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Regulation and Governance
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Regulation and Governance

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 12 17 14 7
Political Science 22 65 77 21
Business and Management 608 5 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 100
Documents by Best Scientists*: 107
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 21
SCIMAGO H-index: 63
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.403
Impact Factor: 3.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Regulation & Governance?

Regulation & Governance tackles a plethora of topics, such as Corporate governance, Public administration, Public relations, Politics and Law and economics. The journal explores issues in Corporate governance which can be linked to other research areas like Public economics, State (polity), Accountability, Legitimacy and Economic system. The study on Public relations presented in Regulation & Governance intersects with subjects under the field of Government.

It explores research in Politics and the adjacent study of Political economy. Law and economics research presented in Regulation & Governance encompasses a variety of subjects, including Law and Enforcement.

  • Corporate governance (29.44%)
  • Public administration (15.85%)
  • Public relations (13.76%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Can non-state global governance be legitimate? An analytical framework (557 citations)
  • Constructing and contesting legitimacy and accountability in polycentric regulatory regimes (511 citations)
  • Governance without a state: Can it work? (335 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Regulation & Governance:

The most cited papers primarily focus on research topics in Corporate governance, Public relations, Politics, Public economics and State (polity). The published articles focus on Corporate governance but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Civil society, Certification, Accountability, Public administration and Economic system. Legitimacy, Process (engineering) and Law and economics are some topics wherein State (polity) research discussed in the published articles has an impact.

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

  • Law
  • China
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Corporate governance, Public administration, Politics, Accountability and Political economy. Issues in Corporate governance were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Enforcement and Public policy. While Regulation & Governance focused on Enforcement, it was also able to explore topics like Forbearance and Finance.

The journal explores issues in Public administration which can be linked to other research areas like Legitimacy, Compliance (psychology) and Delegation. The studies on Politics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Law and economics, Transparency (market), Operationalization and Open government. Regulation & Governance focuses on Regulatory state but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Competition (economics), Financial crisis, Emerging markets, International trade and Economic system.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Mainstreamed voluntary sustainability standards and their effectiveness: Evidence from the Honduran coffee sector (12 citations)
  • Power transitions and the rise of the regulatory state: Global market governance in flux (7 citations)
  • Trust, regulation, and redistribution why some governments overregulate and under-redistribute (7 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 Regulation & Governance (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Graeme Auld (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Levi-Faur (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aseem Prakash (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carol A. Heimer (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Robert W. Hahn (5 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 Regulation & Governance (based on the number of publications) are:

  • London School of Economics and Political Science (20 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Amsterdam (19 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Copenhagen Business School (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Australian National University (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Yale University (14 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, 1.92% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.59% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.61% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.63% of all publications and 41.18% 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

  • Private authority and public policy interactions in global context: Governance spheres for problem solving

    Benjamin Cashore;Jette Steen Knudsen;Jeremy Moon;Hamish van der Ven

    (2021)
    83 Citations
  • Hardening foreign corporate accountability through mandatory due diligence in the European Union? New trends and persisting challenges

    Almut Schilling‐Vacaflor;Andrea Lenschow

    (2021)
    68 Citations
  • The algorithmic regulation of security: An infrastructural perspective

    Rocco Bellanova;Marieke de Goede

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • Competence versus control : The governor’s dilemma

    Kenneth W. Abbott;Philipp Genschel;Duncan Snidal;Bernhard Zangl

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • The Nordic governments' responses to the Covid‐19 pandemic: A comparative study of variation in governance arrangements and regulatory instruments

    (2022)
    49 Citations
  • Experimentalist interactions: Joining up the transnational timber legality regime

    Jonathan Zeitlin;Christine Overdevest

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Private regulation, public policy, and the perils of adverse ontological selection

    Janina Grabs;Janina Grabs;Graeme Auld;Benjamin Cashore;Benjamin Cashore

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • What drives compliance with COVID-19 measures over time? Explaining changing impacts with Goal Framing Theory

    Frédérique Six;Frédérique Six;Steven de Vadder;Monika Glavina;Koen Verhoest

    (2021)
    42 Citations

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