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European Political Science Review
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European Political Science Review

1755-7739

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-political-science-review

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 71 43 41 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 45
Documents by Best Scientists*: 41
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 54
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.661
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at European Political Science Review?

European Political Science Review explores disciplines such as Politics, Political economy, Democracy, Public administration and Economic system. In the journal, Government, Context (language use) and Public relations are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Politics research. While the journal focused on Political economy, it was also able to explore topics like Ideology, State (polity), Legislature, Development economics and Power (social and political).

Research in Democracy discussed is concerned with the study of Law as a whole. The concepts on Public administration presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Deliberation and Accountability. The work on Deliberation addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Deliberative democracy.

  • Politics (48.01%)
  • Political economy (36.70%)
  • Democracy (23.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Taking ideas and discourse seriously: explaining change through discursive institutionalism as the fourth ‘new institutionalism’ (775 citations)
  • Legitimacy in the multilevel European polity (239 citations)
  • Change and continuity: an institutional approach to institutions of democratic government (170 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at European Political Science Review:

The published articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Politics, Political economy, Democracy, Economic system and Public relations. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Politics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Social science, Social psychology and Positive economics. The journal papers explore topics in Democracy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Voting, National identity and Public administration.

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

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Democracy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Political economy, Politics, Democracy, Government and Representation (politics). Issues in Political economy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Elite, State (polity), Parliament, Public opinion and Populism. In particular, the Politics works presented emphasize discussions on Voting.

The studies in Democracy featured incorporate elements of Development economics, Position (finance), World Values Survey, European Social Survey and Environmental economics. The study of Government encompasses disciplines such as Eastern european, as well as fields such as Public administration, all of which overlap with one another. In addition to Representation (politics) research, it aims to explore topics under Argument and Legislature.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A tough trade-off? The asymmetrical impact of populist radical right inclusion on satisfaction with democracy and government (2 citations)
  • Individual- and party-level determinants of far-right support among women in Western Europe (2 citations)
  • Claiming the right to rule: regime legitimation strategies from 1900 to 2019 (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.

The top authors publishing in European Political Science Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Nicole Bolleyer (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Barbara Vis (3 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Christian Elmelund-Præstekær (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Baggesen Klitgaard (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Soetkin Verhaegen (3 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 European Political Science Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Gothenburg (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Zurich (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oslo (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bern (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Oxford (8 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, 29.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.36% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.73% of all publications and 31.82% 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

  • The populist citizen: Empirical evidence from Europe and Latin America

    Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser;Steven M. Van Hauwaert

    (2020)
    134 Citations
  • Ideological extremism, perceived party system polarization, and support for democracy

    Unknown

    (2022)
    67 Citations
  • Claiming the right to rule: regime legitimation strategies from 1900 to 2019

    Marcus Tannenberg;Michael Bernhard;Johannes Gerschewski;Anna Lührmann

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • National identity between democracy and autocracy: a comparative analysis of 24 countries

    Julian Erhardt;Steffen Wamsler;Markus Freitag

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • The attitudinal gender gap across generations: support for redistribution and government spending in contexts of high and low welfare provision

    Rosalind Shorrocks;Maria T. Grasso

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Partisanship, elite messages, and support for populism in power

    S. Erdem Aytaç;Ali Çarkoğlu;Ezgi Elçi

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Three strategies to track configurations over time with Qualitative Comparative Analysis

    Stefan Verweij;Barbara Vis

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Presidential power effects on government and ministerial durability: evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

    Elena Semenova;Keith Dowding

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Elite Cueing and Attitudes Towards Trade Agreements: The Case of TTIP

    Andreas Dür;Bernd Schlipphak

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Affective polarization in Europe

    (2024)
    16 Citations

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