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Review of Policy Research
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Review of Policy Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 84 25 32 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 42
Documents by Best Scientists*: 50
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 57
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.756
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Review of Policy Research?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Public administration, Politics, Economic growth, Public policy and State (polity). Corporate governance, Public relations, Government, Democracy and Process (engineering) are some topics wherein Public administration research discussed in the journal have an impact. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Politics and Political economy.

Research on Public policy addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Public economics. It features Policy studies research that overlaps with concepts in Policy analysis.

  • Public administration (30.41%)
  • Politics (16.85%)
  • Economic growth (12.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • USING SOCIAL GOALS TO EVALUATE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS (261 citations)
  • Women Offenders and the Gendered Effects of Public Policy1 (228 citations)
  • States on Steroids: The Intergovernmental Odyssey of American Climate Policy (199 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Review of Policy Research:

The journal publications primarily tackle Public administration, Politics, Public relations, Public policy and Public economics. The journal articles focus on Public administration but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Government, Political economy, Process (engineering) and State (polity). The most cited articles about Public policy cover related areas such as Policy studies and also touches on topics like Policy making.

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 concepts of Welfare economics, Humanities, Politics, Public administration and Environmental economics are tackled in Review of Policy Research. Topics in Welfare economics were tackled in line with various other fields like Issue framing, Electricity grid, Information disclosure and Climate policy, Greenhouse gas. While the primary focus in Review of Policy Research is Humanities, it also dissects topics surrounding Framing (social sciences) and Identity (social science), Environmental politics and Climate change as a whole.

In addition to Politics research, it aims to explore topics under Federal spending, Political economy, Business sector and Science, technology and society. Attendees of it participated in discussions that delve into both Public administration and Perspective (graphical). Environmental economics research presented in Review of Policy Research encompasses a variety of subjects, including Wind power, Elite, Economic problem and Job loss.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Renewable Portfolio Standards: Do Voluntary Goals vs. Mandatory Standards Make a Difference? (2 citations)
  • The Revised German Raw Materials Strategy in the Light of Global Political and Market Developments (2 citations)
  • Policy or scientific messaging? Strategic framing in a case of subnational climate change conflict (1 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 Policy Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul Rich (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Johannes Urpelainen (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Barry G. Rabe (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stuart S. Nagel (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Laura A. Reese (8 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 Policy Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Arizona State University (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Indiana University (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Toronto (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Colorado State University (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ohio State University (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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.

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, 4.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 5.13% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.13% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.82% of all publications and 76.92% 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

  • Policy learning and change during crisis: COVID‐19 policy responses across six states

    Unknown

    (2022)
    53 Citations
  • Polarization and frames of advocacy coalitions in South Korea's nuclear energy policy

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Policy capacity and rise of data‐based policy innovation labs

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Holding out the promise of Lasswell's dream: Big data analytics in public policy research and teaching

    Ola G. El-Taliawi;Nihit Goyal;Michael Howlett

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Taxing Flaring and the Politics of State Methane Release Policy

    Barry Rabe;Claire Kaliban;Isabel Englehart

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • The long-term development of crisis management in China—Continuity, institutional punctuations and reforms

    Yihong Liu;Tom Christensen;Tom Christensen

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Leviathan Awakens: Gas Finds, Energy Governance, and the Emergence of the Eastern Mediterranean as a Geopolitical Region

    Andreas C. Goldthau;Joern Richert;Stephan Stetter

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Exploring Aggregate vs. Relative Public Trust in Administrative Agencies that Manage Spent Nuclear Fuel in the United States

    Kuhika Gupta;Joseph T. Ripberger;Hank C. Jenkins‐Smith;Carol L. Silva

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Personal attributes and (mis)perceptions of local environmental risk

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • How are emotions and beliefs expressed in legislative testimonies? An advocacy coalition approach

    (2023)
    11 Citations

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