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Advances in Life Course Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 409 36 43 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 65
Documents by Best Scientists*: 55
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.095
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Advances in Life Course Research?

Life course approach, Developmental psychology, Demographic economics, Social psychology and Demography are the subjects of interest in the journal. Advances in Life Course Research blends together research topics in Life course approach and Perspective (graphical). Young adult research are fields of study within Developmental psychology but they also intertwine with concepts in Transition (fiction).

The journal served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Young adult and Adolescent health. The work on Demographic economics tackled in Advances in Life Course Research brings together disciplines like Fertility, Affect (psychology), Socioeconomics and Unemployment. The journal emphasizes research on Social psychology, which includes concerns such as Identity (social science).

Birth cohort and Cohort are some topics wherein Demography research discussed in Advances in Life Course Research have an impact.

  • Life course approach (46.36%)
  • Developmental psychology (32.43%)
  • Demographic economics (23.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • De-Standardization of the Life Course: What it Might Mean? And if it Means Anything, Whether it Actually Took Place? (303 citations)
  • Towards a new pattern of transition to adulthood (269 citations)
  • The De-Standardization of the Life Course: Are Men and Women Equal? (166 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Advances in Life Course Research:

The most cited publications focus on Life course approach, Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Demographic economics and Demography. The most cited articles focus on Life course approach but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Social change, Social science, Agency (sociology), Structure (mathematical logic) and Cohort. The Developmental psychology studies presented in the journal articles encompass related topics like Young adult and also examine its connection to subjects such as Transition (fiction) and Residence.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Demographic economics, Life course approach, Demography, Developmental psychology and Socioeconomic status. The research on Demographic economics featured in Advances in Life Course Research combines topics in other fields like Panel data, Pension, Inequality and Unemployment. The studies on Life course approach discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Fertility, Fixed effects model and Marital status.

The concepts on Demography presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Psychological intervention, Mexican Health and Aging Study, Association (psychology) and Cohort. The featured works in Young adult, which all belong in the domain if Developmental psychology, also overlaps with concepts under Reproduction (economics). The overlapping concepts between Vulnerability and Kinship, Solidarity and Explanatory model are the key highlights of Socioeconomic status study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Intergenerational social mobility and health in Russia: Mind over matter? (4 citations)
  • Sibling influence on family formation: A study of social interaction effects on fertility, marriage, and divorce (4 citations)
  • Linked lives, linked retirement? : Relative income differences within couples and gendered retirement decisions in Europe (2 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 Life Course Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Richard A. Settersten (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aart C. Liefbroer (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anne McMunn (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jeylan T. Mortimer (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eric D. Widmer (5 papers) published 1 paper 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 Life Course Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University College London (16 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Stockholm University (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • VU University Amsterdam (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Groningen (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (12 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, 2.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.91% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.73% of all publications and 31.82% 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

  • Understanding the Effects of COVID-19 Through a Life Course Lens

    Richard A. Settersten;Laura Bernardi;Juho Härkönen;Toni C. Antonucci

    (2020)
    361 Citations
  • An overview of mixture modelling for latent evolutions in longitudinal data : Modelling approaches, fit statistics and software

    Gavin van der Nest;Valéria Lima Passos;Math J.J.M. Candel;Gerard J.P. van Breukelen;Gerard J.P. van Breukelen

    (2020)
    231 Citations
  • The impact of job uncertainty on first-birth postponement

    Daniele Vignoli;Valentina Tocchioni;Alessandra Mattei

    (2020)
    186 Citations
  • Is the effect of job uncertainty on fertility intentions channeled by subjective well-being?

    Daniele Vignoli;Letizia Mencarini;Giammarco Alderotti

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Better together: Advancing life course research through multi-cohort analytic approaches.

    (2022)
    39 Citations
  • The association between unemployment trajectories and alcohol consumption patterns. Evidence from a large prospective cohort in The Netherlands.

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Life course transitions and changes in network ties among younger and older adults.

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Mechanisms of family formation: an application of Hidden Markov Models to a life course process

    Sapphire Yu Han;Aart C. Liefbroer;Aart C. Liefbroer;Cees H. Elzinga

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Does providing informal care in young adulthood impact educational attainment and employment in the UK?

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Multiple social roles in early adulthood and later mental health in different labour market contexts

    Miriam Engels;Morten Wahrendorf;Nico Dragano;Anne McMunn

    (2021)
    11 Citations

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