Journal of Political Power

Top Research Topics at Journal of political power?

Journal of political power primarily focuses on research topics in Power (social and political), Politics, Law, Epistemology and Political economy. Issues in Power (social and political) were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Social psychology, Positive economics, Soft power, Law and economics and Social science. The Social psychology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Resistance (psychoanalysis).

Journal of political power features studies on Soft power, including topics such as Hard power. Journal of political power is focused mainly on Politics, particularly Democracy. Specifically, studies on Normative are prevalent in the Law works discussed.

The study on Epistemology presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Power relations. Journal of political power explores research in Political economy and the adjacent study of Economic system.

• Power (social and political) (51.02%)
• Politics (24.49%)
• Law (16.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Power and reason, justice and domination: a conversation (135 citations)
• Rethinking the four dimensions of power: domination and empowerment (111 citations)
• Service user involvement, authority and the ‘expert-by-experience’ in mental health (73 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of political power:

The journal papers mainly tackle studies in Power (social and political), Law, Epistemology, Politics and Soft power. Issues in Power (social and political) were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Economic Justice, Emancipation and Law and economics. The most cited publications hold forums on Law that merge themes from other disciplines such as Flourishing and Critical realism (philosophy of the social sciences).

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 main research concerns discussed in the journal are Power (social and political), Law and economics, Politics, Political economy and Power over. The work on Power (social and political) tackled in Journal of political power brings together disciplines like Positive economics, Soft power, Agency (sociology), Political philosophy and Economic system. Hard power research are fields of study within Soft power but they also intertwine with concepts in Smart power.

Some problems in Law and economics that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Collective action, Civil society, Democracy and State (polity). Heterarchy, SAVILLE, Power dynamics and Media studies are some topics wherein Politics research discussed in it have an impact. In the journal, Telecommunications and Face (sociological concept) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Power over research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Theories of power and social change. Power contestations and their implications for research on social change and innovation (5 citations)
• Soft power: the evolution of a concept (5 citations)
• Power and rational choice (3 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 political power (based on the number of publications) are:

• Mark Haugaard (29 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Stewart Clegg (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Mona Lilja (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Miguel Pina e Cunha (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Arménio Rego (7 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 political power (based on the number of publications) are:

• National University of Ireland, Galway (38 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Gothenburg (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Karlstad University (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Technology, Sydney (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa (9 papers) published 1 paper 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, 3.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.12% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 28.12% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.75% of all publications and 25.00% 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.

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