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Public Choice generally zeroes in on subjects such as Public finance, Politics, Public economics, Political economy and Microeconomics.
The concepts on Public finance presented in Public Choice can also apply to other research fields, including Voting, Public administration, Government, Public choice and Law and economics.
The journal features Voting research that overlaps with concepts in Mathematical economics.
The in-depth study on Law and economics also explores topics in the intersecting field of Law.
The journal facilitates discussions on Politics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Competition (economics), Legislature, Positive economics and State (polity).
Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Public economics and the similar topic of Public good.
Microeconomics study tackled is connected to the field of Rent-seeking.
The journal concentrates on Cardinal voting systems topics that focus on Anti-plurality voting and Bullet voting.
Public finance (83.22%)
Politics (20.92%)
Public economics (18.34%)
What are the most cited papers published in the journal?
Multipart pricing of public goods (2623 citations)
Incumbent performance and electoral control (1526 citations)
Democracy and dictatorship revisited (1398 citations)
Research areas of the most cited articles at Public Choice:
The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Public finance, Public economics, Politics, Microeconomics and Voting.
Aside from discussions in Public finance, the published papers also deal with the subject of Political economy which intersects with Terrorism disciplines.
The published papers with studies in Voting featured incorporate elements of Mathematical economics and Law and economics.
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 topics of Public finance, Politics, Political economy, Democracy and Law and economics are the focal point of discussions in Public Choice.
The Public finance research presented in it also delves into studies in intersecting subjects like
Voting which is related to area like Majority rule,
Public choice which intersects with area such as Positive economics..
While work presented in Public Choice provided substantial information on Politics, it also covered topics in Competition (economics), Regression discontinuity design, Development economics, Power (social and political) and Central government.
The overlapping concepts between Legislature and Parliament are the key highlights of Political economy study.
The journal focuses on Democracy research which is adjacent to topics in Liberalism.
The journal facilitates discussions on Law and economics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Unanimity and Order (exchange).
The most cited articles from the last journal are:
Do refugees impact voting behavior in the host country? Evidence from Syrian refugee inflows to Turkey (13 citations)
Culture, institutions and democratization* (10 citations)
Do fiscal rules constrain political budget cycles (9 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.
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Top authors and change over time
The top authors publishing in Public Choice (based on the number of publications) are:
Michael C. Munger (57 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
Randall G. Holcombe (55 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
Bernard Grofman (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
Gordon Tullock (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
Robert D. Tollison (36 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.
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Top affiliations and change over time
Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered
The top affiliations publishing in Public Choice (based on the number of publications) are:
George Mason University (263 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
Duke University (94 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
Florida State University (88 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
Bar-Ilan University (68 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition,
University of California, Irvine (65 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than 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.
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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.
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During the most recent 2021 edition, 3.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.81% of all publications and 66.22% 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.
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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.
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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.
