International Studies Review

Top Research Topics at International Studies Review?

The main points discussed in International Studies Review deals with Law, Politics, International relations, Political economy and Social science. Studies on Law discussed in the journal link to the field of Law and economics. The work on Politics tackled in it brings together disciplines like Context (language use), Economic history, Globalization and Argument.

International Studies Review facilitates discussions on International relations that incorporate concepts from other fields like Epistemology, Realism, Positive economics and Scholarship. Most of the works presented in International Studies Review deals with Political economy but it intersects with the subject of Democratization.

• Law (44.98%)
• Politics (32.89%)
• International relations (27.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Globalization and Policy Convergence (451 citations)
• Understanding the Domestic Impact of International Norms: A Research Agenda (387 citations)
• Truth-Seeking, Truth-Telling, and Postconflict Peacebuilding: Curb the Enthusiasm? (223 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Studies Review:

Law, International relations, Politics, Political economy and Social science are the main subjects of interest in the published papers. The published articles tackle studies in Law and economics and the interrelated subject of Westphalian sovereignty to gain insights into Law. The journal publications with studies in International relations featured incorporate elements of Epistemology, Normative, Pluralism (political theory) and Foreign policy.

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

• World War II
• Law
• Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in International relations, Political economy, Politics, Epistemology and Scholarship. The concepts on International relations presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Law and economics and Public administration. The studies in Political economy featured incorporate elements of Globalization, Foreign policy, China and Hegemony.

While it focused on Politics, it was also able to explore topics like Media studies, Gender studies, Taboo and Nuclear weapon. It aims to address concerns in Epistemology, specifically in the areas of Critical theory and Praxis. In International Studies Review, Ideology and International studies are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Scholarship research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Beyond bouncing: resilience as an expansion-contraction dynamic within a holonic frame (15 citations)
• Who Publishes Where? Exploring the Geographic Diversity of Global IR Journals (8 citations)
• Friends, Fellows and Foes : A new framework for studying relational peace (7 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 Studies Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jennifer Sterling-Folker (6 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• J. Ann Tickner (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kathleen J. Hancock (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yoon Heo (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Paul F. Diehl (5 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 Studies Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• Syracuse University (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
• American University (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
• University of Oxford (20 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Southern California (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• London School of Economics and Political Science (19 papers) published 4 papers 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, 6.96% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.28% of all publications and 69.16% 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.