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International Regional Science Review
H-index 8

International Regional Science Review

0160-0176

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/irx

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 386 10 16 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 21
Documents by Best Scientists*: 29
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.657
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Regional Science Review?

International Regional Science Review is organized to address concerns in the fields of Econometrics, Economic growth, Economic geography, Regional science and Economic system. Studies on Econometrics discussed in the journal link to the field of Statistics. International Regional Science Review focuses on Economic growth but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Rural area and Development economics.

Many of the studies tackled connect Rural area with a similar field of study like Rural economics.

  • Econometrics (17.46%)
  • Economic growth (14.63%)
  • Economic geography (12.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Geography and Economic Development (1525 citations)
  • Urban Sprawl: Diagnosis and Remedies: (813 citations)
  • Strategic Interaction Among Governments: An Overview of Empirical Studies: (800 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Regional Science Review:

The most cited papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Econometrics, Economic geography, Economic growth, Spatial econometrics and Development economics. The most cited publications about Econometric model research are fields of study within Econometrics but they also intertwine with concepts in Estimation. The works on Economic geography tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Economies of agglomeration, Developing country, International trade and Economy.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Economic geography, Resilience (network), Regional science, Entrepreneurship and Spatial structure are the focal point of discussions in International Regional Science Review. Urban agglomeration research are fields of study within Economic geography but they also intertwine with concepts in Term (time). Topics in Resilience (network) were tackled in line with various other fields like Development economics, Face (sociological concept) and Environmental resource management.

The research on Development economics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Spatial econometrics and Urbanization. It focuses on Entrepreneurship but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Economic growth which is concerned with Broadband, Rural area and Feature (computer vision). The Spatial analysis study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Econometrics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Geographically Weighted Regression Analysis for Spatial Economics Data: A Bayesian Recourse: (6 citations)
  • Endogenous Growth in a Spatial Economy: The Impact of Globalization on Innovations and Convergence: (3 citations)
  • What Do We Know about the University Contribution to Regional Economic Development? A Conceptual Framework: (3 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 Regional Science Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Nijkamp (19 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Luc Anselin (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan Murray (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sergio J. Rey (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrew M. Isserman (10 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 Regional Science Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • West Virginia University (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arizona State University (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ohio State University (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (18 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, 11.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 70.00% 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.

Career Opportunities and Further Studies

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Top Publications

  • Gravitational Analysis in Regional Science and Spatial Economics: A Vector Gradient Approach to Trade:

    Peter Nijkamp;Peter Nijkamp;Waldemar Ratajczak

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • A Structural Equation Model for Place-based City Love: An Application to Swedish Cities

    Karima Kourtit;Bart Neuts;Peter Nijkamp;Marie H. Wahlström

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Interregional Competition for Mobile Creative Capital with and Without Physical Capital Mobility

    Amitrajeet A. Batabyal;Peter Nijkamp;Peter Nijkamp

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Housing Price and Population Growth across China: The Role of Housing Supply:

    Hongbo Wang;Dan S. Rickman

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • The Illusion of Urbanization: Impact of Administrative Reform on Communities' Resilience

    Alina Botezat;Mihaela David;Cristian Incaltarau;Peter Nijkamp;Peter Nijkamp

    (2021)
    8 Citations

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