Journal of Contemporary European Studies

Journal of Contemporary European Studies (JCES) is a multidisciplinary journal for the empirical study of European societies, politics and cultures and is committed to the encouragement and promotion of debate on these topics. The central area focus of the journal is European in its broadest geographical definition and articles are welcomed from both cross-national and single-country specialists in European studies. The JCES differentiates itself from other European Studies journals in that it is not EU focused - its focus and interests extend beyond the EU - and in that it also provides a forum for debate about the theory and practice of ‘area studies’ and the advantages, scope and limitations of interdisciplinarity. Furthermore, the Journal is enhanced by non-European perspectives. Research and review articles are published in the JCES, as well as an extensive section containing reviews on recently published books relating to European areas and themes. The journal publishes articles from a variety of disciplines within the humanities and social sciences, including sociology and social policy, politics and economics. Recent issues have considered a range of themes including: gender, migration, labour, identity and integration. Thematic issues are regularly published and the Editorial Board welcomes critical replies to articles that have appeared in earlier issues.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Cultural Studies	2008	Q2
Cultural Studies	2009	Q2
Cultural Studies	2010	Q2
Cultural Studies	2011	Q1
Cultural Studies	2012	Q1
Cultural Studies	2013	Q1
Cultural Studies	2014	Q1
Cultural Studies	2015	Q2
Cultural Studies	2016	Q1
Cultural Studies	2017	Q1
Cultural Studies	2018	Q1
Cultural Studies	2019	Q1
Cultural Studies	2020	Q1
Cultural Studies	2021	Q1
Cultural Studies	2022	Q1
Cultural Studies	2023	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2013	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2014	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2015	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2016	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2023	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2008	0.124
2009	0.167
2010	0.164
2011	0.305
2012	0.234
2013	0.327
2014	0.328
2015	0.204
2016	0.649
2017	0.577
2018	0.477
2019	0.539
2020	0.409
2021	0.401
2022	0.327
2023	0.479

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2007	23
2008	26
2009	26
2010	27
2011	34
2012	28
2013	28
2014	29
2015	32
2016	28
2017	29
2018	28
2019	37
2020	38
2021	44
2022	56
2023	137

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.174
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.400
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.608
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.726
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.922
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.632
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.975
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.171
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.487
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.534
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.487
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.426
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.697
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.949
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.174
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.224
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.400
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.608
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.764
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.689
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.894
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.371
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.607
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.449
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.282
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.447
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.757
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.361
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.043
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.174
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.224
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.327
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.528
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.541
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.790
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.607
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.105
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.426
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.800
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.228
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.193
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.369
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.040
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.622
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.090

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	4
Self Cites	2010	2
Self Cites	2011	2
Self Cites	2012	1
Self Cites	2013	6
Self Cites	2014	5
Self Cites	2015	0
Self Cites	2016	17
Self Cites	2017	6
Self Cites	2018	5
Self Cites	2019	7
Self Cites	2020	12
Self Cites	2021	7
Self Cites	2022	7
Self Cites	2023	30
Total Cites	2007	0
Total Cites	2008	4
Total Cites	2009	11
Total Cites	2010	30
Total Cites	2011	48
Total Cites	2012	58
Total Cites	2013	68
Total Cites	2014	62
Total Cites	2015	76
Total Cites	2016	122
Total Cites	2017	143
Total Cites	2018	129
Total Cites	2019	109
Total Cites	2020	136
Total Cites	2021	181
Total Cites	2022	162
Total Cites	2023	282

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2007	0
External Cites per document	2008	0.174
External Cites per document	2009	0.143
External Cites per document	2010	0.373
External Cites per document	2011	0.582
External Cites per document	2012	0.655
External Cites per document	2013	0.697
External Cites per document	2014	0.633
External Cites per document	2015	0.894
External Cites per document	2016	1.180
External Cites per document	2017	1.539
External Cites per document	2018	1.393
External Cites per document	2019	1.200
External Cites per document	2020	1.319
External Cites per document	2021	1.689
External Cites per document	2022	1.303
External Cites per document	2023	1.826
Cites per document	2007	0.000
Cites per document	2008	0.174
Cites per document	2009	0.224
Cites per document	2010	0.400
Cites per document	2011	0.608
Cites per document	2012	0.667
Cites per document	2013	0.764
Cites per document	2014	0.689
Cites per document	2015	0.894
Cites per document	2016	1.371
Cites per document	2017	1.607
Cites per document	2018	1.449
Cites per document	2019	1.282
Cites per document	2020	1.447
Cites per document	2021	1.757
Cites per document	2022	1.361
Cites per document	2023	2.043

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2007	0.00
2008	3.85
2009	11.54
2010	3.70
2011	20.59
2012	7.14
2013	10.71
2014	20.69
2015	12.50
2016	17.86
2017	13.79
2018	10.71
2019	24.32
2020	28.95
2021	18.18
2022	16.07
2023	25.55

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	3
Non-citable documents	2009	6
Non-citable documents	2010	8
Non-citable documents	2011	10
Non-citable documents	2012	10
Non-citable documents	2013	11
Non-citable documents	2014	9
Non-citable documents	2015	9
Non-citable documents	2016	11
Non-citable documents	2017	10
Non-citable documents	2018	9
Non-citable documents	2019	4
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	1
Non-citable documents	2022	2
Non-citable documents	2023	4
Citable documents	2007	0
Citable documents	2008	20
Citable documents	2009	43
Citable documents	2010	67
Citable documents	2011	69
Citable documents	2012	77
Citable documents	2013	78
Citable documents	2014	81
Citable documents	2015	76
Citable documents	2016	78
Citable documents	2017	79
Citable documents	2018	80
Citable documents	2019	81
Citable documents	2020	92
Citable documents	2021	102
Citable documents	2022	117
Citable documents	2023	134

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2007	0
Uncited documents	2008	20
Uncited documents	2009	40
Uncited documents	2010	53
Uncited documents	2011	53
Uncited documents	2012	54
Uncited documents	2013	59
Uncited documents	2014	55
Uncited documents	2015	51
Uncited documents	2016	48
Uncited documents	2017	41
Uncited documents	2018	36
Uncited documents	2019	40
Uncited documents	2020	38
Uncited documents	2021	44
Uncited documents	2022	48
Uncited documents	2023	40
Cited documents	2007	0
Cited documents	2008	3
Cited documents	2009	9
Cited documents	2010	22
Cited documents	2011	26
Cited documents	2012	33
Cited documents	2013	30
Cited documents	2014	35
Cited documents	2015	34
Cited documents	2016	41
Cited documents	2017	48
Cited documents	2018	53
Cited documents	2019	45
Cited documents	2020	56
Cited documents	2021	59
Cited documents	2022	71
Cited documents	2023	98