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Der Nervenarzt
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Der Nervenarzt

0028-2804

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/115

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 590 86 168 11
Medicine 2020 100 223 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 286
Documents by Best Scientists*: 471
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 49
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.299
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nervenarzt?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Gynecology, Psychiatry, Psychosomatic medicine, Psychotherapist and Neurology. Most of the Psychiatry studies addressed also intersect with MEDLINE. The work on Neurology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Neurosurgery and Psychopharmacology.

  • Gynecology (18.69%)
  • Psychiatry (15.01%)
  • Psychosomatic medicine (9.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Die Internationale Klassifikation der Funktionsfähigkeit, Behinderung und Gesundheit (356 citations)
  • Reliabilität und Validität des revidierten Beck-Depressionsinventars (BDI-II) (344 citations)
  • Erratum zu: Psychische Störungen in der Allgemeinbevölkerung. Studie zur Gesundheit Erwachsener in Deutschland und ihr Zusatzmodul „Psychische Gesundheit“ (DEGS1-MH) (282 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nervenarzt:

The most cited publications primarily tackle Gynecology, Psychiatry, Psychosomatic medicine, Neurology and Clinical psychology. The published papers link adjacent topics like Gynecology with Treatment outcome. Suicide prevention and MEDLINE are some topics wherein Psychiatry research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Gynecology, Psychosomatic medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are the focal point of discussions in Nervenarzt. Psychosomatic medicine studies covered in it falls within the purview of Psychotherapist. While Neurology is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Neurosurgery and MEDLINE.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Neurosurgery and the similar topic of Psychopharmacology. The Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) studies presented in Nervenarzt fall under the field of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but it also has connections to other fields such as 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. The presented Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) research focuses mostly on Pandemic and, on occasion, topics in Mental illness.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • [Psychosocial support during the COVID-19 pandemic: interdisciplinary concept of care at a university hospital] (5 citations)
  • Interrater-Reliabilität der kriteriengeleiteten Beurteilung der Schuldfähigkeit bei paraphilen Störungen (5 citations)
  • SUDEP kompakt – praxisrelevante Erkenntnisse und Empfehlungen zum plötzlichen, unerwarteten Tod bei Epilepsie (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 Nervenarzt (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Werner Hacke (73 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • H.-P. Hartung (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Bauer (63 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • H.-J. Möller (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Falkai (56 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than 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 Nervenarzt (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (532 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Charité (323 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
  • Heidelberg University (286 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 14 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Düsseldorf (194 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Göttingen (189 papers) published 14 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, 26.36% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 63.07% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.18% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.77% of all publications and 3.98% 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

  • [Dealing with psychological distress by healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemia]

    Moritz Bruno Petzold;Jens Plag;Andreas Ströhle

    (2020)
    217 Citations
  • The role of placebo and nocebo mechanisms in depressive diseases and their treatment

    Winfried Rief

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care situation in psychiatric hospitals in Germany

    Kristina Adorjan;Oliver Pogarell;Lisa Pröbstl;Mike Rüb

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • [ICD-11: changes in the diagnostic criteria of substance dependence].

    Andreas Heinz;Melissa Gül Halil;Stefan Gutwinski;Anne Beck

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Therapie der Zwangsstörungen: Empfehlungen der revidierten S3-Leitlinie Zwangsstörungen

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Klimawandel und psychische Gesundheit. Positionspapier einer Task-Force der DGPPN

    (2023)
    22 Citations
  • [Multiple sclerosis treatment consensus group (MSTCG): position paper on disease-modifying treatment of multiple sclerosis 2021 (white paper)].

    Heinz Wiendl;Ralf Gold;Thomas Berger;Tobias Derfuss

    (2021)
    19 Citations

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