Violence Against Women

Top Research Topics at Violence Against Women?

Violence Against Women aims to foster the development of research in Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Domestic violence, Injury prevention and Occupational safety and health. While Suicide prevention is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Social psychology, Psychiatry, Medical emergency, Clinical psychology and Criminology. The works on Social psychology deal in particular with Interpersonal relationship.

Violence Against Women centers on topics in Psychiatry, with a focus on Mental health. The journal is focused mainly on Criminology, particularly Criminal justice. It explores topics in Human factors and ergonomics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Law, Sexual violence, Computer security, Intervention (counseling) and Public relations.

The journal facilitates discussions on Domestic violence that incorporate concepts from other fields like Context (language use), Nursing, Developmental psychology, Gender studies and Social issues. In addition to Injury prevention research, Violence Against Women aims to explore topics under Demography and Aggression. Issues in Occupational safety and health were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Family medicine and Environmental health.

• Suicide prevention (58.46%)
• Human factors and ergonomics (47.87%)
• Domestic violence (47.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Prevalence and Consequences of Male-to-female and Female-to-male Intimate Partner Violence as Measured by the National Violence Against Women Survey (930 citations)
• Conflict and Control Gender Symmetry and Asymmetry in Domestic Violence (843 citations)
• Domestic Violence at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender: Challenges and Contributions to Understanding Violence Against Marginalized Women in Diverse Communities (623 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Violence Against Women:

The published articles primarily focus on research topics in Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Injury prevention, Domestic violence and Occupational safety and health. While the published papers focused on Suicide prevention, they were also able to explore topics like Social psychology, Psychiatry, Medical emergency, Clinical psychology and Criminology. The most cited publications address concerns in Domestic violence which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Context (language use), Social issues and Gender studies.

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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Violence Against Women (based on the number of publications) are:

• Claire M. Renzetti (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Jacquelyn C. Campbell (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Ann L. Coker (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Bonnie S. Fisher (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Lisa A. Goodman (16 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Violence Against Women (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Michigan (62 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Michigan State University (56 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Johns Hopkins University (45 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Kentucky (45 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (41 papers) published 3 papers 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, 1.95% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.73% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.78% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.12% of all publications and 57.37% 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.