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European Sociological Review
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European Sociological Review

0266-7215

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/esr

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 281 29 44 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 51
Documents by Best Scientists*: 64
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 115
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.515
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at European Sociological Review?

The objective of European Sociological Review is to combine knowledge in the areas of Demographic economics, Social psychology, Labour economics, Economic growth and Immigration. The Demographic economics works featured in European Sociological Review incorporate elements from Development economics, Social mobility and Educational attainment. The research on Social psychology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Ethnic group and Social class.

Labour economics research featured in European Sociological Review incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Earnings and Unemployment.

  • Demographic economics (22.03%)
  • Social psychology (17.30%)
  • Labour economics (15.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Logistic Regression: Why We Cannot Do What We Think We Can Do, and What We Can Do About It (1724 citations)
  • Predicting Cross-National Levels of Social Trust: Global Pattern or Nordic Exceptionalism? (784 citations)
  • Worlds of Welfare and Attitudes to Redistribution: A Comparison of Eight Western Nations (642 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at European Sociological Review:

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Demographic economics, Social psychology, Labour economics, Economic growth and Development economics. The most cited publications address concerns in the field of Demographic economics by exploring it in line with topics in Social inequality which intersect with Economic inequality subjects. The journal publications address concerns in Labour economics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Division of labour and Unemployment.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Demographic economics, Social psychology, Immigration, Ethnic group and Social mobility are the subjects of interest in European Sociological Review. Demographic economics research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Earnings, Higher education and Unemployment. It aims to bridge the gap between the study of Unemployment and Economic uncertainty.

The study on Social psychology featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Affect (psychology) in particular. European Sociological Review explores research in Immigration and the adjacent study of Citizenship. It holds forums on Ethnic group that merges themes from other disciplines such as Criminology and Composition (language).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Understanding Society at 10 Years (6 citations)
  • Positional, Mobility, and Reference Effects: How Does Social Class Affect Life Satisfaction in Europe? (4 citations)
  • Immigrants’ First Names and Perceived Discrimination: A Contribution to Understanding the Integration Paradox (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 European Sociological Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Matthijs Kalmijn (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Richard Breen (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • John H. Goldthorpe (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Nan Dirk de Graaf (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Erzsébet Bukodi (13 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than 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 European Sociological Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Oxford (53 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Stockholm University (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Utrecht University (45 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Amsterdam (39 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (32 papers) published 1 paper 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, 6.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 42.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.70% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.74% of all publications and 27.17% 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

  • Spreading Uncertainty, Shrinking Birth Rates: A Natural Experiment for Italy

    Chiara L Comolli;Daniele Vignoli

    (2021)
    163 Citations
  • Temporary employment and family formation: An income or insecurity effect?

    D.C. van Wijk;H.A.G. de Valk;A.C. Liefbroer

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Environmental Inequality in Four European Cities: A Study Combining Household Survey and Geo-Referenced Data

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Three Worlds of Vocational Education: Specialized and General Craftsmanship in France, Germany, and The Netherlands

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Genetic Influences on Educational Achievement in Cross-National Perspective

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Long-Term Trends in Adult Socio-Economic Resemblance between Former Schoolmates and Neighbouring Children

    Are Skeie Hermansen;Nicolai Topstad Borgen;Arne Mastekaasa

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Age Discrimination in Hiring Decisions: A Factorial Survey among Managers in Nine European Countries

    Jelle Lössbroek;Bram Lancee;Tanja van der Lippe;Joop Schippers

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • From Social Assistance to Self-Sufficiency: Low Income Work as a Stepping Stone

    Sanne Boschman;Ineke Maas;Ineke Maas;J Cok Vrooman;Marcus H Kristiansen

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Resource compensation or multiplication? The interplay between cognitive ability and social origin in explaining educational attainment

    Kim Stienstra;Ineke Maas;Ineke Maas;Antonie Knigge;Wiebke Schulz

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Understanding Society at 10 Years

    Lucinda Platt;Lucinda Platt;Gundi Knies;Renee Luthra;Alita Nandi

    (2021)
    21 Citations

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