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Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
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Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

1057-610X

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uter20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 134 21 32 8
Social Sciences and Humanities 1189 6 8 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 44
Documents by Best Scientists*: 57
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.77
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Studies in Conflict & Terrorism?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Terrorism, Law, Political economy, Criminology and Politics. Some problems in Terrorism that were presented in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism overlapped with concepts under Social psychology, Computer security, Public relations, Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism explores issues in Suicide prevention which can be linked to other research areas like Injury prevention and Occupational safety and health.

Many of the studies tackled connect Injury prevention with a similar field of study like Medical emergency. State (polity), Ideology, Al qaeda, Government and Spanish Civil War are all aspects of Law research featured in it. In addition to Political economy research, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism aims to explore topics under Insurgency and Democracy.

While it focused on Criminology, it was also able to explore topics like Political violence and Radicalization.

  • Terrorism (50.34%)
  • Law (46.70%)
  • Political economy (24.24%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Causality between transnational terrorism and tourism: The case of Spain (292 citations)
  • Anatomy of the Salafi Movement (289 citations)
  • Tweeting the Jihad: Social Media Networks of Western Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq (216 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Studies in Conflict & Terrorism:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Terrorism, Law, Criminology, Social psychology and Politics. In addition to Terrorism research, the journal articles aim to explore topics under Computer security, The Internet, Suicide prevention and Ideology. The journal articles explore research in Law alongside concepts in Political economy and other areas of study in Phenomenon and Militant.

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 journal covers a variety of subjects, including Terrorism, Criminology, Political economy, State (polity) and Media studies. Research on Terrorism presented in the journal concerns the broader topic of Law. Topics in Criminology explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Period (music), Radicalization, Violent extremism, Battle and Spanish Civil War.

The research on Radicalization discussed in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism draws on the closely related field of Epistemology. Topics in Political economy were tackled in line with various other fields like Government and Militant, Ideology, Politics. While Media studies is the focus of Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, it also provided insights into the studies of Social media and Content (Freudian dream analysis).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Preventing Violent Extremism: A Review of the Literature (32 citations)
  • Visual Jihad: Constructing the “Good Muslim” in Online Jihadist Magazines (9 citations)
  • Evaluating Case-Managed Approaches to Counter Radicalization and Violent Extremism: An Example of the Proactive Integrated Support Model (PRISM) Intervention (8 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 Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael Smith (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bruce Hoffman (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Victor Asal (15 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Daniel Byman (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • David Martin Jones (13 papers) published 2 papers 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 Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Georgetown University (36 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Department of War Studies, King's College London (31 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • RAND Corporation (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • King's College London (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Haifa (21 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, 7.94% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.10% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.62% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.69% of all publications and 52.59% 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

  • Research Note: Spreading Hate on TikTok

    Gabriel Weimann;Natalie Masri

    (2020)
    209 Citations
  • Terrorist Decision Making in the Context of Risk, Attack Planning, and Attack Commission

    Paul Gill;Zoe Marchment;Emily Corner;Noémie Bouhana

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Understanding, and Misunderstanding, State Sponsorship of Terrorism

    Daniel Byman

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Hungry, or Hungry for Change? Food riots and political conflict, 2005–2015

    Edward Newman

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Evaluating Case-Managed Approaches to Counter Radicalization and Violent Extremism: An Example of the Proactive Integrated Support Model (PRISM) Intervention

    Adrian Cherney;Emma Belton

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Social Learning and Social Control in the Off- and Online Pathways to Hate Crime and Terrorist Violence

    Colleen E. Mills;Joshua D. Freilich;Steven M. Chermak;Thomas J. Holt

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • The Lure of (Violent) Extremism: Gender Constructs in Online Recruitment and Messaging in Indonesia

    Melissa Frances Johnston;Muhammad Iqbal;Jacqui True

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Terrorist Transformations: The Link between Terrorist Roles and Terrorist Disengagement

    Mary Beth Altier;Emma Leonard Boyle;John G. Horgan

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Examining Online Indicators of Extremism in Violent Right-Wing Extremist Forums

    Ryan Scrivens;Amanda Isabel Osuna;Steven M. Chermak;Michael A. Whitney

    (2021)
    17 Citations

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