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Child Care Quarterly
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Child Care Quarterly

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 383 99 97 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 122
Documents by Best Scientists*: 116
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
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Overview

Top Research Topics at Child Care Quarterly?

Developmental psychology, Nursing, Clinical psychology, Social psychology and Social psychology (sociology) are the subjects of interest in the journal. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Developmental psychology, it also covered topics in Context (language use) and Perception. The journal links adjacent topics like Nursing with Family medicine.

Clinical psychology research featured in Child Care Quarterly incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Intervention (counseling), Mental health, Psychiatry and Anxiety. Research on Intervention (counseling) addressed in Child Care Quarterly frequently intersections with the field of Psychological intervention. Child Care Quarterly explores research in Early childhood and the adjacent study of Early childhood education.

The study on Child and Youth Care presented in Child Care Quarterly intersects with subjects under the field of Pedagogy. The research on Pedagogy discussed in Child Care Quarterly draws on the closely related field of Medical education.

  • Developmental psychology (23.23%)
  • Nursing (18.49%)
  • Clinical psychology (17.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The burn-out syndrome in the day care setting (385 citations)
  • Treatment of Choice or a Last Resort? A Review of Residential Mental Health Placements for Children and Youth (215 citations)
  • Capacity for survival: Exploring strengths of homeless street youth (181 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Child Care Quarterly:

The most cited papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Nursing and Psychiatry. The published articles focus on Clinical psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Intervention (counseling), Mental health, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Anxiety. The published articles with studies in Developmental psychology featured incorporate elements of Foster care, Interpersonal relationship and Cognition.

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:

Child Care Quarterly covers a variety of subjects, including Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Mental health, Intervention (counseling) and Psychological intervention. It tackles studies in Context (language use) and the interrelated subject of Academic achievement to gain insights into Developmental psychology. The featured Clinical psychology research zeroes in on concepts in Mindfulness but also tackles themes under Peer victimization.

In addition to Mental health research, it aims to explore topics under Confirmatory factor analysis, Psychopathology, Psychological resilience and Conceptualization. The Intervention (counseling) research presented in it explores the relationship between Child development and the closely related topic of Test (assessment). Research in Psychological intervention discussed is concerned with the study of Nursing as a whole.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Psychometric Evaluation of the Depressive Severity Index (DSI) Among Children and Youth Using the interRAI Child and Youth Mental Health (ChYMH) Assessment Tool (7 citations)
  • Pregnancy and Parenting Among Youth Transitioning from Foster Care: A Mixed Methods Study (5 citations)
  • Small Talk: A Community Research Collaboration to Increase Parental Provision of Language to Children (4 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 Child Care Quarterly (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Karen VanderVen (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jerome Beker (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Baizerman (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Buell E. Goocher (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mark Krueger (17 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 Child Care Quarterly (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Minnesota (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Victoria (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Kansas (32 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more 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, 6.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.23% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.45% of all publications and 45.45% 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 opportunities in Criminal Psychology:

For those individuals who have developed an interest in the psychological dynamics between the law and human behaviors, a career path as a criminal psychologist may be particularly appealing. Criminal psychologists apply principles of psychology to legal matters, including court law, corrections, and rehabilitation. Their work can often be found in settings such as police departments, correctional facilities, law firms, schools, government agencies, or in private practice.

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Top Publications

  • How Effective are Serious Games for Promoting Mental Health and Health Behavioral Change in Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • The Prevalence of Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a Community-Based Sample

    Leonard A. Jason;Ben Z. Katz;Madison Sunnquist;Chelsea Torres

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Pregnancy and Parenting Among Youth Transitioning from Foster Care: A Mixed Methods Study

    Heather L. Rouse;Tera R. Hurt;Janet N. Melby;Maya Bartel

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Quality of Life of Parents Seeking Mental Health Services for Their Adolescent’s Social Anxiety: Psychometric Properties of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form

    (2023)
    33 Citations
  • Associations Between Parent–Teacher Cocaring Relationships, Parent–Child Relationships, and Young Children’s Social Emotional Development

    Sarah N. Lang;Lieny Jeon;Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan;Michael B. Wells

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • It Takes a Village to Break Up a Match: A Systemic Analysis of Formal Youth Mentoring Relationship Endings

    Renée Spencer;Grace Gowdy;Alison L. Drew;Martha J. McCormack

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Are Children of Welfare Recipients at a Heightened Risk of Bullying and Peer Victimization

    Jun Sung Hong;Jungtae Choi;Dorothy L. Espelage;Chi-Fang Wu

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • COVID-19 conversations: A qualitative study of majority Hispanic/Latinx youth experiences during early stages of the pandemic.

    L. Cortés-García;J. Hernández Ortiz;N. Asim;M. Sales

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Social Anxiety and Peer Communication Quality During Adolescence: The Interaction of Social Avoidance, Empathic Concern and Perspective Taking

    Dora Bianchi;Antonia Lonigro;Roberto Baiocco;Emma Baumgartner

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Early Adolescents’ Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties, Student–Teacher Relationships, and Motivation to Defend in Bullying Incidents

    Nathalie Ophelia Iotti;Robert Thornberg;Claudio Longobardi;Tomas Jungert

    (2020)
    26 Citations

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