| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science | 172 | 16 | 18 | 6 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities | 1068 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Politics, Political economy, Market economy, State (polity) and Democracy. It addresses concerns in Politics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Social science, Power (social and political) and Public administration. Studies on Political economy discussed in it link to the field of Economic system.
The published articles mostly deal with topics like Politics, Political economy, Market economy, Economic system and Democracy. Aside from discussions in Politics, the most cited articles also deal with the subject of Corporate governance which intersects with Stakeholder disciplines. While the most cited papers focused on Democracy, they were also able to explore topics like Civil society and Public administration.
The concepts of Politics, Political economy, Humanities, Power (social and political) and Context (language use) are tackled in Politics & Society. The journal facilitates discussions on Politics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Brexit and Public administration. Topics in Political economy were tackled in line with various other fields like Movement (music), Clientelism, China, Referendum and Populism.
The studies in China featured incorporate elements of State capitalism and State (polity). Many of the studies tackled connect Democracy with a similar field of study like Epistemology. Issues in Epistemology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Order (virtue) and Focus (linguistics).
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 Politics & Society (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Politics & Society (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 15.48% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.72% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.35% of all publications and 40.85% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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