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Minerva
H-index 7

Minerva

0026-4695

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11024

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 906 8 9 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 15
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 53
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.068
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Minerva?

The journal facilitates discussions on Higher education, Public administration, Social science, Politics and Economic growth. Topics in Higher education were tackled in line with various other fields like Engineering ethics, Media studies, Public relations, Government and Science policy. In the journal, researchers investigate the Politics study as part of research in the field of Law.

  • Higher education (64.77%)
  • Public administration (12.59%)
  • Social science (10.32%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Introduction: `Mode 2' Revisited: The New Production of Knowledge (866 citations)
  • The Republic of science (703 citations)
  • Technologies of Humility: Citizen Participation in Governing Science (654 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Minerva:

The journal articles focus largely on the fields of Higher education, Social science, Public relations, Science policy and Public administration. The most cited articles deal with Higher education in conjunction with Politics and similar fields in Law and economics. The journal articles focus on Public administration but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Public sector, New public management and Corporate governance.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Higher education, Humanities, Public relations, Engineering ethics and Politics. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Higher education, it also covered topics in Context (language use), Discipline, Social science, Internationalization and Corporate governance.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Bibliometrics in Academic Recruitment: A Screening Tool Rather than a Game Changer. (5 citations)
  • Clinician-scientists in-and-between research and practice : How social identity shapes brokerage (4 citations)
  • Institutional Logics in the Global Higher Education Landscape: Differences in Organizational Characteristics by Sector and Founding Era (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 Minerva (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alvin M. Weinberg (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harry G. Johnson (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carlino Iván Morinigo (17 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition,
  • Jean-Paul Sculier (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edward Shils (16 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 Minerva (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lund University (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of British Columbia (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Universidad de las Américas Puebla (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Manchester (12 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, 73.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.22% of all publications and 58.33% 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

  • China’s Research Evaluation Reform: What are the Consequences for Global Science?

    (2022)
    43 Citations
  • University vs. Research Institute? The Dual Pillars of German Science Production, 1950–2010

    Jennifer Dusdal;Justin J. W. Powell;David P. Baker;Yuan Chih Fu

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Retraction Stigma and its Communication via Retraction Notices

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Illiberal Reactions to Higher Education

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • The Communication Function of Universities: Is There a Place for Science Communication?

    (2023)
    10 Citations
  • A Symbiosis of Access: Proliferating STEM PhD Training in the U.S. from 1920-2010.

    Frank Fernandez;David P. Baker;Yuan Chih Fu;Ismael G. Muñoz

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Out of the Ivory Tower: The Patenting Activity of Canadian University Professors Before the 1980s

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Strategic Bureaucracy: The Convergence of Bureaucratic and Strategic Management Logics in the Organizational Restructuring of Universities

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • Participatory Convergence: Integrating Convergence and Participatory Action Research

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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