Global Authorship Across 45+ Universities in 25+ Countries, 4 continents: Evidence from L'Europe Unie / United Europe

International Authorship and Institutional Diversity in L’Europe Unie / United Europe: 2020–2025 Executive Summary L’Europe Unie / United Europe is a French peer-reviewed academic journal, founded in Paris in 2007, specialising in European Studies, Political Science, International Relations, European Law, Security Studies, EU governance, EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy, and European and Euro-Mediterranean Contemporary History. This report analyses the complete published corpus of Volumes 16/2020–23/2025, within the journal’s broader international publication record for 2007–2025. The evidence documents: 111 published contributions in eight issues between 2020 and 2025; 99 main scholarly contributions; 8 editorial or framing texts; 4 scholarly book reviews; approximately 105 recorded author and co-author entries; a broader authorship network spanning 25+ countries, with more than 20 countries represented in the 2020–2025 corpus; approximately 45 universities and higher-education institutions; more than 50 institutional entities in total, including universities, research institutes, courts, governmental bodies, public authorities and international policy organisations; institutional participation across Europe, North Africa, Asia and Latin America. The evidence demonstrates international author distribution, multi-year institutional participation, geographic diversity, institutional traceability, and a close relationship between the journal’s international authorship and its declared European and global scholarly scope. These characteristics are directly relevant to the Web of Science evaluation criteria concerning author distribution, author-affiliation information, content relevance, journal scope, participation in the relevant scholarly community, and content significance. Official reference: Clarivate — Journal Evaluation Process and Selection Criteria ======================================================== 1. Journal Identity Journal title: L’Europe Unie / United Europe Country of publication: France Founded: Paris, 2007 Print ISSN: 2780-8173 Online ISSN and ISSN-L: 2743-4052 Publication frequency: Annual Publication model: Diamond Open Access Publication languages: English and French Peer review: Double-blind peer review Principal publisher: Association JISR, France Principal verification sources Official journal website Official journal archive Editorial and peer-review procedures CEEOL journal record DOAJ journal record ERIH PLUS journal record 2. Verified Publication Output, 2020–2025 Volume Year Main scholarly contributions Framing texts Book Reviews Total 16 2020 8 — — 8 17 2021 14 — 2 16 18 2022 5 — 1 6 19 2023 16 — — 16 20 2023 16 2 — 18 21 2024 13 2 — 15 22 2025 15 2 — 17 23 2025 12 2 1 15 Total 2020–2025 99 8 4 111 Complete-volume evidence Volume 16/2020 Volume 17/2021 Volume 18/2022 Volume 19/2023 Volume 20/2023 Volume 21/2024 Volume 22/2025 Volume 23/2025 3. International Authorship by Region, Country, Institution and Volume 3.1 EU’s Western Europe Member States France Université Catholique de Lille — Lille Hedi Saidi — Volumes 16/2020, 20/2023 and 21/2024 Éric Olszak — Volume 17/2021 This is a recurring French institutional cluster, represented across four publication years. Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas — Paris Raluca Anica Onufreiciuc — Volume 23/2025(Secondary concurrent affiliation recorded in the article: Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest, Romania.) France is included in the international analysis because L’Europe Unie / United Europe is a French journal, while its authors are drawn from several French and international institutions. Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Brussels School of Governance — Brussels Vira Ratsiborynska (VUB and NATO College in Rome) — Volume 18/2022 Youri Devuyst (VUB full Professor and high-impact author) — Volume 22/2025 Simion Costea (Visiting Professor at VUB Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Brussels School of Governance — Brussels; Senior Resident Fellow at Global Governance Institute Brussels, and Professor at UMFST)— Volume 23/2025 The VUB participation represents a recurrent institutional connection, covering European security, hybrid threats, EU governance and enlargement. ==================== The Netherlands (Leiden Univ.) Marcu-Andrei Solomon — Volumes 20/2023 and 21/2024(MA graduate of Leiden University, the Netherlands, Free Russia think tank in Brussels; New Strategy Center — Bucharest) Italy University of Udine — Udine Francesca Buiatti — Volume 23/2025 University of Florence — Florence Mattia Morresi — Volume 20/2023, recorded as a graduate of the University of Florence and, at publication, a research assistant at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. (The