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James E. Wright

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1966

Publications

192

Citations

4,372

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1966

Research summary
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James E. Wright's research examines public administration and policing, focusing on how race, technology, and institutional structures shape citizens' interactions with government and police. Recent work covers topics such as body-worn cameras, representative bureaucracy, algorithmic decision-making in public agencies, and racialized effects of administrative policy. Note that the publication list also includes several unrelated computer-science preprints (e.g., CNN-based anomaly detection systems), which may reflect a different author sharing this name or a database mismatch.

Public administration and bureaucracyPolicing and use-of-force accountabilityRace and institutional discriminationCitizen perceptions of government and technologyRepresentative bureaucracy and social equity

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with a notable spike in 2020, a dip around 2021-2022, and a renewed increase in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.4/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 3 publications192020: 18 publications18202021: 5 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 9 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Public Administration Review×7
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×7
  • Rutgers University Press eBooks×5
  • The American Review of Public Administration×4
  • Public Management Review×3
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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