Voluntas

Top Research Topics at Voluntas?

The foci of Voluntas are Social policy, Public relations, Civil society, Public administration and Politics. It addresses concerns in Social policy which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Economic growth, Context (language use), Political economy, State (polity) and Government. The research on Public relations tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Corporate governance and Accountability.

Research on Civil society addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Democracy.

• Social policy (71.66%)
• Public relations (24.78%)
• Civil society (15.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Social Origins of Civil Society: Explaining the Nonprofit Sector Cross-Nationally (696 citations)
• Book Review: Global Civil Society. Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector, Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, Regina List, Stefan Toepler, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Associates, The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, Baltimore, 1999 (532 citations)
• Social Enterprise in the United States and Europe: Understanding and Learning from the Differences (505 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Voluntas:

The main points discussed in the published articles deal with Social policy, Public relations, Civil society, Social psychology and Public administration. The Social policy research discussed in the published articles can contribute to the expansion of the discourse in closely related subjects like

• Political economy, which have a strong connection to Social movement,
• Government most often made with reference to State (polity).. While Public relations is the focus of the most cited papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Legitimacy, Marketing and Corporate governance.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Law
• World War II
• Epistemology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Social policy, Public relations, Civil society, Government and Context (language use). Topics in Social policy were tackled in line with various other fields like Economic history, Public administration, China, Field (Bourdieu) and Politics. The Economic history study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Index (economics).

Public relations research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Donation and Accountability. The journal holds forums on Civil society that merges themes from other disciplines such as Corporate governance and Democracy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Mapping the Field of Donation-Based Crowdfunding for Charitable Causes: Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework (10 citations)
• Beyond Financial Motivations in Crowdfunding: A Systematic Literature Review of Donations and Rewards (7 citations)
• The Geography and Disparities of Community Philanthropy: A Community Assessment Model of Needs, Resources, and Ecological Environment (6 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Voluntas (based on the number of publications) are:

• Femida Handy (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lester M. Salamon (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Annette Zimmer (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Helmut K. Anheier (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Marc Jegers (11 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Voluntas (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of São Paulo (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Rutgers University (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• State University of Campinas (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Pennsylvania (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Radboud University Nijmegen (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than 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, 12.81% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.73% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.25% of all publications and 59.32% 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.