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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

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Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ann

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 95 27 37 10
Social Sciences and Humanities 177 46 59 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 131
Documents by Best Scientists*: 144
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 20
SCIMAGO H-index: 131
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.253
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science?

The foci of the journal are Economic history, Political economy, Law and economics, Law and Politics. Studies on Economic history discussed in the journal link to the field of Media studies. The concepts on Law and economics presented in Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science can also apply to other research fields, including Theology and Humanities.

  • Economic history (21.20%)
  • Political economy (15.24%)
  • Law and economics (9.88%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and its Variants (3631 citations)
  • Trade and Industry (2068 citations)
  • Positive Youth Development in the United States: Research Findings on Evaluations of Positive Youth Development Programs (1419 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Social psychology, Politics, Public relations, Economic growth and Criminology. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Politics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Political economy and Public administration. The published articles explore topics in Economic growth which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Immigration and Demographic economics.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • World War II
  • Law
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science is mainly concerned with subjects like Criminology, Demographic economics, Working class, Race (biology) and Inequality. In addition to Criminology research, the journal aims to explore topics under Economic Justice, Racism, Context (language use) and Narrative. Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science explores issues in Demographic economics which can be linked to other research areas like Range (biology), Generosity, Federalism, Immigration and Recession.

The research on Range (biology) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Persistence (psychology), Subsidized housing, Program evaluation, Supportive housing and Politics. While the journal focused on Immigration, it was also able to explore topics like Affect (psychology) and Minority group. Working class research featured in Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Higher education, Labour economics, Degree (temperature) and School education.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Racial Inequity and Homelessness: Findings from the SPARC Study: (7 citations)
  • Housing First and Severe Mental Disorders: The Challenge of Exiting Homelessness: (6 citations)
  • Homelessness as a Moving Target (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Joseph S. Roucek (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alphonse B. Miller (73 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Clinton Rogers Woodruff (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Clyde L. King (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hans Kohn (60 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Pennsylvania (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Princeton University (36 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Yale University (25 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 94.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Defining and Measuring Scientific Misinformation

    (2022)
    95 Citations
  • The Growing Rural-Urban Political Divide and Democratic Vulnerability

    Unknown

    (2022)
    92 Citations
  • Social Interaction Training to Reduce Police Use of Force

    Scott Wolfe;Jeff Rojek;Kyle McLean;Geoffrey Alpert

    (2020)
    90 Citations
  • Moving beyond “Best Practice”: Experiences in Police Reform and a Call for Evidence to Reduce Officer-Involved Shootings:

    Robin S. Engel;Hannah D. McManus;Gabrielle T. Isaza

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • The Far-Right Threat in the United States: A European Perspective

    (2022)
    65 Citations
  • The “Infodemic” Infodemic: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding of Truth-Claims and the Need for (Not) Combatting Misinformation

    (2022)
    55 Citations
  • Holiday Clubs as Community Organizations

    Paul B. Stretesky;Margaret Anne Defeyter;Michael A. Long;Zeibeda Sattar

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Police-to-Hospital Transport for Violently Injured Individuals: A Way to Save Lives?:

    Sara F. Jacoby;Paul M. Reeping;Charles C. Branas

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Firearm Availability and Fatal Police Shootings

    Daniel S. Nagin

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Homelessness as a Moving Target

    Barrett A. Lee;Marybeth Shinn;Dennis P. Culhane

    (2021)
    32 Citations

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