Monthly Report | September 2019 in the Social Sciences

In total, 2.824 papers were published in 466 social science journals throughout September 2019.

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:

International Affairs (36 papers)
Australian Journal of Politics and History (32 papers)
Politics and Governance (31 papers)
Political Science Quarterly (30 papers)
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (24 papers)
Canadian Journal of Political Science (21 papers)
Global Policy (20 papers)

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

Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina

American Journal of Political Science | Political Science 2019-09-27

Nationally poor, locally rich: Income and local context in the 2016 presidential election

Electoral Studies | Political Science 2019-09-23

In the Mood for Democracy? Democratic Support as Thermostatic Opinion

American Political Science Review | Political Science 2019-09-20

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

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:

Contemporary Sociology (55 papers)
International Sociology (35 papers)
Ethnic and Racial Studies (24 papers)
Sexualities (18 papers)
Men and Masculinities (17 papers)
Nations and Nationalism (14 papers)
Sociology of Health & Illness (14 papers)

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

The Sociology of Gaslighting

American Sociological Review | Sociology 2019-09-20

Mismatches in the Marriage Market

Journal of Marriage and Family | Sociology 2019-09-05

The Geometry of Culture: Analyzing the Meanings of Class through Word Embeddings

American Sociological Review | Sociology 2019-09-26

Children’s understanding of personal data and privacy online – a systematic evidence mapping

Information, Communication & Society | Sociology Communication 2019-09-17

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:

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (19 papers)
Modern Law Review (14 papers)
Leiden Journal of International Law (12 papers)
Psychology, Crime & Law (9 papers)
Journal of Legal Medicine (7 papers)
European Business Organization Law Review (7 papers)
Review of Central and East European Law (7 papers)

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

The myth of school shooters and psychotropic medications

Behavioral Sciences & the Law | Law 2019-09-12

On being companions and strangers: Lawyers and the production of international climate law

Leiden Journal of International Law | Law 2019-09-13

Police officers’ and Registered Intermediaries’ use of drawing during investigative interviews with vulnerable witnesses

Psychology, Crime & Law | Law 2019-09-19

The Scharff technique: training military intelligence officers to elicit information from small cells of sources

Psychology, Crime & Law | Law 2019-09-25

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:

Environment and Planning B (21 papers)
Geoforum (19 papers)
Dialogues in Human Geography (18 papers)
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (18 papers)
Landscape and Urban Planning (17 papers)
Regional Studies (16 papers)
Journal of Geography in Higher Education (15 papers)

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

Class in the 21st century: Asset inflation and the new logic of inequality

Environment and Planning A | Geography 2019-09-10

The geography of EU discontent

Regional Studies | Geography 2019-09-24

The rentierization of the United Kingdom economy

Environment and Planning A | Geography 2019-09-12

Sensing global tourism numbers with millions of publicly shared online photographs

Environment and Planning A | Geography 2019-09-12

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:

Australian Journal of Politics and History (32 papers)
English Historical Review (28 papers)
Scottish Historical Review (24 papers)
Ethnohistory (17 papers)
Central European History (16 papers)
Nations and Nationalism (14 papers)
Rural History (14 papers)

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

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

Losing the Battle, Winning the War: Neoconservatives versus the New International Economic Order, 1974–82

Diplomatic History | History 2019-09-13

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

Parliament And The Crown Jewels In The English Revolution, 1641–1644

Historical Journal | History 2019-09-25

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:

China Quarterly (28 papers)
Journal of Palestine Studies (18 papers)
East European Politics and Societies (14 papers)
Israel Affairs (11 papers)
Economic Development and Cultural Change (11 papers)
East Asian Science, Technology & Society (11 papers)
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (11 papers)

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

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

The Mnangagwa Era? Periodisation and Politics in Zimbabwe

Journal of Southern African Studies | Area Studies 2019-09-17

“Extreme pressure”: gendered negotiations of violence and vulnerability in Japanese antiracism movements

Critical Asian Studies | Area Studies 2019-09-19

Atatürk’s Middle East: representations in the construction of state identity

Turkish Studies | Area Studies 2019-09-10

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:

Health Communication (22 papers)
New Media & Society (18 papers)
Feminist Media Studies (14 papers)
Argumentation (14 papers)
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (13 papers)
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (11 papers)
Information, Communication & Society (11 papers)

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

Thinking Fast and Furious: Emotional Intensity and Opinion Polarization in Online Media

Public Opinion Quarterly | Political Science Communication 2019-09-09

Angry, frustrated, and overwhelmed: The emotional experience of consuming news about President Trump

Journalism | Communication 2019-09-25

Children’s understanding of personal data and privacy online – a systematic evidence mapping

Information, Communication & Society | Sociology Communication 2019-09-17

Behind the screen of Facebook: Identity construction in the rehearsal stage of online interaction

New Media & Society | Communication 2019-09-11

Are there Still Limits on Partisan Prejudice?

Public Opinion Quarterly | Political Science Communication 2019-09-24

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