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Armed Forces and Society
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Armed Forces and Society

0095-327X

Published by: SAGE

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 237 12 13 4
Social Sciences and Humanities 1257 7 11 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 33
Documents by Best Scientists*: 38
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.697
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Armed Forces & Society?

Armed Forces & Society is organized to address concerns in the fields of Law, Political economy, Politics, Public administration and Civil–military relations. Military science and Military theory are among the concentrations of Law that garnered much attention in the journal. The journal connects research in Military science with the related topic of Military sociology.

Topics in Political economy explored in Armed Forces & Society were investigated in conjunction with research in Development economics, Democracy and State (polity).

  • Law (22.91%)
  • Political economy (13.71%)
  • Politics (11.91%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Military And the Family As Greedy Institutions (343 citations)
  • From Institution to Occupation Trends in Military Organization (259 citations)
  • The Civil-Military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz, and the Question of Civilian Control: (222 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Armed Forces & Society:

The most cited publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Law, Social psychology, Public relations, Public administration and Civil–military relations. The published papers address concerns in Law which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Criminology and Business intelligence. The featured Politics studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Political economy but also cover areas of interest in Development economics and Turkish.

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:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Civil–military relations, Political economy, Military culture, Military service and Criminology. Research in Civil–military relations discussed is concerned with the study of Law as a whole. It focuses on Law but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Expression (architecture) and The Republic.

In addition to Political economy research, it aims to explore topics under Independence, Democracy, Politics, International relations and Managerialism. The studies on Military service discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Identity (social science), Estonian, Public relations and Race (biology). The concepts on Criminology presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Grounded theory, Phase (combat), Public opinion and Cold war.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Public Attitudes on Transgender Military Service: The Role of Gender (6 citations)
  • Revolutions and the Military: Endgame Coups, Instability, and Prospects for Democracy: (5 citations)
  • Service-Connected Disability and the Veteran Mortality Disadvantage: (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 Armed Forces & Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David R. Segal (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James Griffith (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Christopher Dandeker (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James Burk (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Morten G. Ender (16 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 Armed Forces & Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Military Academy (76 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Maryland, College Park (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Department of the Army (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Naval Postgraduate School (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Air Force Academy (44 papers) published 4 papers 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, 7.35% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.98% of all publications and 42.86% 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

  • Military Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis in Latin America: Military Presence, Autonomy, and Human Rights Violations

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Public Attitudes on Transgender Military Service: The Role of Gender

    Daniel C. Lewis;Barry L. Tadlock;Andrew R. Flores;Donald P. Haider-Markel

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • “Even If the Policy Changes, the Culture Remains the Same”: A Mixed Methods Analysis of LGBT Service Members’ Outness Patterns:

    Kathleen A. McNamara;Carrie L. Lucas;Jeremy T. Goldbach;Carl A. Castro

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Gender Mainstreaming in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence: Lessons on the Implementation of Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+):

    Rachael Johnstone;Bessma Momani

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • The Individual Health Insurance Mandate and Veterans Health Coverage

    Dongjin Oh;Frances Stokes Berry

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • The Role of Marriage and Military Service on Reoffending: Race, "The Respectability Package," and the Desistance Process.

    Wendi L. Johnson;Peggy C. Giordano

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Factors Related to Exclusion in the U.S. Army

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Social Mobility and Promotion of Officers to Senior Ranks in the Royal Navy: Meritocracy or Class Ceiling?:

    Stephen M. Clark;Dieu Hack-Polay;P. Matthijs Bal

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Student Attitudes Toward Campus Diversity at the U.S. Naval Academy: Evidence From Conjoint Survey Experiments:

    John Polga-Hecimovich;John M. Carey;Yusaku Horiuchi

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Broadening the Perspective on Military Cohesion? A Reply

    (2020)
    3 Citations

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