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Affective Science
H-index 23

Affective Science

2662-2041

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/42761

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 245 184 168 22
Social Sciences and Humanities 558 11 16 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 226
Documents by Best Scientists*: 189
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 19
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.127
Impact Factor: 2.6

Top Publications

  • Emotional Well-Being: What It Is and Why It Matters

    Unknown

    (2022)
    266 Citations
  • Parental Burnout Around the Globe: a 42-Country Study

    Isabelle Roskam;Joyce Aguiar;Ege Akgun;Gizem Arikan

    (2021)
    261 Citations
  • In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries

    Unknown

    (2022)
    55 Citations
  • Some Recommendations on the Use of Daily Life Methods in Affective Science

    (2022)
    52 Citations
  • Cognitive and affective empathy relate differentially to emotion regulation

    Nicholas M. Thompson;Carien M. van Reekum;Bhismadev Chakrabarti

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Language and Emotion: Introduction to the Special Issue.

    Kristen A Lindquist

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • Bridging the Gap: Human Emotions and Animal Emotions

    (2022)
    43 Citations
  • Happiness, Meaning, and Psychological Richness

    Shigehiro Oishi;Hyewon Choi;Minkyung Koo;Iolanda Galinha

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Daily Affective Dynamics Predict Depression Symptom Trajectories Among Adults with Major and Minor Depression

    Vanessa Panaite;Jonathan Rottenberg;Lauren M. Bylsma

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Evidence for Distinct Facial Signals of Reward, Affiliation, and Dominance from Both Perception and Production Tasks.

    Jared D. Martin;Adrienne Wood;William T. L. Cox;Scott Sievert

    (2021)
    37 Citations

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