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Advances in Cognitive Psychology
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Advances in Cognitive Psychology

1895-1171

Published by: Open Access Text

https://www.ac-psych.org/en/home

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 440 8 6 3
Psychology 1029 17 16 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 23
Documents by Best Scientists*: 20
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 37
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.367
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Advances in Cognitive Psychology?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Perception, Stimulus (physiology) and Social psychology. The journal focuses on Cognitive psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Working memory, Visual perception, Artificial intelligence and Priming (psychology). The works on Visual perception deal in particular with Visual masking.

Artificial intelligence research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Computer vision and Natural language processing. The work on Priming (psychology) addressed in Advances in Cognitive Psychology expands to the thematically related Communication. The presented Cognition research focuses mostly on Cognitive science and, on occasion, topics in Consciousness.

It links adjacent topics like Perception with Audiology. The in-depth study on Stimulus (physiology) also explores topics in the intersecting field of Speech recognition. Electroencephalography is part of Neuroscience studies tackled in Advances in Cognitive Psychology.

  • Cognitive psychology (40.31%)
  • Cognition (21.23%)
  • Perception (16.62%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Overview of the KTH rule system for musical performance. (175 citations)
  • Confidence intervals for two sample means: Calculation, interpretation, and a few simple rules (132 citations)
  • MUSIC PERFORMANCE ANXIETY: NEW INSIGHTS FROM YOUNG MUSICIANS (105 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Advances in Cognitive Psychology:

The journal publications primarily focus on research topics in Cognitive psychology, Perception, Stimulus (physiology), Cognition and Artificial intelligence. The works on Cognitive psychology tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Response priming, Priming (psychology), Implicit learning and Communication. Aside from discussions in Cognition, the most cited publications also deal with the subject of Developmental psychology which intersects with Anxiety disciplines.

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

  • Cognition
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Audiology, Cognitive science and Time estimation. Cognitive psychology works presented in Advances in Cognitive Psychology have a specific focus on Emotional valence. Aside from investigating topics in Theory of mind under Cognition, the journal also explores concepts in Reflection (computer graphics).

The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Audiology and Auditory visual. The studies in Event-related potential featured incorporate elements of Ego depletion and Deception. Advances in Cognitive Psychology discusses concepts in Spatial memory under Working memory and how they intertwine with disciplines like Affective modulation and Function (engineering).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Comprehensive Assessment of Spatial Ability in Children: A Computerized Tasks Battery (1 citations)
  • Auditory Attentional Load Modulates Audiovisual Integration During Auditory/Visual Discrimination (0 citations)
  • Prospective and Retrospective Verbal Time Estimation in Children with ADHD (0 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 Advances in Cognitive Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ulrich Ansorge (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Markus Kiefer (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Robert Henricus Johannes van der Lubbe (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ingrid Scharlau (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rolf Verleger (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 Advances in Cognitive Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Ulm (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Würzburg (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jagiellonian University (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bielefeld University (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • RWTH Aachen University (7 papers) absent at the last 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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.

Career Pathways in Cognitive Psychology

While the advances in cognitive psychology offer exciting insights for the academic and research sectors, they also point the way towards diverse career paths, such as in speech language pathology. Various regional regulations require a specific educational and practical pathway to be followed to attain a recognized professional standing. For instance, if you are looking to learn about the educational and licensing requirements of becoming a speech pathologist in South Carolina. Many cognitive psychologists contribute to life-changing research like those presented in our journal while also offering professional services in clinical settings. Speech language pathology is just one of the many disciplines where a background in cognitive psychology could be beneficial. Other potential career pathways include cognitive neuroscientists, human factors consultants, industrial-organizational psychologists, among others. Each of these career paths leverages an understanding of how the human mind works and how behavioral patterns are formed and can be modified. This knowledge can then be applied in practical, real-world situations to facilitate improved cognitive functionality and overall mental well-being. Please remember, regardless of the career path chosen in the fascinating field of cognitive psychology, a commitment to ongoing learning and research is crucial to keeping the knowledge and skills current. In summary, what you learn from our journal can translate into a rewarding career in cognitive psychology. This transition from knowledge to practical application can be a very fulfilling journey. The choice of study topics in cognitive psychology can, therefore, be a defining moment for many aspiring psychologists and mental health professionals.

Top Publications

  • The Relationship Between Problematic Video Gaming, Problematic Facebook Use, and Self-Control Dimensions Among Female and Male Gamers.

    Andrzej Cudo;Tomasz Misiuro;Mark D Griffiths;Małgorzata Torój

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Intersubject EEG Coherence in Healthy Dyads During Individual and Joint Mindful Breathing Exercise: An EEG-Based Experimental Hyperscanning Study

    Emma M. Coomans;Ilse K. Geraedts;Jan Berend Deijen;Daniel Keeser

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • More Than Storage of Information: What Working Memory Contributes to Visual Abductive Reasoning

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Better Destination Memory in Females.

    Mohamad El Haj;Philippe Allain;Joanna Lucenet;André Ndobo

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Face Adaptation Effects on Non-Configural Face Information

    Ronja Mueller;Sandra Utz;Claus-Christian Carbon;Tilo Strobach

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Eye-Blink Patterns Reflect Attention to Continuous Speech

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • The Influence of Anthropomorphism on Giving Personal Names to Objects

    Serge Brédart

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Inductive Reasoning and its Underlying Structure: Support for Difficulty and Item Position Effects

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • The Influence of the BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism on Mechanisms of Semantic Priming: Analyses with Drift-Diffusion Models of Masked and Unmasked Priming

    Alexander Berger;Simon Sanwald;Christian Montag;Markus Kiefer

    (2021)
    3 Citations

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