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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS | 2019-10-13

Monthly Report | September 2019 in the Social Sciences

Monthly Report, Sept. 2019
How many papers were published across the social sciences in September 2019? Which journals were most active, and which papers were trending in each discipline?
In total, 2824 papers were published in 466 social science journals throughout September 2019. Click here to see the top trending papers across all categories from September 2019.

Political Science

In September 2019, 151 Political Science journals published 903 papers.

The most active journals were:


 

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

1
Altmetric Attention Score: 381
Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina
American Journal of Political Science | Political Science 2019-09-27
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 165
Nationally poor, locally rich: Income and local context in the 2016 presidential election
Electoral Studies | Political Science 2019-09-23
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 109
In the Mood for Democracy? Democratic Support as Thermostatic Opinion
American Political Science Review | Political Science 2019-09-20
4
Altmetric Attention Score: 102
High-Profile Criminal Violence: Why Drug Cartels Murder Government Officials and Party Candidates in Mexico
British Journal of Political Science | Political Science 2019-09-05
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 99
Updated estimates and analysis of global fisheries subsidies
Marine Policy | Political Science 2019-09-26
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Sociology

In September 2019, 103 Sociology journals published 655 papers.

The most active journals were:


 

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

1
Altmetric Attention Score: 398
The Sociology of Gaslighting
American Sociological Review | Sociology 2019-09-20
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 335
Mismatches in the Marriage Market
Journal of Marriage and Family | Sociology 2019-09-05
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 94
The Geometry of Culture: Analyzing the Meanings of Class through Word Embeddings
American Sociological Review | Sociology 2019-09-26
4
Altmetric Attention Score: 62
Children’s understanding of personal data and privacy online – a systematic evidence mapping
Information, Communication & Society | Sociology Communication 2019-09-17
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 59
Mind the Income Gaps? Experimental Evidence of Information’s Lasting Effect on Redistributive Preferences
Social Justice Research | Sociology 2019-09-04
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Law

In September 2019, 51 Law journals published 193 papers.

The most active journals were:


 

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

1
Altmetric Attention Score: 35
The myth of school shooters and psychotropic medications
Behavioral Sciences & the Law | Law 2019-09-12
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 33
On being companions and strangers: Lawyers and the production of international climate law
Leiden Journal of International Law | Law 2019-09-13
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 19
Police officers’ and Registered Intermediaries’ use of drawing during investigative interviews with vulnerable witnesses
Psychology, Crime & Law | Law 2019-09-19
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 19
The Scharff technique: training military intelligence officers to elicit information from small cells of sources
Psychology, Crime & Law | Law 2019-09-25
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Prenatal Care for Undocumented Immigrants: Professional Norms, Ethical Tensions, and Practical Workarounds
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics | Law 2019-09-28
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Geography

In September 2019, 60 Geography journals published 408 papers.

The most active journals were:


 

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

1
Altmetric Attention Score: 157
Class in the 21st century: Asset inflation and the new logic of inequality
Environment and Planning A | Geography 2019-09-10
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 103
The geography of EU discontent
Regional Studies | Geography 2019-09-24
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 85
The rentierization of the United Kingdom economy
Environment and Planning A | Geography 2019-09-12
4
Altmetric Attention Score: 67
Sensing global tourism numbers with millions of publicly shared online photographs
Environment and Planning A | Geography 2019-09-12
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 32
Undergraduate student perceptions of assessment and feedback practice: fostering agency and dialogue
Journal of Geography in Higher Education | Geography 2019-09-01
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History

In September 2019, 47 History journals published 324 papers.

The most active journals were:


 

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

1
Altmetric Attention Score: 51
Developing theory on the use of intelligence by non-state actors: five case studies on insurgent intelligence
Intelligence and National Security | Political Science History 2019-09-26
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 33
Losing the Battle, Winning the War: Neoconservatives versus the New International Economic Order, 1974–82
Diplomatic History | History 2019-09-13
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Where Interests Collided: Examining the Conflictual Relationship between the Nepali State and Its Citizens through the History of Public Libraries
South Asia | History Area Studies 2019-09-02
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Parliament And The Crown Jewels In The English Revolution, 1641–1644
Historical Journal | History 2019-09-25
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 17
Law, Language and the Printing Press in the Reign of Charles I: Explaining the Printing of the Common Law in English
Law and History Review | Law History 2019-09-09
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Area Studies

In September 2019, 41 Area Studies journals published 229 papers.

The most active journals were:


 

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

1
Altmetric Attention Score: 311
The Legacy of Colonial Language Policies and Their Impact on Student Learning: Evidence from an Experimental Program in Cameroon
Economic Development and Cultural Change | Area Studies 2019-09-30
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 38
The Mnangagwa Era? Periodisation and Politics in Zimbabwe
Journal of Southern African Studies | Area Studies 2019-09-17
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 24
“Extreme pressure”: gendered negotiations of violence and vulnerability in Japanese antiracism movements
Critical Asian Studies | Area Studies 2019-09-19
4
Altmetric Attention Score: 23
Atatürk’s Middle East: representations in the construction of state identity
Turkish Studies | Area Studies 2019-09-10
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Where Interests Collided: Examining the Conflictual Relationship between the Nepali State and Its Citizens through the History of Public Libraries
South Asia | History Area Studies 2019-09-02
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Communication

In September 2019, 62 Communication journals published 367 papers.

The most active journals were:


 

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

1
Altmetric Attention Score: 77
Thinking Fast and Furious: Emotional Intensity and Opinion Polarization in Online Media
Public Opinion Quarterly | Political Science Communication 2019-09-09
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 64
Angry, frustrated, and overwhelmed: The emotional experience of consuming news about President Trump
Journalism | Communication 2019-09-25
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 62
Children’s understanding of personal data and privacy online – a systematic evidence mapping
Information, Communication & Society | Sociology Communication 2019-09-17
4
Altmetric Attention Score: 53
Behind the screen of Facebook: Identity construction in the rehearsal stage of online interaction
New Media & Society | Communication 2019-09-11
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 49
Are there Still Limits on Partisan Prejudice?
Public Opinion Quarterly | Political Science Communication 2019-09-24
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