PS - Political Science and Politics

Top Research Topics at PS Political Science & Politics?

Politics, Public administration, Political economy, Law and Public relations are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. PS Political Science & Politics addresses concerns in Politics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Government, Social science, State (polity) and Media studies. The study on Media studies presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of American political science.

The study on Political economy presented in it intersects with the topics under Presidential system.

• Politics (27.95%)
• Public administration (14.32%)
• Political economy (12.01%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Tuning In, Tuning Out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America (2669 citations)
• Understanding Process Tracing (759 citations)
• Public Support for Environmental Protection: Objective Problems and Subjective Values in 43 Societies (678 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at PS Political Science & Politics:

The journal papers focus largely on the fields of Politics, Public relations, Public administration, Political economy and Social science. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Politics, it also covers topics in Government, State (polity) and Media studies. The published papers facilitate discussions on Political economy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Authoritarianism and Presidential election.

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

• World War II
• Law
• Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Politics, Political economy, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Pedagogy are the focal point of discussions in PS Political Science & Politics. PS Political Science & Politics focuses on Politics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Context (language use), Gender studies, Asian americans and Public relations. The Gender studies study featured in PS Political Science & Politics draws parallels with the field of Citizenship.

While Political economy is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Democracy, State (polity), Presidential election and German. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Pandemic are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Transparency in Practice in Qualitative Research (8 citations)
• State-Level Forecasts for the 2020 US Presidential Election: Tough Victory Ahead for Biden (6 citations)
• Replicate Others as You Would Like to Be Replicated Yourself (5 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 PS Political Science & Politics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Michael S. Lewis-Beck (32 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
• Michael Brintnall (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
• James E. Campbell (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alan I. Abramowitz (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Charles Tien (20 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 PS Political Science & Politics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Harvard University (78 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Iowa (62 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• University of Texas at Austin (59 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of California (58 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Princeton University (58 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, 46.05% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.93% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.03% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.69% of all publications and 60.34% 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.