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Journal of European Public Policy
H-index 40

Journal of European Public Policy

1350-1763

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 2 127 218 40
Law 21 8 12 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 141
Documents by Best Scientists*: 231
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 24
SCIMAGO H-index: 140
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.048
Impact Factor: 4.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of European Public Policy?

Journal of European Public Policy focuses largely on the fields of Politics, Political economy, Public administration, Economic system and European integration. The Politics study featured falls within the larger field of Law. Topics in Law were tackled in line with various other fields like European Union law and Law and economics.

The research on Political economy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Member states, Economy, Negotiation, Legitimacy and Democracy. Journal of European Public Policy explores research in Negotiation and the adjacent study of International trade. It explores issues in Public administration which can be linked to other research areas like Bureaucracy, Legislature, Parliament, Commission and European commission.

Economic system and Corporate governance are closely related fields of research discussed in it. Multi-level governance is a primary topic of Corporate governance research in Journal of European Public Policy.

  • Politics (28.82%)
  • Political economy (27.85%)
  • Public administration (21.95%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The advocacy coalition framework: revisions and relevance for Europe (895 citations)
  • Governance by conditionality: EU rule transfer to the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe (785 citations)
  • Transfer agents and global networks in the 'transnationalization' of policy (565 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of European Public Policy:

The journal articles focus largely on the fields of Politics, Economic system, Political economy, Public administration and European integration. Research in the field of Law was used to conduct the presented Politics studies in the journal publications. Welfare state, Democratic deficit, Democracy, Negotiation and Legitimacy are some topics wherein Political economy research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

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 European Public Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Frank Schimmelfennig (34 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Berthold Rittberger (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Claudio M. Radaelli (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christoph Knill (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jeremy Richardson (16 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 Journal of European Public Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (39 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • European University Institute (38 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (30 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Leiden University (29 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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, 7.05% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.10% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.48% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.69% of all publications and 31.72% 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

  • The European Union's authoritarian equilibrium

    R. Daniel Kelemen

    (2020)
    271 Citations
  • How trust, mistrust and distrust shape the governance of the COVID-19 crisis

    (2021)
    225 Citations
  • The Europeanization of Eastern Europe: the external incentives model revisited

    Frank Schimmelfennig;Ulrich Sedelmeier

    (2020)
    136 Citations
  • Failing forward? Crises and patterns of European integration

    Erik Jones;R. Daniel Kelemen;Sophie Meunier

    (2021)
    115 Citations
  • Work, family, Fatherland: the political economy of populism in central and Eastern Europe

    Mitchell A. Orenstein;Bojan Bugarič

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Lockdown policies and the dynamics of the first wave of the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic in Europe

    Thomas Plümper;Eric Neumayer

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Crisis Pressures and European Integration

    Federico Maria Ferrara;Hanspeter Kriesi

    (2021)
    97 Citations
  • The European Union’s international climate leadership : towards a grand climate strategy

    Sebastian Oberthür;Claire Dupont

    (2021)
    84 Citations

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