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Review of International Political Economy

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Impact Score* 2.6

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Research Impact Score*: 2.6
Impact Factor: 4.146
Citescore: 8.1
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.331
SCIMAGO H-index: 82
Research Ranking (Economics and Finance) 333
Research Ranking (Law and Political Science) 37
Research Ranking (Economics and Finance) 391
Research Ranking (Political Science) 28
Number of Best scientists*: 27
Documents by best scientists*: 30

Journal Information

ISSN: 0969-2290
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Editors-in-Chief: Jennifer Bair

Overview

Top Research Topics at Review of International Political Economy?

The main points discussed in Review of International Political Economy deals with Political economy, Politics, Globalization, International trade and International political economy. Review of International Political Economy explores topics in Political economy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Corporate governance, State (polity), International relations, Capitalism and Hegemony. Topics in Politics were tackled in line with various other fields like Economic system, Power (social and political) and Market economy.

The work on Globalization addressed in Review of International Political Economy expands to the thematically related Capital (economics). The research on International trade featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Developing country, Negotiation and International economics. It connects research in International political economy with the related topic of Global politics.

  • Political economy (36.06%)
  • Politics (25.98%)
  • Globalization (16.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The governance of global value chains (4134 citations)
  • Global production networks and the analysis of economic development (1399 citations)
  • The territorial trap: The geographical assumptions of international relations theory (1302 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Review of International Political Economy:

The most cited papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Political economy, Politics, Globalization, Economic system and International trade. The studies on Political economy discussed at the most cited articles can also contribute to research in the domains of International political economy, Corporate governance, State (polity), Capitalism and Neoliberalism. While the primary focus in the most cited articles is Economic system, they also dissect topics surrounding Market economy and Government and Financial crisis as a whole.

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:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Political economy, Politics, International political economy, State (polity) and Corporate governance. The studies on Political economy discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Production (economics), Social reproduction, Capitalism, Scholarship and Neoliberalism. The Politics works featured in Review of International Political Economy incorporate elements from Financialization, Economic system, Power (social and political) and International economics.

The subject of China, which is connected to the field of Globalization, serves as the foundation of the International economics research featured in the journal. While Review of International Political Economy focused on International political economy, it was also able to explore topics like Diversity (politics), Corporate social responsibility, Racism, Immigration and Patriarchy. In the journal, Developmental state and Public administration are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Corporate governance research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Theorizing China-world integration: sociospatial reconfigurations and the modern silk roads (14 citations)
  • Steering capital: the growing private authority of index providers in the age of passive asset management (14 citations)
  • Economic statecraft at the frontier: Korea’s drive for intelligent robotics (12 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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The top authors publishing in Review of International Political Economy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Daniel Mügge (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Benjamin J. Cohen (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leonard Seabrooke (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Abraham L. Newman (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Randall Germain (7 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.

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Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Review of International Political Economy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • London School of Economics and Political Science (28 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Warwick (27 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Amsterdam (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Copenhagen Business School (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 4.27% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.18% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 36.61% 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).

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The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Best Scientists who published in this Journal

Stefano Ponte

Stefano Ponte

Copenhagen Business School

Publications: 2

Leonard Seabrooke

Leonard Seabrooke

Copenhagen Business School

Publications: 2

Helen V. Milner

Helen V. Milner

Princeton University

Publications: 1

Engelbert Stockhammer

Engelbert Stockhammer

King's College London

Publications: 1

Eckhard Hein

Eckhard Hein

Berlin School of Economics and Law

Publications: 1

Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

University of Cambridge

Publications: 1

Benjamin K. Sovacool

Benjamin K. Sovacool

University of Sussex

Publications: 1

Donald MacKenzie

Donald MacKenzie

University of Edinburgh

Publications: 1

Henry Wai-chung Yeung

Henry Wai-chung Yeung

National University of Singapore

Publications: 1

Karen Bakker

Karen Bakker

University of British Columbia

Publications: 1

Philippe Le Billon

Philippe Le Billon

University of British Columbia

Publications: 1

Solomon R. Benatar

Solomon R. Benatar

University of Cape Town

Publications: 1

Lucia Quaglia

Lucia Quaglia

University of Bologna

Publications: 1

Linda Weiss

Linda Weiss

University of Sydney

Publications: 1

Jason Campbell Sharman

Jason Campbell Sharman

Griffith University

Publications: 1

Michael Howlett

Michael Howlett

Simon Fraser University

Publications: 1

*The metrics for this journal are compiled based on the data for scientists listed under Political Science