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Society
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Society

0147-2011

Published by: Springer

https://www.springernature.com/gp/societies

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1366 6 9 1

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 31
Documents by Best Scientists*: 55
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 34
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.32
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Society?

The foci of Society are Political economy, Law, Politics, Social science and Public administration.

  • Political economy (12.11%)
  • Law (10.93%)
  • Politics (8.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Are women prejudiced against women (507 citations)
  • An intellectual autobiography (479 citations)
  • Taking social entrepreneurship seriously (252 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Society:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Political economy, Criminology, Social psychology, Public relations and Public administration. The works on Political economy tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Social science and Globalization. Most of the Criminology studies addressed in the published articles also intersect with Law.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Society is to expand the discussion of research in Religious studies, Economic history, Humanities, Political economy and Politics. While it focused on Religious studies, it was also able to explore topics like Liberal education and Race (biology). Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Economic history and the similar topic of Democracy.

In the journal, Corporate governance, Immigration, Capitalism and Normative are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Political economy research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Luxury in Germany: Sick Cars and Healthy Bodies (1 citations)
  • Towards an Equitable Digital Society: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR) (1 citations)
  • Pengembangan Sentra Kuliner Di Desa Candinegoro Kecamatan Wonoyo Ayu, Kabupaten Sidoarjo (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 Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Irving Louis Horowitz (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Rodden (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Amitai Etzioni (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Murray L Weidenbaum (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Will Morrisey (21 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 Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rutgers University (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wellesley College (73 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bangka Belitung (65 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (64 papers) absent 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, 25.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 5.88% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.41% of all publications and 81.18% 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

  • Office Obligation as Civil Virtue: The Crisis of American Democracy, November 3, 2020–January 6, 2021, and After

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Thomas Nagel, Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Michael Cholbi, Grief: A Philosophical Guide

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • Thomas Piketty, A Brief History of Inequality

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Thomas Nagel, Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Shelly Kagan, Answering Moral Skepticism

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Timothy Snyder, On Freedom

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Review of Two Books

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Orlando Patterson, The Sociology of Slavery: Black Society in Jamaica, 1655–1838

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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