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Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide
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Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdac20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 277 4 7 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 11
Documents by Best Scientists*: 15
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 19
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.415
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict?

Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict primarily focuses on research topics in Terrorism, Law, Political economy, Criminology and Social psychology. Radicalization is a focus of the Terrorism works in the journal. Studies on Law discussed in it link to the field of Media studies.

The studies in Political economy featured incorporate elements of State (polity), Alliance, Government, Social movement and Democracy. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict holds forums on Criminology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Psychological intervention and Violent extremism. The Social psychology works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Context (language use), Narrative, Conflict resolution, Public relations and Power (social and political).

Asymmetric warfare research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Spanish Civil War. The research on Political violence discussed in Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict draws on the closely related field of Insurgency. Research on Ideology addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Social science.

  • Terrorism (37.34%)
  • Law (28.76%)
  • Political economy (24.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The language of violence: distinguishing terrorist from nonterrorist groups by thematic content analysis (37 citations)
  • Using computer analyses to identify language style and aggressive intent: The secret life of function words (34 citations)
  • Rehabilitation of Islamist terrorists: lessons from criminology (32 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict:

The journal articles investigate studies in Terrorism, Social psychology, Criminology, Radicalization and Political violence. The most cited papers cover Terrorism research under the subject of Law. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Criminology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Humiliation, Triumphalism, Diaspora, Ideology and Redress.

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:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Criminology, Terrorism, Political economy, Right wing extremism and State (polity). Spanish Civil War, Diversity (politics), Ideology and Right wing are some topics wherein Criminology research discussed in it have an impact. The journal focuses on Ideology but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Radicalization which is concerned with Media studies.

While Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict focused on Terrorism, it was also able to explore topics like Financial market, Financial services, Finance, Psychological resilience and Mental health. Some problems in Political economy that were presented in Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict overlapped with concepts under War on terror and Hybrid warfare. While State (polity) is the key highlight in the journal, it also covered some subjects on Government and Ethnic conflict, Ethnic group and Human rights.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Zip-tie guys: military-grade radicalization among Capitol Hill insurrectionists (1 citations)
  • Delegating repression?: Pro-government militias and domestic terrorism (1 citations)
  • Hunting for Gray Rhinos and terrorism in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia (0 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 Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Victor Asal (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Clark McCauley (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Ifat Maoz (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Steven M. Chermak (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Emmanuel Karagiannis (5 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 Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bryn Mawr College (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University at Albany, SUNY (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Georgia State University (8 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous 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, 13.64% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.53% of all publications and 36.84% 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

  • Fake news: the effects of social media disinformation on domestic terrorism

    James A. Piazza

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • When women fight: unemployment, territorial control and the prevalence of female combatants in insurgent organizations

    Victor Asal;Amira Jadoon

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Assessing intervention outcomes targeting radicalised offenders: Testing the pro integration model of extremist disengagement as an evaluation tool

    Adrian Cherney;Emma Belton

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Lowest of the low: why some countries suffer terrorist attacks against schools

    Susan Fahey;Victor Asal

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Does repression work?: Measuring repression’s effect on protest using an instrumental variable model

    Victor Asal;Joseph M. Brown

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • The paradox of violent leaders and organizational structures

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Intergroup images mediate the relationships between government abuse, sociopolitical orientations, and political action

    Erin M. Kearns;Christopher Federico;Victor Asal;James Igoe Walsh

    (2021)
    0 Citations

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