The Profession
European Political Science (2007) 6, 41–50. doi:10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210112
academic heavy-weights: the 'relevance' of political science journals
Thomas Plümpera
aDepartment of Government, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK. E-mail: tpluem@essex.ac.uk
Abstract
Journals are currently 'ranked' by their influential 'impact factor' and their 'total number of cites' – both published by Thomson, the company producing and selling the (Social) Science Citation Index. This article suggests an alternative view and ranks political science journals according to the number of articles published within a period of time that have 'frequently' been cited.
Keywords:
journal ranking, political science, citations
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