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Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

1359-1045

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ccp

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 443 114 118 15
Medicine 2760 17 20 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 146
Documents by Best Scientists*: 143
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.888
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry?

The topics of Developmental psychology, Psychiatry, Mental health, Clinical psychology and Psychotherapist are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry explores issues in Developmental psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Social relation, Social psychology, Social environment, Coping (psychology) and Qualitative research. Topics in Psychiatry were tackled in line with various other fields like Injury prevention, Human factors and ergonomics and Occupational safety and health.

Mental health research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Nursing, Psychological intervention, Public health and Suicide prevention. The journal focuses on Clinical psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Intervention (counseling) and Depression (differential diagnoses).

  • Developmental psychology (25.70%)
  • Psychiatry (23.62%)
  • Mental health (23.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Dropping out of child psychotherapy: Issues for research and implications for practice. (312 citations)
  • Mental health problems among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths ages 14 to 21. (289 citations)
  • Belonging and Connection to School in Resettlement: Young Refugees, School Belonging, and Psychosocial Adjustment (274 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry:

The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Developmental psychology, Mental health, Clinical psychology, Psychiatry and Social environment. The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Developmental psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Social relation, Social psychology, El Niño, Coping (psychology) and Qualitative research. Issues in Mental health were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Health care, Nursing, Public health, Suicide prevention and Refugee.

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

  • Law
  • Internal medicine
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Mental health, Clinical psychology, Psychiatry, Developmental psychology and Depression (differential diagnoses). Topics in Mental health explored in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry were investigated in conjunction with research in Psychological intervention, Stigma (botany) and Family medicine, Referral. It tackles studies in Intervention (counseling) and the interrelated subject of Social skills, Thematic analysis and Psychosocial to gain insights into Clinical psychology.

The presented studies in Eating disorders, Comorbidity and Help-seeking fall within the purview of Psychiatry but it also intertwines with topics in Pandemic. The research on Developmental psychology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Foster care, Qualitative research, Interpretative phenomenological analysis and Gender dysphoria. It deals with Depression (differential diagnoses) in conjunction with Anxiety and similar fields in Psychopathology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Changes in pediatric emergency department visits for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study (10 citations)
  • Development and psychometric validation of the interRAI ChYMH externalizing subscale. (7 citations)
  • Aerobic exercise for adolescent outpatients with persistent major depression: Feasibility and acceptability of moderate to vigorous group exercise in a clinically referred sample (3 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 Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rudi Dallos (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Bryan Lask (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bernadette Wren (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Deborah Christie (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Patricia M. Crittenden (14 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 Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (60 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Plymouth (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Boston Children's Hospital (44 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (42 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • King's College London (37 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 6.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.07% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.96% of all publications and 57.41% 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.

The Path to Becoming a School Psychologist

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Top Publications

  • Long-term outcome and psychiatric comorbidity of adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa.

    Susana Andrés-Pepiñá;Maria Teresa Plana;Itziar Flamarique;Sonia Romero

    (2020)
    91 Citations
  • Relationship between sluggish cognitive tempo and sleep, psychological, somatic, and cognitive problems and impairment in children with autism and children with ADHD:

    Susan D Mayes;Susan L Calhoun;Daniel A Waschbusch

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Emotion regulation group skills training for adolescents and parents: A pilot study of an add-on treatment in a clinical setting.

    Kristina Holmqvist Larsson;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson;Heléne Stern;Maria Zetterqvist

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • How do Syrian refugee children in Turkey perceive relational factors in the context of their mental health

    Seyda Eruyar;John Maltby;Panos Vostanis

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • How adolescents understand their values: A qualitative study:

    Iona Lewis-Smith;Laura Pass;Laura Pass;Shirley Reynolds

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Emotion regulation difficulties and psychopathology among Pakistani adolescents.

    Huma Zafar;Agata Debowska;Daniel Boduszek

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Development and psychometric validation of the interRAI ChYMH externalizing subscale.

    Chloe Lau;Shannon L Stewart;Donald H Saklofske;John Hirdes

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Facial emotion recognition in children with externalising behaviours: A systematic review.

    Sara Cooper;Christopher W. Hobson;Stephanie H. M. van Goozen

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Associations between connections to parents and friends and non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents: The mediating role of developmental assets

    Lindsay A. Taliaferro;Sung Tae Jang;Nicholas J. Westers;Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia in adolescents with comorbid psychiatric disorders: A clinical pilot study:

    Lie Åslund;Mats Lekander;Mats Lekander;Rikard K Wicksell;Eva Henje

    (2020)
    22 Citations

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