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Global Environmental Politics
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Global Environmental Politics

1526-3800

Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press

https://direct.mit.edu/glep

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 106 20 30 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 35
Documents by Best Scientists*: 50
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 76
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.94
Impact Factor: 4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Global Environmental Politics?

The concepts of Politics, Political economy, Corporate governance, Environmental resource management and Climate change are tackled in Global Environmental Politics. Topics in Politics were tackled in line with various other fields like Environmental ethics, Development economics and Public administration. The concepts on Political economy presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Environmental politics and Negotiation.

While Corporate governance is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Economic system and Public relations. The journal investigates Environmental resource management research which frequently intersects with Natural resource economics. Climate change works presented in Global Environmental Politics have a specific focus on Political economy of climate change.

  • Politics (22.56%)
  • Political economy (18.90%)
  • Corporate governance (14.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Fragmentation of Global Governance Architectures: a Framework for Analysis (563 citations)
  • Civic Science for Sustainability: Reframing the Role of Experts, Policy-Makers and Citizens in Environmental Governance (467 citations)
  • Transnational Climate Governance (405 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Global Environmental Politics:

The most cited articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Corporate governance, Politics, Political economy, Environmental governance and Environmental resource management. The works on Corporate governance tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Environmental politics, Economic system and Public relations. While Political economy is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Law, Negotiation, Ratification and Environmentalism.

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

  • Law
  • China
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Global Environmental Politics investigates areas of study like Public administration, Climate change, Environmental politics, Corporate governance and Political economy. The work on Public administration tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Pangolin and Knowledge creation. The study of Climate change encompasses disciplines such as Action (philosophy), as well as fields such as Economic history, Polycentricity and Development economics, all of which overlap with one another.

In addition to Environmental politics research, the journal aims to explore topics under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Analogy, Positive economics and Invasive species. While work presented in Global Environmental Politics provided substantial information on Corporate governance, it also covered topics in Architecture, Autonomy, Cornerstone, Intermediary and Commission. Political economy research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Partisan politics, Pledge, Global climate, International community and Populism.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Future-Proofing Capitalism: The Paradox of the Circular Economy for Plastics (7 citations)
  • Intergovernmental Expert Consensus in the Making: The Case of the Summary for Policy Makers of the IPCC 2014 Synthesis Report (7 citations)
  • Policy Characteristics, Electoral Cycles, and the Partisan Politics of Climate Change (4 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 Global Environmental Politics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • J. Samuel Barkin (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Paul Wapner (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Lars H. Gulbrandsen (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jørgen Wettestad (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jennifer Clapp (9 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 Global Environmental Politics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • American University (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of British Columbia (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 58.54% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.76% of all publications and 58.82% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Prisoners of the Wrong Dilemma: Why Distributive Conflict, Not Collective Action, Characterizes the Politics of Climate Change

    Michaël Aklin;Matto Mildenberger

    (2020)
    158 Citations
  • Precision Technologies for Agriculture: Digital Farming, Gene-Edited Crops, and the Politics of Sustainability

    Jennifer Clapp;Sarah-Louise Ruder

    (2020)
    138 Citations
  • Catalytic Cooperation

    (2020)
    116 Citations
  • What We Know (and Could Know) About International Environmental Agreements

    Ronald B. Mitchell;Liliana B. Andonova;Mark Axelrod;Jörg Balsiger

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Pathways to an International Agreement to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground

    (2022)
    64 Citations
  • Climate Governance Antagonisms: Policy Stability and Repoliticization

    (2022)
    41 Citations
  • Brokering Climate Action: The UNFCCC Secretariat Between Parties and Nonparty Stakeholders

    Barbara Saerbeck;Mareike Well;Helge Jörgens;Alexandra Goritz

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • The practical fit of concepts: ecosystem services and the value of nature

    Hayley Stevenson;Graeme Auld;Jen Iris Allan;Lorraine Elliott

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • The Elusive Governance of Climate Change: Nationally Determined Contributions as Commitments and Negotiating Positions

    Justin Leinaweaver;Robert Thomson

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Accelerating Climate Action: The Politics of Nonstate Actor Engagement in the Paris Regime

    (2022)
    10 Citations

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