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European Urban and Regional Studies
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European Urban and Regional Studies

0969-7764

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/eur

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 984 10 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 23
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 79
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.045
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at European Urban and Regional Studies?

The topics of Economy, Politics, Economic geography, Economic growth and Political economy are the focal point of discussions in European Urban and Regional Studies. Context (language use), Corporate governance, Regional science and Urban planning are some topics wherein Economy research discussed in it have an impact. European Urban and Regional Studies focused on Corporate governance research but expanded to cover Public administration.

It focuses on Politics as well as the interrelated topic of State (polity). The studies on Economic geography discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Metropolitan area and Economic system.

  • Economy (27.36%)
  • Politics (14.66%)
  • Economic geography (14.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Resurgence of Regional Economies, Ten Years Later The Region as a Nexus of Untraded Interdependencies (1376 citations)
  • The Competitiveness of Firms and Regions: ‘Ubiquitification’ and the Importance of Localized Learning (442 citations)
  • Cross-Border Regions in Europe Significance and Drivers of Regional Cross-Border Co-Operation (328 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at European Urban and Regional Studies:

The journal publications investigate studies in Economy, Economic geography, Politics, Economic system and Economic growth. Urban planning, Corporate governance, Process (engineering) and Scale (social sciences) are some topics wherein Economy research discussed in the journal articles has an impact. The most cited publications with studies in Politics featured incorporate elements of Political economy, State (polity) and Public administration.

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:

European Urban and Regional Studies investigates studies in Political economy, Brexit, Economic geography, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Political economy research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Urban studies, Scholarship, Post-neoliberalism, Austerity and Precarity. European Urban and Regional Studies addresses concerns in Brexit which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Cohesion (linguistics), Politics, Soft power and International economics.

The studies in Economic geography featured incorporate elements of Sovereignty and Restructuring. European Urban and Regional Studies addresses concerns in the field of Refugee by exploring it in line with topics in Urban planning which intersect with Economy subjects. It facilitates the exploration of Economy in relation to the field of Regional studies.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Articulating urban change in Southern Europe: Gentrification, touristification and financialisation in Mouraria, Lisbon: (9 citations)
  • The many roles of change agency in the game of green path development in the North (8 citations)
  • Studentification in Germany: How investors generate profits from student tenants in Goettingen and the impacts on urban segregation: (5 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 Urban and Regional Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ray Hudson (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Adrian Smith (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Allan M. Williams (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Costis Hadjimichalis (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Petr Pavlínek (7 papers) published 1 paper 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 Urban and Regional Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Durham University (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Sussex (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Cardiff University (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Manchester (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Sheffield (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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, 4.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.89% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.15% of all publications and 44.68% 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

  • Rethinking regional economic resilience: Preconditions and processes shaping transformative resilience

    (2023)
    39 Citations
  • Temporality of agency in regional development

    Markus Grillitsch;Bjørn Asheim;Hjalti Nielsen

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Anticipating demand shocks: Patient capital and the supply of housing

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Leave or remain? The post-Brexit (im)mobility intentions of Bulgarians in the United Kingdom:

    Eugenia Markova;Russell King

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Transformative potential from the ground up: sustainable innovation journeys, soft change and alignment of interests in urban food initiatives

    Damian Maye;Paul Swagemakers;Johannes S.C. Wiskerke;Heidrun Moschitz

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • The work that place does: The London Landed Estates and a curatorial approach to estate management:

    Patrícia Canelas;Mike Raco

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Energy poverty in the Energy Community region: Interrogating policy formulation and coverage

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Hierarchical tendencies, functional specializations, and (in)stability across European banking centers

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Unlocking inclusive growth by linking micro assets to anchor institutions: the case of skilled overseas migrants and refugees and hospital jobs

    Anne Green;Conrad Parke;Charlotte Hoole;Deniz Sevinc

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Emerging financialization in Brussels: Institutional investment in niche rental housing markets

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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