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Dementia
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Dementia

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1853 36 57 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 138
Documents by Best Scientists*: 181
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.113
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Dementia?

The main research concerns discussed in Dementia are Dementia, Gerontology, Nursing, Psychiatry and Clinical psychology. Dementia explores studies in Dementia as part of the wider topic of Disease. Alzheimer's disease is part of Disease studies tackled in it.

Topics in Nursing were tackled in line with various other fields like Focus group, Health care and Family medicine. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Clinical psychology, apply to Cognition as well.

  • Dementia (93.13%)
  • Gerontology (22.30%)
  • Nursing (22.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (1208 citations)
  • Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): a factor analytic study of a large sample of normal elderly volunteers. (807 citations)
  • The efficacy and safety of donepezil in patients with Alzheimer's disease: Results of a US multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (653 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Dementia:

Dementia, Clinical psychology, Nursing, Developmental psychology and Disease are the main subjects of interest in the most cited papers. The published papers focus on Dementia but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Social psychology, Gerontology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapist and Qualitative research. The journal articles explore issues in Nursing which can be linked to other research areas like Focus group and Health care.

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

  • Law
  • Internal medicine
  • Dementia

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in Dementia mainly cover the fields of Dementia, Gerontology, Nursing, Intervention (counseling) and Family caregivers. In addition to Dementia research, the journal aims to explore topics under Psychological intervention, Quality of life (healthcare), Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology and Qualitative research. The journal holds forums on Developmental psychology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Context (language use) and Narrative.

It explores topics in Gerontology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Thematic analysis, Disease and Health care. Nursing homes and Long-term care are all subfields of Nursing research that were featured in Dementia. It links adjacent topics like Intervention (counseling) with Psychosocial.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Bringing the outside in: The feasibility of virtual reality with people with dementia in an inpatient psychiatric care setting: (14 citations)
  • Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and virtual care for people living with dementia and care partners living in the community. (10 citations)
  • Destigmatising dementia: The dangers of felt stigma and benevolent othering: (8 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 Dementia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jill Manthorpe (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • John Keady (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Steve Iliffe (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Anthea Innes (20 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Linda Clare (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 Dementia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University College London (48 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Manchester (47 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • King's College London (40 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Linköping University (27 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Edinburgh (25 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 1.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.62% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.39% of all publications and 49.51% 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

  • Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and virtual care for people living with dementia and care partners living in the community.

    Pamela Roach;Angela Zwiers;Emily Cox;Karyn Fischer

    (2021)
    70 Citations
  • Predicting caregiver burden in informal caregivers caring for persons with dementia living at home - A follow-up cohort study.

    Connie Lethin;Helena Leino-Kilpi;Michel H.C. Bleijlevens;Astrid Stephan

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • The Care Ecosystem: Promoting self-efficacy among dementia family caregivers.

    Jennifer J Merrilees;Alissa Bernstein;Sarah Dulaney;Julia Heunis

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • The impact of dementia in the prison setting: A systematic review.

    Joanne Brooke;Alicia Diaz-Gil;Debra Jackson

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Social connectedness and dementia prevention: Pilot of the APPLE-Tree video-call intervention during the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Claudia Cooper;Hassan Mansour;Christine Carter;Penny Rapaport

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Barriers to post-diagnostic care and support in minority ethnic communities: A survey of Danish primary care dementia coordinators.

    T Rune Nielsen;Dorthe Susanne Nielsen;Gunhild Waldemar

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Rotational care practices in minority ethnic families managing dementia: A qualitative study.

    Rune T. Nielsen;Gunhild Waldemar;Dorthe Susanne Nielsen

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Peer support through video meetings: Experiences of people with young onset dementia

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • Co-designing a dementia-specific education and training program for home care workers: The ‘Promoting Independence Through Quality Dementia Care at Home’ project

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • An acceptance, role transition, and couple dynamics-based program for caregivers: A qualitative study of the experience of spouses of persons with young-onset dementia:

    Clotilde Larochette;Emilie Wawrziczny;David Papo;Florence Pasquier

    (2020)
    19 Citations

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