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International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
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International Relations of the Asia-Pacific

1470-482X

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/irap

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 333 5 4 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 8
Documents by Best Scientists*: 6
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 37
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.664
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Relations of the Asia-Pacific?

The discussions in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific mainly cover the fields of Political economy, China, Law, International relations and Politics. In addition to Political economy research, the journal aims to explore topics under Alliance, Foreign policy, Power (social and political), Hegemony and Democracy. East Asia is a key component of China research discussed in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific.

International relations and Social science are closely related fields of research discussed in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific.

  • Political economy (35.73%)
  • China (21.56%)
  • Law (12.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Why is there no non-Western international relations theory? An introduction (174 citations)
  • Japan's emerging role as a ‘global ordinary power’ (116 citations)
  • Why is there no Chinese international relations theory (101 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Relations of the Asia-Pacific:

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Political economy, China, International relations theory, Law and International relations. The most cited papers address concerns in Political economy which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Prosperity, Social constructionism and Alliance. Issues in China were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like General partnership and Foreign policy.

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:

International Relations of the Asia-Pacific was organized to reinforce research efforts on Political economy, China, International relations, Politics and Corporate governance. The work on Political economy tackled in it brings together disciplines like Nuclear strategy and Foreign policy, Middle power. Foreign policy research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Modernization theory, Central government and Grand strategy.

It focuses on China but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Human rights and State-building. The research on International relations tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Diplomacy, Framing (social sciences) and East Asia. The journal facilitates discussions on Politics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Diaspora, Power (social and political) and Alliance.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Beyond the hinterland: exploring the international actorness of China’s Yunnan Province (6 citations)
  • China, Japan, and the Governance of Space: prospects for competition and cooperation (2 citations)
  • Hedging and grand strategy in Southeast Asian foreign policy (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.

The top authors publishing in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Amitav Acharya (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Takashi Inoguchi (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Barry Buzan (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hiro Katsumata (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Thomas S. Wilkins (4 papers) published 2 papers 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 Relations of the Asia-Pacific (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (28 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • National University of Singapore (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Waseda University (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Kobe University (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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, 5.41% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.71% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.43% of all publications and 48.57% 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.

Becoming a Contributor

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Top Publications

  • Chinese views of the United States: evidence from Weibo

    Yichen Guan;Dustin Tingley;David Romney;Amaney Jamal

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Revisiting negative externalities of US military bases: the case of Okinawa

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Ubiquitous but heterogeneous: International organizations’ influence on public opinion in China, Brazil, Japan, and Sweden

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • The delegation of discretionary power in international agreements: New comparative evidence from the association of Southeast Asian Nations

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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