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Critical Inquiry
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Critical Inquiry

0093-1896

Published by: The University of Chicago Press

https://criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1217 10 14 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 20
Documents by Best Scientists*: 24
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 84
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.453
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Critical Inquiry?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Art history, Literature, Aesthetics, Epistemology and Politics. Literature research is the primary subject tackled in it with a focus on Poetry. It focuses on Epistemology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Criticism and Interpretation (philosophy).

  • Art history (18.27%)
  • Literature (13.75%)
  • Aesthetics (12.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Subject and Power (3396 citations)
  • The Narrative Construction of Reality (3026 citations)
  • Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern (2445 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Critical Inquiry:

The published papers aim to foster the development of research in Aesthetics, Literature, Art history, Epistemology and Politics. Nothing, Narrative, Representation (arts) and Value (ethics) are some topics wherein Aesthetics research discussed in the most cited publications has an impact. The most cited papers deal with Epistemology in conjunction with Criticism and similar fields in Literary criticism and Gender studies.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Epistemology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Art history, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Pandemic. Art history research is concerned with Movie theater in particular. Aside from research in 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, the journal also discusses topics such as Politics, Health care, Feeling, Government and Collapse (medical).

Some problems in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Law, Social distance and Capitalism. It holds forums on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that merges themes from other disciplines such as Environmental ethics, Biopower and Virology. Critical Inquiry addresses concerns in the field of Pandemic by exploring it in line with topics in Coronavirus which intersect with Plague (disease) subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Universal Right to Breathe (13 citations)
  • Is This a Dress Rehearsal (9 citations)
  • Biopolitics in the Time of Coronavirus (7 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 Critical Inquiry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • William J. Mitchell (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stanley Fish (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Fried (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wayne C. Booth (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Slavoj Žižek (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Critical Inquiry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Columbia University (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Chicago (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Princeton University (1 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, 98.17% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Is This a Dress Rehearsal

    Bruno Latour

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Ground-Zero Empiricism

    Lorraine Daston

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Is Barbarism with a Human Face Our Fate

    Slavoj Žižek

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Christianity and Secularization

    Jacques Derrida;David Newheiser

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • The Apocalypse of a Wired Brain

    Slavoj Žižek

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Don Quixote and the Public

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • How to Remain Human in the Wrong Space? A Comment on a Dialogue by Carl Schmitt

    Bruno Latour

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • :<i>Memory Art in the Contemporary World: Confronting Violence in the Global South</i>

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Front Matter

    (2020)
    0 Citations
  • :<i>The Privilege of Play: A History of Hobby Games, Race, and Geek Culture</i>

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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