Party Politics

Top Research Topics at Party Politics?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Political economy, Politics, Law, Democracy and Ideology. Political economy research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Single non-transferable vote, Polarization (politics), Voting, Legislature and Primary election. It features studies on Polarization (politics), including topics such as Party platform.

Party Politics addresses concerns in Primary election which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Regionalism (politics) and Split-ticket voting. The studies on Politics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Competition (economics), Social psychology and Media studies. The study on Media studies presented in Party Politics intersects with subjects under the field of Religious studies.

The in-depth study on Law also explores topics in the intersecting field of Law and economics.

• Political economy (52.22%)
• Politics (43.50%)
• Law (34.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy The Emergence of the Cartel Party (1933 citations)
• Expert interpretations of party space and party locations in 42 societies (776 citations)
• Measuring party positions in Europe: The Chapel Hill expert survey trend file, 1999-2010 (593 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Party Politics:

The most cited articles focus largely on the fields of Political economy, Law, Politics, Primary election and Ideology. While Political economy is the focus of the most cited papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Regionalism (politics), Single non-transferable vote, Polarization (politics) and Democratization. While the journal articles focused on Politics, they were also able to explore topics like Social psychology and Public relations.

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

• Law
• Politics
• Democracy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Political economy, Politics, Democracy, Government and Public administration. It holds forums on Political economy that merges themes from other disciplines such as Radical right, Opposition (politics), Voting behavior, Legislature and Populism. It focused on Legislature research but expanded to cover Representation (politics).

Ideology is a focus of the presented Politics works and it dives deep in Ideology. Accountability and Polarization (politics) are some topics wherein Democracy research discussed in it have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Immigration and right-wing populism: An origin story: (16 citations)
• Party choice in Europe: Social cleavages and the rise of populist parties: (15 citations)
• Becoming part of the gang? Established and nonestablished populist parties and the role of external efficacy (12 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 Party Politics (based on the number of publications) are:

• John Ishiyama (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Tim Bale (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Ron Johnston (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gideon Rahat (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• Wolfgang C. Müller (11 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Party Politics (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Sussex (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Amsterdam (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Aarhus University (27 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Essex (26 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Vienna (22 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 8.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.95% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.60% of all publications and 51.16% 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.