Risk Analysis

Top Research Topics at Risk Analysis?

The topics of Risk assessment, Risk management, Risk analysis (engineering), Environmental health and Risk perception are the focal point of discussions in Risk Analysis. Topics in Risk assessment explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Actuarial science, Toxicology, Econometrics, Statistics and Environmental exposure. Risk Analysis features studies on Risk analysis (engineering), including topics such as Risk analysis.

It facilitates discussions on Risk perception that incorporate concepts from other fields like Injury prevention, Social psychology, Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics.

• Risk assessment (24.65%)
• Risk management (11.79%)
• Risk analysis (engineering) (11.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Risk as Analysis and Risk as Feelings: Some Thoughts about Affect, Reason, Risk, and Rationality (2546 citations)
• The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework (2242 citations)
• On The Quantitative Definition of Risk (2143 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Risk Analysis:

The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Risk assessment, Risk perception, Social psychology, Risk management and Perception. While work presented in the most cited papers provide substantial information on Risk assessment, it also covers topics in Risk analysis, Statistics, Risk analysis (engineering), Toxicology and Environmental resource management. The published papers explore research in Risk perception alongside concepts in Human factors and ergonomics and other areas of study in Injury prevention.

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

• World War II
• Law
• Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Risk Analysis explores disciplines such as Risk management, Risk assessment, Risk analysis (engineering), Context (language use) and Risk analysis. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Risk management, apply to Risk perception as well. Studies on Risk perception discussed in the journal link to the field of Social psychology.

It connects research in Risk assessment with the related topic of Environmental health. In addition to Environmental health research, it aims to explore topics under Poliomyelitis eradication and Poliomyelitis. The studies on Risk analysis (engineering) discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Hazard and Resilience (network).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Trust and Risk Perception: A Critical Review of the Literature (51 citations)
• Global Transmission of Live Polioviruses: Updated Dynamic Modeling of the Polio Endgame (21 citations)
• Four Decades of Public Participation in Risk Decision Making. (20 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Risk Analysis (based on the number of publications) are:

• Michael Greenberg (95 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Karen Lowrie (67 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Louis Anthony Cox (65 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Kimberly M. Thompson (62 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
• Paul Slovic (47 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Risk Analysis (based on the number of publications) are:

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (147 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (141 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Carnegie Mellon University (105 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Rutgers University (99 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Virginia (60 papers) published 2 papers 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.

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, 12.40% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.44% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.44% of all publications and 57.53% 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.