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Review of International Organizations
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Review of International Organizations

1559-7431

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11558

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 60 32 33 14
Economics and Finance 265 14 16 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 43
Documents by Best Scientists*: 46
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 54
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.385
Impact Factor: 4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Review of International Organizations?

The journal focuses on Politics, Political economy, Public administration, International economics and Public relations. In addition to Politics research, it aims to explore topics under Government and Corporate governance. Most of the Political economy studies addressed also intersect with Economic history.

The concepts on Public administration presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Legitimacy, Bureaucracy, Democracy and Human rights. In the journal, Developing country, International trade and Investment (macroeconomics) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in International economics research. The study on International trade presented in it intersects with the topics under Negotiation.

Studies on Investment (macroeconomics) discussed in the journal link to the field of Foreign direct investment.

  • Politics (23.77%)
  • Political economy (21.20%)
  • Public administration (13.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The KOF Globalisation Index – revisited (341 citations)
  • The design of international trade agreements: introducing a new dataset (304 citations)
  • International regulation without international government: Improving IO performance through orchestration (193 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Review of International Organizations:

The published papers explore disciplines such as Politics, Public relations, Corporate governance, Economic system and International relations. Issues in Politics were discussed in the published papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Political economy, Globalization, Monetary economics and International economics. The published articles with studies in Public relations featured incorporate elements of Government, Delegation and Incentive.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Review of International Organizations is mainly concerned with subjects like Politics, Political economy, Corporate governance, Global governance and International economics. The journal explores issues in Politics which can be linked to other research areas like Incentive, Public administration, State (polity) and Public good. Public administration research in the journal involves the investigation of Organizational culture studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Competition (economics).

Political economy research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Geopolitics, Government, Institutional economics, Interpersonal ties and Democracy. While Global governance is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Legitimacy, Regional science, Economic history and Economic system. The journal explores topics in International economics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Treaty, Enforcement, Specialization (functional) and Negotiation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Do domestic politics shape U.S. influence in the World Bank (12 citations)
  • Informal governance in world politics (11 citations)
  • Transnational public-private governance initiatives in world politics: Introducing a new dataset (11 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 Review of International Organizations (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Johannes Urpelainen (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Daniel L. Nielson (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Amanda Murdie (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jonas Tallberg (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Randall W. Stone (6 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 Review of International Organizations (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Zurich (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Princeton University (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Columbia University (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (15 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • ETH Zurich (13 papers) published 1 paper 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.43% of all publications and 35.71% 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

  • Regime types and regime change: A new dataset on democracy, coups, and political institutions

    Christian Bjørnskov;Christian Bjørnskov;Martin Rode

    (2020)
    225 Citations
  • How to evaluate the effects of IMF conditionality

    Thomas Stubbs;Thomas Stubbs;Bernhard Reinsberg;Bernhard Reinsberg;Alexander Kentikelenis;Lawrence King

    (2020)
    122 Citations
  • Legitimacy challenges to the liberal world order: Evidence from United Nations speeches, 1970–2018

    Alexander Kentikelenis;Alexander Kentikelenis;Erik Voeten

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • Why national and international legitimacy beliefs are linked : Social trust as an antecedent factor

    Lisa Maria Dellmuth;Jonas Tallberg

    (2020)
    80 Citations
  • Informal governance in world politics

    Oliver Westerwinter;Oliver Westerwinter;Kenneth W. Abbott;Thomas Biersteker

    (2021)
    75 Citations
  • The rise of modern taxation: A new comprehensive dataset of tax introductions worldwide

    Laura Seelkopf;Moritz Bubek;Edgars Eihmanis;Joseph Ganderson

    (2021)
    72 Citations
  • Behind the screen: Understanding national support for a foreign investment screening mechanism in the European Union

    Zenobia T. Chan;Sophie Meunier

    (2021)
    61 Citations

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