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Journal of Contemporary European Studies
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Journal of Contemporary European Studies

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 204 12 15 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 14
Documents by Best Scientists*: 19
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 29
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.534
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Contemporary European Studies?

The scientific interests tackled in Journal of Contemporary European Studies are Political economy, Politics, Law, Economy and European integration. It facilitates discussions on Political economy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Development economics, Economic system, Democracy and Populism. The journal connects research in European integration with the related topic of International trade.

  • Political economy (22.31%)
  • Politics (16.69%)
  • Law (9.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • From Cooperative to Contested Europe? The Conflict in Ukraine as a Culmination of a Long-Term Crisis in EU–Russia Relations (84 citations)
  • From Pariah to Policy-Maker? The Radical Right in Europe, West and East: Between Margin and Mainstream (68 citations)
  • Kurdish Transnational Politics and Turkey's Changing Kurdish Policy: The Journey of Kurdish Broadcasting from Europe to Turkey (55 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Contemporary European Studies:

The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Political economy, Politics, Economic system, Law and European integration. The journal articles explore topics in Political economy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Conditionality, Ideology, Development economics, Populism and Extreme right. Democracy is a major topic of Politics research in the most cited articles.

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 was organized to reinforce research efforts on Political economy, Brexit, Politics, Populism and European integration. The studies in Political economy featured incorporate elements of Context (language use), State (polity), Parliament, Far right and Democracy. The journal focuses on Brexit but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as International trade, Sovereignty, Ethnic group and Referendum.

The journal holds forums on International trade that merges themes from other disciplines such as Negotiation, Accession, Sanctions, European commission and Resizing. Journal of Contemporary European Studies focuses on Politics research as part of the broader topic of Law. While European integration is the key highlight in the journal, it also covered some subjects on Narrative and Media studies.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Disintegration reversed: Brexit and the cohesiveness of the EU27 (5 citations)
  • Is China's rising influence in the Western Balkans a threat to European integration? (4 citations)
  • Northern Ireland and Brexit: where sovereignty and stability collide? (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.

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

  • Derek Hawes (117 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Stuart Parkes (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Myeoun-Hoei Kim (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yooduk Kang (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kyu-young Lee (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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Contemporary European Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Bristol (116 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Loughborough University (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Leeds (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Portsmouth (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Sheffield (11 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, 21.60% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.29% of all publications and 58.16% 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.

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Top Publications

  • A matter of preference: Taking sides on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project

    Moniek de Jong;Thijs Van de Graaf;Tim Haesebrouck

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Reverse transformation? Global shifts, the core-periphery divide and the future of the EU

    Ziya Öniş;Mustafa Kutlay

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • The symbolic representation of the ‘People’ and the ‘Homeland’ in Spanish left populism: an opportunity for feminist politics?

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Responding to functionalist Incentives? Exploring the evolution of regional organisations after the end of the Cold War

    Diana Panke;Anna Starkmann

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • What makes democratic institutions resilient to crises? Applying a novel analytical framework to the case of Finland

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • Governmental change in 2019 Italy: domestic factors or European constraints?

    Sergio Fabbrini

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • The rise and fall of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: ‘open strategic autonomy’ in action

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Architects of regional regime complexity: states and regional organizations in Europe

    Diana Panke;Sören Stapel

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • When do football fans tend to acquire a more Europeanised mind-set? The impact of participation in European club competitions

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • The differential impact of EU attitudes on voting behaviour in the European parliamentary elections 2019

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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