primary publication affiliation for Morresi is TalTech, Estonia; the University of Florence constitutes a documented secondary academic connection). Before 2020, L’Europe Unie / United Europe also published a contribution by Professor Marcello Pierini, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy, holder of an Ad Personam Jean Monnet Chair. uniurb.it/it/cdocs/CWEB/8341-cv.pdf Austria; Slovenia and Switzerland International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies – IFIMES — Vienna and Ljubljana Anis H. Bajrektarević (IFIMES Vienna/Ljubljana, University of Geneva) –Volumes 14/2019; 16/2020, 17/2021, 23/2025; 2026 Maria Smotrytska — Volume 17/2021, Senior Research Fellow at IFIMES/DeSSA This cluster provides multi-year expertise in international law, geopolitics, Asian affairs, environmental governance, organised crime and emerging technologies. For Maria Smotrytska, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, is documented as the university where she obtained her PhD in International Politics. It is therefore reported as a doctoral institution, not as the principal professional affiliation attached to her article. Spain Spanish Public Prosecution Service Carlos López-Veraza Pérez — Volume 17/2021 His publication profile records professional involvement with the European Court of Human Rights, the OSCE, the International Organization for Migration, and the Euromed Justice Programme organised by Eurojust. These are relevant judicial and professional affiliations, not separate universities. • In addition, Lucía Vallecillo Graziatti – RESEARCHER AT Instituto Católico de Administración y Dirección de Empresas, Madrid, Spain – Volume 15/2019 3.2 European Union’s Northern and Eastern Flank Estonia Tallinn University of Technology – TalTech — Tallinn Dioleen Hundt — Volume 17/2021 Manon Caplier — Volume 17/2021 Viktoria Mazur — Volume 17/2021 Liisa Margit Paats — Volume 17/2021 Teele Nässi — Volume 17/2021 Katrin Virgebau — Volume 17/2021 Giorgi Urtmelidze — Volume 20/2023 Mattia Morresi — Volume 20/2023 Ana Koiava — Volume 20/2023 Marta Terletska — Volume 20/2023 Aysegul Zengin — Volume 21/2024 Akvilė Svidraitė — Volume 23/2025 TalTech represents the journal’s strongest recurring international university cluster during 2020–2025: approximately twelve identifiable authors; participation in four different volumes; publication across 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025; research covering European law, artificial intelligence, data protection, cybersecurity, digital trust, EU external relations, foreign policy and emerging technologies. The TalTech record demonstrates continuity and institutional depth, rather than isolated international participation. Poland Management Academy of Applied Sciences — Warsaw Thomas Ireneusz (University of Rzeszów; MANS Warsaw) — Volume 19/2023 Angelika Kleszczewska-Albińska — Volume 21/2024 Warsaw Management University — Warsaw Zbigniew Ciekanowski — Volume 22/2025 State Academy of Applied Sciences — Chełm (Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Chełmie) Sławomir Żurawski — Volume 22/2025 Marcin Oskierko — Volume 22/2025 The Polish contributions cover social security, psychological resilience, migration, hybrid warfare and EU border security. Hungary and the United Kingdom University of Miskolc — Miskolc Colin Swatridge — Volume 17/2021; UK academic, citizen and resident, with a documented visiting academic affiliation at the University of Miskolc, Hungary. The journal’s documented 2026 expansion also includes Jean-Marc Trouille, Jean Monnet Professor at the University of Bradford, United Kingdom, and Vasile Cucerescu, associated with the same UK-based academic network. Romania Romania represents a major part of the journal’s international authorship because the journal’s publishing and serial identity is French. “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology – UMFST — Târgu Mureș Aurelian Olimpiu Sabău Pop — Volumes 16/2020 and 17/2021 Aliona Balan — Volumes 16/2020 and 18/2022 Dumitru Cazac — Volume 16/2020 Mihaela Daciana Natea — Volumes 18/2022 and 19/2023 Lucian Săcălean — Volume 18/2022 Natalia Bîrlădeanu — Volume 19/2023 Nicolae Ploeșteanu — Volume 19/2023 Raul Miron — Volume 19/2023 Veronica Zaharagiu — Volume 19/2023 Ilie Florin Ceușan — Volumes 19/2023 and 23/2025 Andreea-Romana Ban — Volume 20/2023 Mircea Ungur — Volume 21/2024 Edit Laura Ciulea — Volume 21/2024 Irina Mihaela Trifan — Volume 21/2024 Florin Țurcanu — Volume 21/2024 Szabo-Csiffo Barna — Volume 21/2024 Laurențiu Magdaș — Volume 21/2024 Dana Simona Țurcanu — Volume 21/2024 Crina Malcoci — Volume 23/2025 Aurel Lazăr — Volume 23/2025 UMFST provides the journal’s largest sustained Romanian academic cluster, covering European integration, law, security, disinformation, diplomacy, history, education, resilience and public policy.