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Journal of Common Market Studies
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Journal of Common Market Studies

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 393 9 9 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 88
Documents by Best Scientists*: 107
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 113
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.635
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Common Market Studies?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Political economy, Politics, European integration, International trade and Public administration. The research on Political economy featured in it combines topics in other fields like Economic history, Corporate governance, Development economics, Economic system and Democracy. It is concerned with the study of Politics and Law in general.

The Law study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Law and economics. Topics in European integration were tackled in line with various other fields like Regionalism (international relations), Economy and European Union law. In Journal of Common Market Studies, Negotiation and International economics are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in International trade research.

The journal focuses on Public administration but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Parliament and Commission.

  • Political economy (20.95%)
  • Politics (16.33%)
  • European integration (15.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms? (1878 citations)
  • Preferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach (1741 citations)
  • European integration from the 1980s: State-centric v. multi-level governance (1000 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Common Market Studies:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Political economy, Politics, International trade, European integration and Public administration. The published articles tackle studies in Economic system and the interrelated subject of Corporate governance to gain insights into Politics. While International trade is the key highlight in the most cited publications, thet also covered some subjects on International economics and Single market.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Political economy, Politics, Public administration, International trade and European integration. Issues in Political economy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Context (language use), Radical right, Parliament, Democracy and Populism. The in-depth study on Public administration also explores topics in the intersecting field of Commission.

The journal connects the study in Commission with the closely related area of European commission. In addition to International trade research, the journal aims to explore topics under Brexit and Power (social and political).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Development Policy under Fire? The Politicization of European External Relations * (16 citations)
  • Negotiating Brexit: The Cultural Sources of British Hard Bargaining (8 citations)
  • The Politicization of the Migration–Development Nexus: Parliamentary Discourse on the European Union Trust Fund on Migration (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.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Common Market Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David Howarth (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Desmond Dinan (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dermot Hodson (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lucia Quaglia (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Tim Haughton (14 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 Journal of Common Market Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • London School of Economics and Political Science (113 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • European University Institute (80 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Maastricht University (59 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Birmingham (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Copenhagen (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than 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, 4.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.03% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.44% of all publications and 52.21% 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.

Top Publications

  • How ‘Smart’ Are Smart Specialization Strategies?

    Marco Di Cataldo;Marco Di Cataldo;Vassilis Monastiriotis;Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • The Effect on Foreign Direct Investment of Membership in the European Union

    Randolph Luca Bruno;Nauro Ferreira Campos;Saul Estrin

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • The effects of absorptive capacity on innovation performance : a cross-country perspective .

    Richard Harris;Astrid Krenz;John Moffat

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Improving Government Quality in the Regions of the EU and its System‐Wide Benefits for Cohesion Policy

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • EU Trade and Non-trade Objectives: New Survey Evidence on Policy Design and Effectiveness

    Aydin Yildirim;Robert Basedow;Matteo Fiorini;Bernard Hoekman

    (2021)
    16 Citations

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