International Security

Top Research Topics at International Security?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Political economy, Law, Politics, Development economics and Power (social and political). Topics in Political economy were tackled in line with various other fields like State (polity), International relations, Foreign policy, China and Nuclear weapon. The main emphasis of it is the subject of Foreign policy, focusing on Foreign policy analysis.

International Security focuses on China research which is adjacent to topics in Economy. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Law, apply to Law and economics as well.

• Political economy (33.11%)
• Law (20.71%)
• Politics (12.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The False Promise of International Institutions (1653 citations)
• Back to the Future: Instability in Europe After the Cold War (1296 citations)
• Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict: Evidence from Cases (1111 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Security:

The journal papers facilitate discussions on Political economy, Law, Politics, International relations and Development economics. The journal publications address concerns in Political economy which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as State (polity), Foreign policy, Power (social and political), China and Democracy. The featured Law studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Business intelligence but also cover areas of interest in Law and economics.

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 scientific interests tackled in the journal are Political economy, International trade, Criminology, Commercial policy and State (polity). The studies on Political economy discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of White supremacy, Ideology, Desertion, Autonomy and Insurgency. The studies in International trade featured incorporate elements of Countervalue, Deterrence theory, Nuclear weapon and Peninsula.

It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of State (polity) and Internet privacy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Illusions of Autonomy: Why Europe Cannot Provide for Its Security If the United States Pulls Back (2 citations)
• Conventional Counterforce Dilemmas: South Korea's Deterrence Strategy and Stability on the Korean Peninsula (2 citations)
• PRC Assertiveness in the South China Sea:Measuring Continuity and Change, 1970–2015 (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 Security (based on the number of publications) are:

• Charles L. Glaser (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John J. Mearsheimer (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jack Snyder (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Stephen G. Brooks (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Richard K. Betts (13 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 International Security (based on the number of publications) are:

• Harvard University (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Dartmouth College (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Columbia University (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Stanford University (27 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, 60.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% 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 66.67% 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.