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Top Research Topics at Journal of Historical Geography?

Journal of Historical Geography aims to foster the development of research in Media studies, Art history, Economic history, Anthropology and Archaeology. The journal focuses on Economic history as well as the interrelated topic of Political economy. Anthropology research discussed connects with the study of Historical geography.

Journal of Historical Geography covers Historical geography research under the subject of Human geography.

• Media studies (14.86%)
• Art history (12.69%)
• Economic history (12.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Conventions of climate change: constructions of danger and the dispossession of the atmosphere (174 citations)
• Dark ages and dark areas: global deforestation in the deep past (145 citations)
• Styles of the times: liberal and neo-conservative landscapes in inner Vancouver, 1968–1986 (110 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Historical Geography:

The most cited articles cover a variety of subjects, including Anthropology, Historical geography, Economy, Economic growth and Politics. The studies on Anthropology discussed at the journal publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Period (music), Relation (history of concept), Art history and Visual arts. The journal publications hold forums on Politics that merge themes from other disciplines such as Aesthetics, Colonialism, Gender studies and Public administration.

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:

Politics, State (polity), Empire, Economy and Political economy are among the topics commonly tackled in Journal of Historical Geography. The studies on Politics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Competition (economics), Timeline, Sociotechnical system, Nuclear power and Historical geography. While State (polity) is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Terrain, Vision, Cultural landscape, Storytelling and Public administration.

In addition to Empire research, it aims to explore topics under Internationalism (politics), Economic history, Interpreter, History of geography and Autonomy. Journal of Historical Geography explores issues in Economy which can be linked to other research areas like Scientific discourse, Human settlement, Environmental change, Deforestation and Geopolitics. Journal of Historical Geography focuses on Political economy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Order (virtue), Bureaucracy, Pragmatism, Agrarian society and Spanish Civil War.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The archival geographies of twentieth-century internationalism: Nation, empire and race (2 citations)
• The production of clan segregation in urban Somalia: Historical Geographies of Hargeisa (1 citations)
• Visualizing intimate geographies of genocide: A spatial analysis of the Holocaust in Węgrów County, Poland (1942–1944) (1 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 Journal of Historical Geography (based on the number of publications) are:

• Hugh Clout (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert J. Mayhew (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Charles Withers (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Alan R.H. Baker (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Paul Laxton (29 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 Journal of Historical Geography (based on the number of publications) are:

• University College London (107 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Cambridge (95 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Nottingham (75 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Oxford (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Bristol (59 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 7 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, 16.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.00% of all publications and 70.00% 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.