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Cognition and Emotion
H-index 28

Cognition and Emotion

0269-9931

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/pcem20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 151 306 336 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 345
Documents by Best Scientists*: 358
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 157
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.212
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Cognition & Emotion?

Cognition & Emotion facilitates discussions on Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Social psychology and Anxiety. It explores issues in Cognitive psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Stimulus (physiology), Perception, Facial expression and Affect (psychology). The journal explores research in Facial expression and the adjacent study of Emotional expression.

The research on Developmental psychology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Recall, Attentional bias, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Mood. Topics in Cognition were tackled in line with various other fields like Emotionality, Cognitive science, Clinical psychology and Information processing. The research on Social psychology discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Context (language use).

Sadness and Disgust are among the areas of Anger tackled. The Valence (psychology) study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Arousal.

  • Cognitive psychology (44.22%)
  • Developmental psychology (37.41%)
  • Cognition (36.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An argument for basic emotions (5102 citations)
  • Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought‐action repertoires (2174 citations)
  • Beyond valence: Toward a model of emotion-specific influences on judgement and choice (1944 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cognition & Emotion:

The published articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Cognition, Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology, Social psychology and Anxiety. The published articles deal with Cognition in conjunction with Emotionality and similar fields in Emotion classification and Emotion work. The most cited papers address concerns in Cognitive psychology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Stimulus (physiology), Sadness, Attentional bias and Facial expression.

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

  • Cognition
  • Social psychology
  • Anxiety

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Developmental psychology, Anxiety and Clinical psychology are the subjects of interest in Cognition & Emotion. The study on Cognitive psychology featured in Cognition & Emotion expounds on the topic of Valence (psychology) in particular. Aside from investigating topics in Attentional control under Cognition, it also explores concepts in Trait.

It facilitates discussions on Developmental psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Coping (psychology), Mental health, Social anxiety and Executive functions. The work on Clinical psychology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Test (assessment), Association (psychology) and Experience sampling method. The in-depth study on Perception also explores topics in the intersecting field of Social psychology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Trajectories of boredom in self-control demanding tasks (7 citations)
  • Narrative coherence predicts emotional well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: a two-year longitudinal study. (4 citations)
  • More than meets the heart: systolic amplification of different emotional faces is task dependent. (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 Cognition & Emotion (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jan De Houwer (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dirk Hermans (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Dacher Keltner (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Agneta H. Fischer (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ottmar V. Lipp (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Cognition & Emotion (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Amsterdam (82 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (63 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ghent University (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stanford University (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (38 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, 0.83% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.20% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.05% of all publications and 58.82% 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.

Licensure Requirements in Psychology

One critical aspect that hasn't been addressed in this analysis is the importance of licensure for psychologists who aim to practice professionally. The path to licensure in psychology necessitates fulfilling a number of essential educational and internship requirements. The specific regulations related to these milestone prerequisites may vary substantially from one state to another. For instance, in Iowa the requirements particularly highlight the relevance of education, post-doctoral experience and successful completion of the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). Moreover, candidates in Iowa are expected to participate in extra 1,500 hours of supervised experience after obtaining their doctoral degrees. Achieving licensure is essential for those aspiring to deliver psychological services in healthcare and social services settings. For more detailed information on Iowan standards, refer to the following psychologist education requirements in Iowa. This topic is crucial to any discussion on psychology as it determines one's professional eligibility in the field. Therefore, any comprehensive analysis of trends and topics in psychology should make an effort to refer to licensure regulations and education requirements. This way, we can provide prospective psychologists with thorough, all-encompassing insights that can guide their educational and career decisions.

Top Publications

  • Cognitive-emotional processing in alexithymia: an integrative review.

    Olivier Luminet;Kristy A. Nielson;Kristy A. Nielson;Nathan Ridout

    (2021)
    126 Citations
  • (Un)mask yourself! Effects of face masks on facial mimicry and emotion perception during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Till Kastendieck;Stephan Zillmer;Ursula Hess

    (2021)
    80 Citations
  • Mimicking and sharing emotions: a re-examination of the link between facial mimicry and emotional contagion

    Michal Olszanowski;Monika Wróbel;Ursula Hess

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Facial mimicry, empathy, and emotion recognition: a meta-analysis of correlations.

    Alison C Holland;Garret O'Connell;Isabel Dziobek

    (2021)
    69 Citations
  • Two facets of affective empathy: concern and distress have opposite relationships to emotion recognition

    Jacob Israelashvili;Disa Sauter;Agneta Fischer

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • Identifying the determinants of emotion regulation choice: a systematic review with meta-analysis

    Meghann Matthews;Thomas L. Webb;Roni Shafir;Miranda Snow

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • A meta-analysis of the relationship between emotion recognition ability and intelligence.

    Katja Schlegel;Tristan Palese;Marianne Schmid Mast;Thomas H. Rammsayer

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • A neurocognitive account of attentional control theory: how does trait anxiety affect the brain’s attentional networks?

    (2022)
    55 Citations
  • The impact of COVID-19 social isolation on aspects of emotional and social cognition.

    Amy Rachel Bland;Jonathan Paul Roiser;Mitul Ashok Mehta;Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian

    (2021)
    49 Citations

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