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Contemporary Politics
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Contemporary Politics

1356-9775

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccpo20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 212 9 9 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 10
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.877
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Contemporary Politics?

The journal primarily tackles Politics, Political economy, Law, Democracy and Public administration. The studies on Politics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Context (language use), Government, Gender studies, Power (social and political) and Social science. Authoritarianism, State (polity), Democratization, Development economics and Economic system are some topics wherein Political economy research discussed in Contemporary Politics have an impact.

  • Politics (41.43%)
  • Political economy (38.71%)
  • Law (14.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Tuning out or left out? Participation and non-participation among young people (180 citations)
  • Authoritarian regime types revisited: updated data in comparative perspective (135 citations)
  • Differences in political participation between young and old people (122 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Contemporary Politics:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Politics, Political economy, Democracy, Law and Development economics. The published articles with studies in Politics featured incorporate elements of Gender studies, Economic system and State (polity). While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Political economy, it also covers topics in Elite, Corporate governance, Opposition (politics), Government and Parliament.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Contemporary Politics aims to foster the development of research in Political economy, Politics, Authoritarianism, Populism and China. The research on Political economy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Foreign policy, Democracy, Political Islam and Human rights. The research on Politics featured in it combines topics in other fields like Gender studies, Style (sociolinguistics) and Organization development.

The Authoritarianism works featured in Contemporary Politics incorporate elements from Legitimacy, Illusion of control, Internet use and Consolidation (business). Contemporary Politics deals with Populism in conjunction with Power (social and political) and similar fields in Rhetoric and Presidency. Topics in China were tackled in line with various other fields like Financialization, Capital (economics), Elite, Kleptocracy and Corruption.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The interplay of regional and domestic politics in Egypt: the case of Salafism (4 citations)
  • Authoritarian consolidation dynamics in Turkey (4 citations)
  • Learning mechanisms within an Islamist party: Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement between domestic and regional balances (3 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 Contemporary Politics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Richard de Zoysa (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Otto Newman (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jeffrey Haynes (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shaun Breslin (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dennis Altman (4 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 Contemporary Politics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • London South Bank University (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Warwick (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Australian National University (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sheffield (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Glasgow (10 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, 5.41% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.71% of all publications and 57.14% 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.

Career Opportunities in Political Studies

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Top Publications

  • The state in global capitalism before and after the Covid-19 crisis

    Unknown

    (2022)
    63 Citations
  • Spreading a Norm-based Policy? Sweden's Feminist Foreign Policy in International Media

    Malena Rosén Sundström;Ekatherina Zhukova;Ole Elgström

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Illiberal conservatism, civilisationalist ethnocentrism, and paternalist populism in Orbán's Hungary

    (2024)
    8 Citations
  • Contagious politics and COVID-19: does the infectious disease hit populist supporters harder?

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • What drives political support? Evidence from a survey experiment at the onset of the corona crisis

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Double trouble? Effects of social conflict and foreign investment on consultative authoritarianism in China

    Kaiping Zhang;Baogang He;Jinjin Wu

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Adjusting democracy indices to the age of mass migration: voting rights of denizens and expats

    David Altman

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Equally at risk? Perceived financial differences, risk assessment and containment measures in the COVID-19 pandemic

    Daniel Stockemer;Arne Niemann;Doris Unger;Friedrich Plank

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Does party identification still matter for political efficacy? A cross-national assessment, 1996–2016

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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