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Soundings
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Soundings

0038-1861

Published by: Penn State University Press

https://sfhe.org/journal/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1339 6 8 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 13
Documents by Best Scientists*: 16
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 8
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.101
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Soundings?

The scientific interests tackled in Soundings are Political economy, Politics, Gender studies, Higher education and Pedagogy.

  • Political economy (11.07%)
  • Politics (10.73%)
  • Gender studies (7.16%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • New Labour's double-shuffle (152 citations)
  • After neoliberalism: analysing the present (151 citations)
  • The neoliberal revolution (138 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Soundings:

The journal papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Gender studies, Political economy, Social psychology, Health care and Thatcherism. Political economy research is the primary subject tackled in the most cited publications with a focus in Neoliberalism (international relations). While work presented in the most cited papers provide substantial information on Thatcherism, it also covers topics in Victory, Political opportunity, Hegemony, Neoliberalism and Economic system.

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 Soundings (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael Rustin (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jonathan Rutherford (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Doreen Massey (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sally Davison (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gerry Hassan (7 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 Soundings (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Middlesex University (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Virginia (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Luxembourg (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Demos (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (1 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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).

Top Publications

  • Regional inequalities and the collapse of Labour’s ‘Red Wall’

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • The end of education policy?

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Feminism is a project not an identity

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Notes from lockdown: A series of reflections on some of the political and cultural impacts of the pandemic [NHS workers and the UK media]

    Georgie Wemyss;Nira Yuval-Davis;Hannah Hamad;Joy White

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • The many pieces of the Covid-19 jigsaw: some reflections on waves one and two

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • Emergency thinking

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Stuart Hall, a peerless mediator

    (2021)
    0 Citations
  • Trust, bordering and necro-racism

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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