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Global Society
H-index 6

Global Society

1360-0826

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cgsj20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 190 6 7 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 11
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 43
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.808
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Global Society?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Law, Political economy, Politics, Social science and Global citizenship. Most of the Law studies addressed also intersect with Law and economics. Topics in Political economy explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Civil society, Corporate governance, Global governance, Globalization and Democracy.

Global Society facilitates discussions on Politics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Context (language use) and Gender studies. Issues in Social science were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Epistemology, Environmental ethics and International relations.

  • Law (37.43%)
  • Political economy (30.00%)
  • Politics (24.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Soft Power, Sports Mega-Events and Emerging States: The Lure of the Politics of Attraction (107 citations)
  • Justice as Peace? Liberal Peacebuilding and Strategies of Transitional Justice (102 citations)
  • A New Politics of Confrontation? Brazil and India in Multilateral Trade Negotiations∗ (84 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Global Society:

The published articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Political economy, Politics, Social science, Law and Global citizenship. The most cited papers focus on Political economy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Corporate governance, State (polity), Foreign policy, Think tanks and Democracy. Law research in the published papers connects with the study of Law and economics.

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 Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Oliver P. Richmond (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen Chan (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Chandler (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christien van den Anker (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nicholas Kiersey (4 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 Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Kent (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Manchester (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Sheffield (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bradford (4 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 2022 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Covid-19: A Human Security Analysis

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • The Black Horizon: Alterity and Ontology in the Anthropocene

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • The Western International Peace Architecture and the Emergence of the Eastphalian Peace

    Yuji Uesugi;Oliver P. Richmond

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • “A Catharsis for Anxieties”: Insights from Goffman on the Politics of Humour

    Brent J. Steele

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • The Social Life of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: A Digital Social Network Analysis

    Caitlin Hamilton;Jordan McSwiney;Nyibeny Gum Naam;Laura J. Shepherd

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Introduction: The Return of Pacifism to IR

    Richard Jackson;Griffin Leonard;Aidan Gnoth;Joseph Llewellyn

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Reconstructing the International Peace Architecture in the Asian Century

    Yuji Uesugi;Oliver P. Richmond

    (2021)
    3 Citations

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