Monthly Report | November 2019 in the Social Sciences

In total, 3.255 papers were published in 490 social science journals throughout November 2019.

In total, 3255 papers were published in 490 social science journals throughout November 2019. Click here to see the top trending papers across all categories from November 2019.

Political Science

In November 2019, 149 Political Science journals published 898 papers.

The most active journals were:

Perspectives on Politics (109 papers)
Marine Policy (31 papers)
International Affairs (28 papers)
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (25 papers)
Democratization (22 papers)
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies (21 papers)
Australian Journal of International Affairs (18 papers)

The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):

Exploring Bias in Student Evaluations: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity

PS: Political Science & Politics | Political Science 2019-11-21

Doing feminism: a conversation between Cynthia Enloe and Roxani Krystalli

International Feminist Journal of Politics | Political Science 2019-11-07

Graduate Qualitative Methods Training in Political Science: A Disciplinary Crisis

PS: Political Science & Politics | Political Science 2019-11-21

Returning to the Fight: An Empirical Analysis of Terrorist Reengagement and Recidivism

Terrorism and Political Violence | Political Science 2019-11-18

Are digital parties more democratic than traditional parties? Evaluating Podemos and Movimento 5 Stelle’s online decision-making platforms

Party Politics | Political Science 2019-11-06

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Sociology

In November 2019, 103 Sociology journals published 628 papers.

The most active journals were:

Ethnic and Racial Studies (31 papers)
Annals of Tourism Research (29 papers)
Sociology of Health & Illness (21 papers)
Work, Employment and Society (20 papers)
Law & Society Review (19 papers)
Social Indicators Research (15 papers)
Language in Society (15 papers)

The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):

Race and Networks in the Job Search Process

American Sociological Review | Sociology 2019-11-08

A sign of the times? Weak and strong polarization in the U.S. Congress, 1973–2016

Social Networks | Sociology 2019-11-28

Genes, Gender Inequality, and Educational Attainment

American Sociological Review | Sociology 2019-11-23

Historic Lynching and Corporal Punishment in Contemporary Southern Schools

Social Problems | Sociology 2019-11-18

How and Why Interviews Work: Ethnographic Interviews and Meso-level Public Culture

Sociological Methods & Research | Sociology 2019-11-06

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Law

In November 2019, 53 Law journals published 298 papers.

The most active journals were:

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (35 papers)
Cambridge Law Journal (20 papers)
Law & Society Review (19 papers)
University of Pittsburgh Law Review (17 papers)
Law and History Review (16 papers)
Leiden Journal of International Law (15 papers)
Computer Law & Security Review (13 papers)

The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):

Domestic Cats (Felis catus) and European Nature Conservation Law—Applying the EU Birds and Habitats Directives to a Significant but Neglected Threat to Wildlife

Journal of Environmental Law | Law 2019-11-27

The War Crime of Starvation in Non-International Armed Conflict

Journal of International Criminal Justice | Law 2019-11-22

Law and Inclusive Urban Development: Lessons from Chile’s Enabling Markets Housing Policy Regime

American Journal of Comparative Law | Law 2019-11-28

The turn to history in international law and the sources doctrine: Critical approaches and methodological imaginaries

Leiden Journal of International Law | Law 2019-11-08

Managing mental incapacity in the 20th century: A history of the Court of Protection of England & Wales

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry | Law 2019-11-28

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Geography

In November 2019, 69 Geography journals published 518 papers.

The most active journals were:

Journal of Rural Studies (26 papers)
Journal of Transport Geography (25 papers)
Geoforum (24 papers)
European Planning Studies (20 papers)
Landscape and Urban Planning (17 papers)
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (17 papers)
Journal of Historical Geography (15 papers)

The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):

A feminist coven in the university

Gender, Place & Culture | Geography 2019-11-05

The migration map trap. On the invasion arrows in the cartography of migration

Mobilities | Geography 2019-11-14

Kindness: A new kind of rigour for British Geographers

Emotion, Space and Society | Geography 2019-11-09

Overlooked ocean strategies to address climate change

Global Environmental Change | Geography 2019-11-07

Geographies of Algorithmic Violence: Redlining the Smart City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Geography 2019-11-25

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History

In November 2019, 45 History journals published 407 papers.

The most active journals were:

Journal of Interdisciplinary History (36 papers)
Journal of Modern History (33 papers)
Canadian Historical Review (30 papers)
Journal of African History (27 papers)
Environmental History (20 papers)
International Journal of the History of Sport (16 papers)
Law and History Review (16 papers)

The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):

AHR Conversation: Museums, History, and the Public in a Global Age

American Historical Review | History 2019-11-12

‘A War Imagined’: Postcards and the Maintenance of Long-Distance Relationships during the Great War

War in History | Political Science History 2019-11-07

“Sex Prejudice” and Professional Identity: Women Doctors and Their Patients in Britain’s Interwar VD Service

Journal of Social History | History 2019-11-06

Life For The Families Of The Victorian Criminally Insane

Historical Journal | History 2019-11-22

An INS special forum: US intelligence officers’ involvement in political activities in the Trump era

Intelligence and National Security | Political Science History 2019-11-19

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Area Studies

In November 2019, 46 Area Studies journals published 369 papers.

The most active journals were:

Slavic Review (66 papers)
Journal of Latin American Studies (25 papers)
China Quarterly (20 papers)
Bulletin of Latin American Research (20 papers)
Africa (19 papers)
German Studies Review (19 papers)
International Journal of Middle East Studies (18 papers)

The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):

Regionalism and Great Power Management in the Asia–Pacific: Complementary or Competing Forces?

Asian Studies Review | Area Studies 2019-11-29

‘He Causes a Ruckus Wherever He Goes’: Saʿid Muḥammad al-ʿAsali as a missionary of modernism in north-west China

Modern Asian Studies | Area Studies 2019-11-13

Right-Wing Moderation, Left-Wing Inertia and Political Cartelisation in Post-Transition Chile

Journal of Latin American Studies | Area Studies 2019-11-27

Deeds, Not Words: The Suffragettes and Early Terrorism in the City of London

London Journal | History Area Studies 2019-11-20

Mandela’s Army: Urban Revolt in South Africa, 1960–1964

Journal of Southern African Studies | Area Studies 2019-11-13

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Communication

In November 2019, 71 Communication journals published 379 papers.

The most active journals were:

New Media & Society (20 papers)
Environmental Communication (20 papers)
Health Communication (15 papers)
Journalism Practice (15 papers)
Public Understanding of Science (11 papers)
European Journal of Communication (11 papers)
Profesional de la Informacion (11 papers)

The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):

Experimentally manipulating social media abstinence: results of a four-week diary study

Media Psychology | Communication 2019-11-06

Perceptions of married life among single never‐married, single ever‐married, and married adults

Personal Relationships | Communication 2019-11-27

Effects of a Magazine’s Move to Online-only: Post-print Audience Attention and Readership Retention Revisited

Journalism Practice | Communication 2019-11-13

Firefighters’ job stress and the (un)intended consequences of relational quality with spouses and firefighter friends

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | Communication 2019-11-12

The Cost of the Veil: Visual Communication Impacts of Hijab on News Judgments

Mass Communication and Society | Communication 2019-11-20

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