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Global Policy
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Global Policy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 24 4 8 6
Political Science 45 38 45 16
Economics and Finance 389 10 13 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 72
Documents by Best Scientists*: 82
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 52
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.631
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Global Policy?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Politics, Political economy, Corporate governance, Economic growth and Public administration. State (polity) and Public relations are some topics wherein Politics research discussed in the journal have an impact. The journal investigates Political economy research which frequently intersects with Democracy.

Corporate governance works presented in it have a specific focus on Global governance.

  • Politics (16.28%)
  • Political economy (14.63%)
  • Corporate governance (12.40%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority (186 citations)
  • Soil Security: Solving the Global Soil Crisis (163 citations)
  • International Climate Policy after Copenhagen: Towards a ‘Building Blocks’ Approach (151 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Global Policy:

The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Corporate governance, Politics, Economic growth, Global governance and Economic system. The journal papers explore issues in Economic growth which can be linked to other research areas like Production (economics), Development economics, Sustainability and Financial system. The featured Global governance research encompasses issues not only in the field but also those in the adjacent area of disciplines such as

  • Public administration which intersects with area such as Public relations and Civil society,
  • International relations which is related to area like Climate governance..

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

  • Law
  • China
  • Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Political economy, Corporate governance, China, International trade and Politics. The research on Political economy featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Autonomy and Power politics. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Corporate governance, it also covered topics in Climate engineering, State (polity), Power (social and political), Negotiation and Economic system.

The presented research on China deals specifically with Global governance but it also addresses topics in Perspective (graphical) and Public administration. It focuses on International trade but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Multilateralism, Competition (economics) and General partnership. The journal tackles research works in Politics as well as Context (language use).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Code of Conduct for Responsible Geoengineering Research (8 citations)
  • The Selective Closure of Civic Space (5 citations)
  • Safety First: Expanding the Global Financial Safety Net in Response to COVID‐19 (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 Global Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Helmut K. Anheier (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • David Held (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Matthew Bolton (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Jean-Marc Coicaud (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andreas Klasen (7 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 Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • London School of Economics and Political Science (68 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (30 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Durham University (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hertie School of Governance (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Columbia University (20 papers) published 5 papers 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, 8.80% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.93% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.16% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.79% of all publications and 49.12% 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 International Authority Database

    Michael Zürn;Alexandros Tokhi;Martin Binder

    (2021)
    112 Citations
  • Emerging Consensus on ‘Ethical AI’: Human Rights Critique of Stakeholder Guidelines

    Sakiko Fukuda-Parr;Elizabeth Gibbons

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • WTO Reform: Back to the Past to Build for the Future

    Bernard Hoekman;Petros C. Mavroidis

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • The Adjustment of International Institutions to Global Power Shifts: A Framework for Analysis

    Andreas Kruck;Bernhard Zangl

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • All the Tea in China: Solving the ‘China Problem’ at the WTO

    Petros C. Mavroidis;André Sapir

    (2021)
    42 Citations

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