluruIndia 49 works
  10. 10 PretoriaSouth Africa 48 works
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Where is the best place to study Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Portsmouth, George Mason University and Amity University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 24.05%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Portsm…Michigan State Unive…George Mason Univers…Amity University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of PortsmouthUnited Kingdom 74.138.3%17.8×14 +3.6%
2George Mason UniversityUnited States 66.923.0%9.1×15 +182.9%
3Amity UniversityIndia 60.112.2%8.5×19 +105.1%
4Michigan State UniversityUnited States 59.728.4%3.7×14 -17.8%
5Monash UniversityAustralia 58.626.8%2.5×13 +70.7%
6Deakin UniversityAustralia 58.525.8%5.3×12 +23.6%
7Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 58.04.3%7.0×28 +29.3%
8University of South AfricaSouth Africa 57.87.2%10.5×24 +31.5%
9Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia 57.137.2%6.2×11 -35.9%
10University College LondonUnited Kingdom 55.237.3%1.3×11 -19.1%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies, country by country

Is Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies0.028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies10.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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Who researches cybercrime?

By volume in 2022-now, Universiti Teknologi MARA publishes the most Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies research, followed by University of Indonesia and University of South Africa. By volume, the United States and India publish the most (923 and 830 works in 2022-now).

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