Europe-Asia Studies

Top Research Topics at Europe-Asia Studies?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Political economy, Politics, Economic history, Law and Economic system. The research on Political economy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Economic growth, Elite, Ideology, Development economics and Democracy. The studies in Politics featured incorporate elements of Power (social and political), Economy, State (polity) and Public administration.

The Economic history study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Soviet union.

• Political economy (21.63%)
• Politics (18.79%)
• Economic history (12.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Economic Transformation Outside the Law: Corruption, Trust in Public Institutions and the Informal Economy in Transition Countries of Central and Eastern Europe (167 citations)
• Soviet Neotraditionalism: The political corruption of a Leninist regime (147 citations)
• Capture or Exchange? Business Lobbying in Russia (147 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Europe-Asia Studies:

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Political economy, Politics, Economic system, Law and Economy. The journal papers explore issues in Political economy which can be linked to other research areas like Elite, Authoritarianism, Democracy, Communism and Development economics. Aside from discussions in Politics, the most cited papers also deal with the subject of State (polity) which intersects with Economic growth disciplines.

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 primary areas of discussion in the journal are Political economy, Politics, Economic history, State (polity) and Authoritarianism. The journal explores issues in Political economy which can be linked to other research areas like Globalization, Democracy, Power (social and political) and Foreign policy. Topics in Politics explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Identity (social science), Order (business) and Economy.

Europe-Asia Studies explores research in Economic history and the adjacent study of China. It focuses on Authoritarianism as well as the interrelated topic of Corporate governance.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Have They Already Emerged? Mapping the Population of National Interest Organisations in Post-Communist Poland (2 citations)
• Conditionality and Coercion. Electoral Clientelism in Eastern Europe: Isabela Mares & Lauren E. Young, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, xv + 321pp., £25.00 p/b. (2 citations)
• Measuring National Power: Is Putin’s Russia in Decline? (2 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Europe-Asia Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• Steven J. Main (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rudolf Schlesinger (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alec Nove (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Stephen White (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael Ellman (21 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Europe-Asia Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Glasgow (161 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Birmingham (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
• National Research University – Higher School of Economics (45 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Oxford (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
• London School of Economics and Political Science (36 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, 94.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 75.00% 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 25.00% 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.

Career Opportunities for Europe-Asia Studies Researchers

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