Interest Groups and Advocacy

Top Research Topics at Interest groups & Advocacy?

Interest groups & Advocacy covers a variety of subjects, including Political communication, Public policy, Social movement, Politics and International relations. Some problems in Political communication that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Government, Social science, Political economy and Public relations. Interest groups & Advocacy connects research in Government with the related topic of Revolving door.

While the journal focused on Public relations, it was also able to explore topics like News media and Accountability. Public policy is the main point of discussion in Interest groups & Advocacy but it also connects with fields such as

• Public administration, which have a strong connection to State (polity),
• Legislature, which have a strong connection to Parliament.. It focuses on Social movement but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Positive economics and Framing (social sciences).

In the journal, Argument, Public interest, Public economics and Commission are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Politics research. The study on International relations presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Representation (systemics). Political system, Transparency (behavior) and Legislation are among the concentrations of Law that garnered much attention in the journal.

• Political communication (93.06%)
• Public policy (88.89%)
• Social movement (33.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Lobbying influence: Meaning, measurement and missing (87 citations)
• Defining and classifying interest groups (70 citations)
• Why interest organizations do what they do: assessing the explanatory potential of ‘exchange’ approaches (68 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Interest groups & Advocacy:

Public policy, Political communication, Social science, Social movement and International relations are the main subjects of interest in the journal articles. The Public policy studies which were featured in the published articles aim to expound on the research in Law. The published papers focus on Political communication but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Comparative research and Representation (arts).

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

• Law
• Politics
• Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Political communication, Public policy, Political economy, Politics and Interest group. Interest groups & Advocacy aims to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as Political communication and Group (mathematics). While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Public policy, it also covered topics in Context (language use), Media studies, Public relations, Public administration and Scholarship.

Topics in Political economy explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Corporatism, Democratic governance, Legislature, Racial politics and Power (social and political). Interest groups & Advocacy explores issues in Politics which can be linked to other research areas like Quality (business) and Rhetoric. While Interest group is the focus of Interest groups & Advocacy, it also provided insights into the studies of Test (assessment) and Representation (systemics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Less complex language, more participation: how consultation documents shape participatory patterns (2 citations)
• Partisan polarization and corporate lobbying: information, demand, and conflict (2 citations)
• Resources and agendas: combining Walker’s insights with new data sources to chart a path ahead (1 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Interest groups & Advocacy (based on the number of publications) are:

• David Lowery (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jan Beyers (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Timothy M. LaPira (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Thomas T. Holyoke (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Marcel Hanegraaff (6 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Interest groups & Advocacy (based on the number of publications) are:

• Pennsylvania State University (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Antwerp (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Amsterdam (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Aarhus University (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Leiden University (6 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, 14.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.83% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 29.17% of all publications and 37.50% 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.

Further Study Paths and Career Opportunities in Advocacy and Interest Groups Research

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