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Terrorism and Political Violence
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Terrorism and Political Violence

0954-6553

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ftpv20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 123 15 32 9
Social Sciences and Humanities 844 13 16 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 51
Documents by Best Scientists*: 64
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 64
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.057
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Terrorism and Political Violence?

Terrorism and Political Violence tackles a plethora of topics, such as Terrorism, Law, Criminology, Political economy and Politics. In it, Social psychology, Political violence, Media studies, Computer security and Islam are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Terrorism research. The research on Islam discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Religious studies.

It concentrates on Law topics that focus on State (polity), Government, Ideology, Democracy and Power (social and political). The journal explores issues in Criminology which can be linked to other research areas like Suicide prevention and Radicalization. The journal features Suicide prevention research that overlaps with concepts in Occupational safety and health.

The in-depth study on Occupational safety and health also explores topics in the intersecting field of Human factors and ergonomics. The Political economy study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Insurgency.

  • Terrorism (49.12%)
  • Law (39.51%)
  • Criminology (23.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mechanisms of Political Radicalization: Pathways Toward Terrorism (468 citations)
  • Rooted in Poverty?: Terrorism, Poor Economic Development, and Social Cleavages 1 (397 citations)
  • Introducing the Global Terrorism Database (382 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Terrorism and Political Violence:

The most cited articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Terrorism, Law, Criminology, Politics and Political economy. The most cited papers with studies in Terrorism featured incorporate elements of Computer security, Social psychology and Ideology. Law research in the journal publications connects with the study of Islam.

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 Terrorism and Political Violence (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ryan Shaffer (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Horgan (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • John C. Zimmerman (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • D. J. Mulloy (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jeffrey Kaplan (22 papers) published 2 papers 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Terrorism and Political Violence (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of St Andrews (57 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • State University of New York System (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Nevada, Reno (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Wilfrid Laurier University (25 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, 21.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.16% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.49% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.19% of all publications and 62.16% 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

  • Conspiracy Beliefs and Violent Extremist Intentions: The Contingent Effects of Self-efficacy, Self-control and Law-related Morality

    Bettina Rottweiler;Paul Gill

    (2020)
    88 Citations
  • Examining the Online Expression of Ideology among Far-Right Extremist Forum Users

    Thomas J. Holt;Joshua D. Freilich;Steven M. Chermak

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Lone Actor Terrorists: A Residence-to-Crime Approach

    Zoe Marchment;Noémie Bouhana;Paul Gill

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Returning to the Fight: An Empirical Analysis of Terrorist Reengagement and Recidivism

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

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Examining Ideologically Motivated Cyberattacks Performed by Far-Left Groups

    Thomas J. Holt;Mattisen Stonhouse;Joshua Freilich;Steven M. Chermak

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Disaggregating Lone-actor Grievance-fuelled Violence: Comparing Lone-actor Terrorists and Mass Murderers

    Caitlin Clemmow;Paul Gill;Noémie Bouhana;James Silver

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Sex and Terror: Is the Subordination of Women Associated with the Use of Terror?

    Valerie M. Hudson;Kaylee B. Hodgson

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Comparing the Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists

    Ryan Scrivens;Thomas W. Wojciechowski;Joshua D. Freilich;Steven M. Chermak

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • The Online Caliphate: Internet Usage and ISIS Support in the Arab World

    James A. Piazza;Ahmet Guler

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Doing Good while Killing: Why Some Insurgent Groups Provide Community Services

    Victor Asal;Shawn Flanigan;Ora Szekely

    (2020)
    24 Citations

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