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International Interactions
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International Interactions

0305-0629

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gini20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 135 20 23 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 26
Documents by Best Scientists*: 28
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 56
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.56
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Interactions?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Political economy, Politics, Development economics, Law and Foreign policy. Some problems in Political economy that were presented in International Interactions overlapped with concepts under State (polity), International relations, Power (social and political), Democracy and Spanish Civil War. Positive economics, International economics, International trade, Economy and Economic system are some topics wherein Politics research discussed in it have an impact.

The main emphasis of the journal is the subject of Foreign policy, focusing on Foreign policy analysis.

  • Political economy (23.95%)
  • Politics (20.78%)
  • Development economics (13.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Eugene: A conceptual manual (636 citations)
  • Reconstructing the correlates of war dataset on material capabilities of states, 1816–1985 (577 citations)
  • Alliance Treaty Obligations and Provisions, 1815-1944 (395 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Interactions:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Political economy, Politics, Democracy, Law and Development economics. Test (assessment), Coercion, State (polity), Power (social and political) and Spanish Civil War are some topics wherein Political economy research discussed in the most cited publications has an impact. The journal articles tackle studies in Sanctions and the interrelated subject of Actuarial science to gain insights into Politics.

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:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Political economy, Spanish Civil War, Criminology, Conflict management and Public administration. Political economy research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Affect (psychology), Civil Conflict, Civil–military relations, Democratization and State (polity). Concepts in Salient, as well as related topics in Politics, are covered in the State (polity) research presented in International Interactions.

Topics in Spanish Civil War explored in International Interactions were investigated in conjunction with research in Armed conflict, Islam, Sharia and Public authority. The Conflict management works featured in International Interactions incorporate elements from Mediation, International conflict and Peacekeeping. It explores issues in Public administration which can be linked to other research areas like Rhetoric, Social movement, Rhetorical question and Alliance.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • United Nations peace initiatives 1946-2015: introducing a new dataset (3 citations)
  • Commanding Support: Values and Interests in the Rhetoric of Alliance Politics (2 citations)
  • Conflict management trajectories: theory and evidence (2 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 International Interactions (based on the number of publications) are:

  • William Eckhardt (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jacek Kugler (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul F. Diehl (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Patrick James (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael D. Ward (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 International Interactions (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of North Texas (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of South Carolina (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (18 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, 2.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.51% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.02% of all publications and 48.94% 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

  • Lessons from an escalation prediction competition

    Unknown

    (2022)
    58 Citations
  • Politician hate speech and domestic terrorism

    James A. Piazza

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • United they stand: Findings from an escalation prediction competition

    (2022)
    47 Citations
  • The effects of economic sanctions on targeted countries’ stock markets

    Glen Biglaiser;David Lektzian

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • United Nations peace initiatives 1946-2015: introducing a new dataset

    Govinda Clayton;Han Dorussen;Tobias Böhmelt

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Should I stay or should I go? The decision to flee or stay home during civil war

    Alex Braithwaite;Joseph M. Cox;Faten Ghosn

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Making trains from boxcars: studying conflict and conflict management interdependencies

    Andrew P. Owsiak;J. Michael Greig;Paul F. Diehl

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Race to the bottom: Spatial aggregation and event data

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Employing local peacekeeping data to forecast changes in violence

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Peaceful dyads: A territorial perspective

    Andrew P. Owsiak;John A. Vasquez

    (2021)
    7 Citations

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