International Peacekeeping

Top Research Topics at International Peacekeeping?

International Peacekeeping is organized to address concerns in the fields of Peacekeeping, Public administration, Law, Political economy and Politics. It facilitates discussions on Peacekeeping that incorporate concepts from other fields like Economic growth, Mandate, Conflict resolution, Public relations and Criminology. International Peacekeeping explores topics in Public administration which can be helpful for research in disciplines like State (polity), Intervention (law), Government, Security council and International community.

The journal connects research in Law with the related topic of Law and economics. In addition to Political economy research, the journal aims to explore topics under Development economics, Democracy and Power (social and political).

• Peacekeeping (43.34%)
• Public administration (28.89%)
• Law (28.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The responsibility to protect? Imposing the ‘Liberal Peace’ (156 citations)
• Peacekeeping and critical theory (124 citations)
• Cultural issues in contemporary peacekeeping (91 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Peacekeeping:

The journal papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Peacekeeping, Law, Political economy, Public administration and Peacebuilding. The most cited publications tackle studies in Law and economics and the interrelated subject of Control (management) to gain insights into Law. The works on Political economy tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like State (polity), Politics, Democracy, Democratization and Development economics.

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

• Law
• World War II
• China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Peacekeeping, Public administration, Peacebuilding, Political economy and Law and economics. International Peacekeeping focuses on Peacekeeping research as part of the broader topic of Law. It explores issues in Public administration which can be linked to other research areas like Civil society, Mandate, Accountability, Militarization and Government.

It focuses on Peacebuilding but sometimes tackles the closely related disciplines such as

• Politics which is related to area like Economic history,
• Transitional justice, which have a strong connection to Field research and Economic growth.. Issues in Political economy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Liminality, Communism and Power (social and political). The studies in Law and economics featured incorporate elements of Information asymmetry, Reciprocity (evolution) and Hypocrisy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Ceasefire Success: A Conceptual Framework (4 citations)
• The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations’ Use of Private Military and Security Companies: From Norm Entrepreneurship to Organized Hypocrisy (2 citations)
• Ceasefires and State Order-Making in Naga Northeast India (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in International Peacekeeping (based on the number of publications) are:

• Oliver P. Richmond (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael Pugh (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Paul F. Diehl (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Roger Mac Ginty (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Bruno Charbonneau (7 papers) published 1 paper 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 International Peacekeeping (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Manchester (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Bradford (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• King's College London (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• Department of War Studies, King's College London (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (11 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 2021 edition, 4.55% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.43% of all publications and 45.24% 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.