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Theory, Culture and Society
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Theory, Culture and Society

0263-2764

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/tcs

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 603 15 26 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 23
Documents by Best Scientists*: 36
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 136
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.531
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Theory, Culture & Society?

Theory, Culture & Society mainly tackles studies in Epistemology, Politics, Aesthetics, Social science and Gender studies. The journal explores issues in Epistemology which can be linked to other research areas like Context (language use) and Power (social and political). The journal holds forums on Politics that merges themes from other disciplines such as Environmental ethics and Political economy.

  • Epistemology (32.79%)
  • Politics (16.23%)
  • Aesthetics (9.88%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy (1252 citations)
  • Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture (1233 citations)
  • The Cosmopolitan Society and Its Enemies (922 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Theory, Culture & Society:

The most cited papers cover a variety of subjects, including Epistemology, Politics, Gender studies, Social science and Political economy. The journal publications with studies in Epistemology featured incorporate elements of Reflexivity and Context (language use). The most cited papers explore topics in Politics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Environmental ethics and Power (social and political).

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 Theory, Culture & Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mike Featherstone (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bryan S. Turner (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Couze Venn (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Georg Simmel (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ryan Bishop (18 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 Theory, Culture & Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Goldsmiths, University of London (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lancaster University (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nottingham Trent University (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National University of Singapore (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Warwick (30 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Reflections and Hypotheses on a Further Structural Transformation of the Political Public Sphere

    (2022)
    137 Citations
  • Towards Neuroecosociality: Mental Health in Adversity:

    Nikolas Rose;Rasmus Hoffmann Birk;Nick Manning

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • The Logic of the In-Visible: Decolonial Reflections on the Change of Epoch

    Walter D. Mignolo

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Software, Sovereignty and the Post-Neoliberal Politics of Exit:

    Harrison Smith;Harrison Smith;Roger Burrows

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Introducing Solid Fluids

    Timothy Ingold;Timothy Ingold;Cristian Simonetti

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Against Posthumanism: Notes towards an Ethopolitics of Personhood

    (2023)
    17 Citations
  • Problematizing the Global: An Introduction to Global Culture Revisited

    Mike Featherstone

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Whither Globalization? An Interview with Roland Robertson

    Mike Featherstone

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • A Solid Fluids Lexicon

    Nigel Clark;Nigel Clark;Sasha Engelmann;Sasha Engelmann;Paolo Gruppuso;Paolo Gruppuso;Tim Ingold;Tim Ingold

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Coloniality and the State: Race, Nation and Dependency

    (2023)
    5 Citations

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