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Applied Cognitive Psychology
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Applied Cognitive Psychology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 348 170 218 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 195
Documents by Best Scientists*: 235
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 125
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.927
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Applied Cognitive Psychology?

The scientific interests tackled in Applied Cognitive Psychology are Cognition, Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology and Recall. It discusses concepts in Memoria and Autobiographical memory under Cognition and how they intertwine with disciplines like Human factors and ergonomics and Injury prevention. The journal blends together research topics in Human factors and ergonomics and Occupational safety and health.

While Applied Cognitive Psychology focused on Social psychology, it was also able to explore topics like Context (language use), Suspect, Perception and False memory. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Cognitive psychology, it also covered topics in Test (assessment), Comprehension, Working memory, Task (project management) and Cognitive load. Suggestibility is a key component of Developmental psychology research discussed in the journal.

The Recall works, particularly on Free recall are tackled in it.

  • Cognition (31.48%)
  • Social psychology (29.89%)
  • Cognitive psychology (27.76%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Response strategies for coping with the cognitive demands of attitude measures in surveys (1435 citations)
  • Strategic and automatic processes in prospective memory retrieval: a multiprocess framework (851 citations)
  • Managing split-attention and redundancy in multimedia instruction (741 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied Cognitive Psychology:

The most cited articles primarily tackle Cognition, Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology and Recall. Issues in Cognition were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cognitive science and Perception. The journal papers with studies in Cognitive psychology featured incorporate elements of Test (assessment), Comprehension, Working memory, Task (project management) and Cognitive load.

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

  • Cognition
  • Social psychology
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Applied Cognitive Psychology are Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, Cognition, Deception and Developmental psychology. The studies in Cognitive psychology featured incorporate elements of Cognitive load and Narrative. The research on Social psychology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Confession and Suspect.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Irrational beliefs differentially predict adherence to guidelines and pseudoscientific practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. (21 citations)
  • Telling people to “rely on their reasoning” increases intentions to wear a face covering to slow down COVID-19 transmission (14 citations)
  • When we are worried, what are we thinking? anxiety, lack of control, and conspiracy beliefs amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic (13 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 Applied Cognitive Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Aldert Vrij (57 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pär Anders Granhag (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Graham Davies (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Amina Memon (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Daniel B. Wright (29 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 Applied Cognitive Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Portsmouth (93 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Florida International University (64 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Maastricht University (59 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Open University (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of New South Wales (48 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, 0.70% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.77% of all publications and 69.50% 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

  • Learning in Double Time: The Effect of Lecture Video Speed on Immediate and Delayed Comprehension

    Dillon H. Murphy;Kara M. Hoover;Karina Agadzhanyan;Jesse C. Kuehn

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Myths and Misconceptions About Hypnosis and Suggestion: Separating Fact and Fiction

    Steven Jay Lynn;Irving Kirsch;Devin B. Terhune;Joseph P. Green

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Conspiracist Beliefs, Intuitive Thinking and Schizotypal Facets: A Further Evaluation

    Andrew Denovan;Neil Dagnall;Ken Drinkwater;Andrew Parker

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • The generality of belief in unsubstantiated claims

    D. Alan Bensley;Scott O. Lilienfeld;Krystal A. Rowan;Christopher M. Masciocchi

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Conspiracy theory beliefs, scientific reasoning and the analytical thinking paradox

    Neophytos Georgiou;Paul Delfabbro;Ryan Balzan

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Why Students Do (or Do Not) Choose Retrieval Practice: Their Perceptions of Mental Effort During Task Performance Matter

    (2022)
    32 Citations
  • Discriminating deceptive from truthful statements using the verifiability approach: A meta-analysis

    Bruno Verschuere;Glynis Bogaard;Ewout Meijer

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Don't trust anybody: Conspiracy mentality and the detection of facial trustworthiness cues

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • Forensic interviews with preschool children: An analysis of extended interviews in Norway (2015-2017)

    Gunn Astrid Baugerud;Miriam S. Johnson;Helle B. G. Hansen;Svein Magnussen

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Do details bug you? Effects of perceptual richness in learning about biological change

    David Menendez;Karl S. Rosengren;Martha W. Alibali

    (2020)
    26 Citations

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