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Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy
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Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 247 8 10 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 16
Documents by Best Scientists*: 17
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 28
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.575
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy?

Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy mainly deals with areas of study such as Public relations, Emergency management, Public administration, Economic growth and Environmental resource management. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy focuses on Public relations but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Government and Crisis management. The presented Emergency management study covers related areas such as Disaster response and also touches on topics like Context (language use).

Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy focused on Public administration research but expanded to cover Public policy. Issues in Economic growth were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Local government and Disaster recovery. The studies in Environmental resource management featured incorporate elements of Risk management, Vulnerability and Environmental planning.

  • Public relations (22.73%)
  • Emergency management (19.70%)
  • Public administration (12.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Logic of Policy Change after Crisis : Proximity and Subsystem Interaction (153 citations)
  • Social Capital, Community Resilience, and Faith-Based Organizations in Disaster Recovery: A Case Study of Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church (47 citations)
  • Disaster Preparedness and Resilience for Rural Communities (45 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy:

The most cited publications focus largely on the fields of Public administration, Emergency management, Social capital, Environmental resource management and Public relations. The most cited articles with studies in Public administration featured incorporate elements of Crisis management, Distrust, China, Economy and Polarization (politics). The works on Public relations tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Legitimacy, Organizational performance and Public health.

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 main points discussed in the journal deals with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Political economy, Public relations, Pandemic and Corporate governance. The featured Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research zeroes in on concepts in Social distance but also tackles themes under Action (philosophy), Protection motivation theory, Risk analysis (engineering) and Structure (mathematical logic). Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy addresses concerns in the field of Political economy by exploring it in line with topics in Politics which intersect with Global health, Set (psychology) and State (polity) subjects.

The Public relations research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Public health and the closely related topic of Emergency management, Depression (differential diagnoses), Mental health, Anxiety and Psychiatry. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy addresses concerns in Corporate governance which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Economic system, Community organization and Policy transfer. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy tackles research in various disciplines, including Crisis management and Context (language use).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Factors Affecting Disaster Resilience in Oman: Integrating Stakeholder Analysis and Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (3 citations)
  • Healthy mistrust or complacent confidence? Civic vigilance in the reporting by leading newspapers on nuclear waste disposal in Finland and France (2 citations)
  • Total Defence Resilience: Viable or Not During COVID-19? A Comparative Study of Norway and the UK. (2 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 Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rajib Shaw (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sanneke Kuipers (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Abdul-Akeem Sadiq (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Brian J. Gerber (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Naim Kapucu (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 Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Gothenburg (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • McMaster University (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kyoto University (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • East Carolina University (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Delaware (3 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, 12.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.79% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 31.03% of all publications and 41.38% 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

  • Hiding in Plain Sight: Conceptualizing the Creeping Crisis.

    Arjen Boin;Magnus Ekengren;Mark Rhinard

    (2020)
    212 Citations
  • Capturing Bonding, Bridging, and Linking Social Capital through Publicly Available Data

    Dean Kyne;Daniel P. Aldrich

    (2020)
    85 Citations
  • A systematic review of 20 years of crisis and disaster research: Trends and progress

    Jeroen Wolbers;Sanneke Kuipers;Arjen Boin

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Assessing the effects of calculated inaction on national responses to the COVID-19 crisis.

    Nikolaos Zahariadis;Stephen Ceccoli;Evangelia Petridou

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Controversial issues in crisis management. Bridging public policy and crisis management to better understand and address crises

    (2024)
    3 Citations
  • Mitigating vulnerabilities with social media: A cross‐national study of European disaster managers' practices

    (2024)
    3 Citations
  • Climate adaptation in multi‐level governance systems: Security, risk, or normal politics?

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • Issue Information

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Variations of riskification: Climate change adaptation in four European cities

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • To rebuild or not to rebuild in coastal flood zones: The effects of framing and partisan cues on public support

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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