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Addictive Behaviors Reports

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 196 139 139 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 201
Documents by Best Scientists*: 178
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.12
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Addictive Behaviors Reports?

Addictive Behaviors Reports generally zeroes in on subjects such as Clinical psychology, Addiction, Psychiatry, Psychological intervention and Social psychology. Clinical psychology research presented in Addictive Behaviors Reports encompasses a variety of subjects, including Intervention (counseling), Cognition, Anxiety and Injury prevention, Binge drinking. It investigates Anxiety research which frequently intersects with Depression (differential diagnoses).

Addictive Behaviors Reports focuses on Addiction research which is adjacent to topics in Developmental psychology. In particular, the Developmental psychology works presented emphasize discussions on Impulsivity. The research on Psychiatry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Logistic regression and Alcohol use disorder.

The Logistic regression study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Environmental health. Cannabis use is a major topic of Cannabis research.

  • Clinical psychology (28.80%)
  • Addiction (21.07%)
  • Psychiatry (16.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Smartphone addiction, daily interruptions and self-reported productivity. (134 citations)
  • Online-specific fear of missing out and Internet-use expectancies contribute to symptoms of Internet-communication disorder. (109 citations)
  • The impact of Internet-based specific activities on the perceptions of Internet addiction, quality of life, and excessive usage: A cross-sectional study. (103 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Addictive Behaviors Reports:

The most cited articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Addiction, Clinical psychology, Social psychology, Developmental psychology and Structural equation modeling. The presentations in the most cited papers focused mostly on Addiction in an attempt to further explore topics in Psychiatry. While the journal publications focused on Clinical psychology, they were also able to explore topics like Feeling, Psychological distress, Anxiety and Association (psychology).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Clinical psychology, Addiction, Psychiatry, Mental health and Intervention (counseling). Addictive Behaviors Reports addresses concerns in Clinical psychology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Big Five personality traits, Cognition, Scale (social sciences) and Binge drinking. Some problems in Addiction that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Social media and Low and middle income countries.

The Psychiatry research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Opioid use disorder and the closely related topic of Buprenorphine, Health care, Physician burnout, Burnout and Prejudice (legal term). The Mental health works featured in it incorporate elements from Service (business), Spouse, Anxiety, Set (psychology) and Occupational safety and health. Topics in Intervention (counseling) were tackled in line with various other fields like Young adult, Marijuana use, Medical education and Alcohol use disorder.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Internet gaming disorder, psychological distress, and insomnia in adolescent students and their siblings: An actor-partner interdependence model approach. (4 citations)
  • Cognitive processes related to problematic pornography use (PPU): A systematic review of experimental studies (3 citations)
  • Clinical binge eating, but not uncontrolled eating, is associated with differences in executive functions: Evidence from meta-analytic findings (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Addictive Behaviors Reports (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mark D. Griffiths (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cecilia A. Essau (10 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition,
  • Marcantonio M. Spada (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Christian Montag (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jennifer B. Unger (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Addictive Behaviors Reports (based on the number of publications) are:

  • London South Bank University (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nottingham Trent University (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Southern California (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Yale University (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 12.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.61% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.12% of all publications and 59.18% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Depression, anxiety, and stress mediate the associations between internet gaming disorder, insomnia, and quality of life during the COVID-19 outbreak

    Sara Fazeli;Isa Mohammadi Zeidi;Chung Ying Lin;Peyman Namdar

    (2020)
    187 Citations
  • Narcissism and problematic social media use: A systematic literature review.

    Silvia Casale;Vanessa Banchi

    (2020)
    136 Citations
  • Problematic internet use among young and adult population in Bangladesh: Correlates with lifestyle and online activities during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Md. Saiful Islam;Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan;Rafia Tasnim;Most. Zannatul Ferdous

    (2020)
    131 Citations
  • Social norms and e-motions in problematic social media use among adolescents.

    Claudia Marino;Claudia Marino;Gianluca Gini;Federica Angelini;Alessio Vieno

    (2020)
    114 Citations
  • Passive objective measures in the assessment of problematic smartphone use: A systematic review.

    Francesca C. Ryding;Daria J. Kuss

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • Discussing digital technology overuse in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: On the importance of considering affective neuroscience theory

    Christian Montag;Jon D. Elhai

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Adolescent problematic internet use and parental mediation: A Bangladeshi structured interview study

    Rubaiya Matin Chandrima;Kagan Kircaburun;Humyon Kabir;Baizid Khoorshid Riaz

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • Selfie-engagement on social media: Pathological narcissism, positive expectation, and body objectification - Which is more influential?

    Valentina Boursier;Francesca Gioia;Mark D. Griffiths

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • Hedonic use, stress, and life satisfaction as predictors of smartphone addiction

    (2022)
    55 Citations
  • Internet use during COVID-19 lockdown among young people in low- and middle-income countries: Role of psychological wellbeing.

    Blossom Fernandes;Bilge Uzun;Caner Aydin;Roseann Tan-Mansukhani

    (2021)
    48 Citations

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