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Discourse Processes
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Discourse Processes

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hdsp20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 429 23 32 10
Psychology 462 55 66 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 85
Documents by Best Scientists*: 96
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 71
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.878
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Discourse Processes?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Linguistics, Discourse analysis, Social psychology, Cognitive psychology and Reading (process). Research on Linguistics presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Narrative, Sentence, Context (language use), Interpretation (philosophy) and Semantics. While Discourse analysis is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Interpersonal communication, Higher education, Conversation, Primary education and Language research.

Discourse Processes covers Conversation research under the subject of Communication. Social psychology study tackled is connected to the field of Developmental psychology. Recall is part of Cognitive psychology studies tackled in it.

It is focused mainly on Reading (process), particularly Reading comprehension. The Reading comprehension works featured in Discourse Processes incorporate elements from Natural language processing, Comprehension and Artificial intelligence. The journal emphasizes research on Artificial intelligence, which includes concerns such as Inference.

  • Linguistics (40.78%)
  • Discourse analysis (30.40%)
  • Social psychology (19.60%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An introduction to latent semantic analysis (3834 citations)
  • The Measurement of Textual Coherence with Latent Semantic Analysis. (643 citations)
  • Learning from texts: Effects of prior knowledge and text coherence (554 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Discourse Processes:

The journal papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Linguistics, Discourse analysis, Comprehension, Reading comprehension and Reading (process). The most cited papers explore research in Discourse analysis alongside concepts in Social psychology and other areas of study in Irony, Style (sociolinguistics), Construct (philosophy) and Developmental psychology. The studies on Reading comprehension discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Artificial intelligence and Natural language processing.

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

  • Linguistics
  • Law
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Discourse Processes primarily focuses on research topics in Cognitive psychology, Reading (process), Comprehension, Linguistics and Reading comprehension. The research on Cognitive psychology featured in Discourse Processes combines topics in other fields like Working memory, Relation (database), Mental representation and Content (Freudian dream analysis). Aside from discussions in Reading (process), the journal also deals with the subject of Narrative which intersects with Source credibility, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) and Expression (architecture) disciplines.

The studies on Comprehension discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Teaching method, Discourse Processes, Point (typography), Mental effort and Coherence (statistics). It aims to form a more comprehensive understanding of the field by integrating disciplines like Linguistics and Online processing. The concepts on Reading comprehension presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Structural equation modeling, First language, Artificial intelligence and Natural language processing.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Inside Document Models: Role of Source Attributes in Readers’ Integration of Multiple Text Contents (6 citations)
  • Achieving Preallocation: Turn Transition Practices in Board Games (4 citations)
  • If Integration Is the Keystone of Comprehension: Inferencing Is the Key (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 Discourse Processes (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Arthur C. Graesser (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edward J. O'Brien (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Joseph P. Magliano (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Paul van den Broek (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Murray Singer (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 Discourse Processes (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Memphis (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Northern Illinois University (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Minnesota (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (20 papers) published 2 papers 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, 8.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.77% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.77% of all publications and 48.08% 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 Discourse Processes Field

As Discourse Processes covers a wide range of fields like Linguistics, Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, and Natural Language Processing (NLP), there are numerous opportunities for those interested in a career in these areas. Various roles like linguists, social psychologists, cognitive psychologists, and NLP engineers or specialists are relevant.

For instance, linguists can work in education, research, and language preservation, helping to understand human language and communication. Social psychologists can find opportunities in academia, consultancy, and counseling, helping individuals, groups, and organizations to understand and manage social behaviors. Cognitive psychologists can pursue careers in various sectors, including education, healthcare, design, and technology, conducting research, and developing psychological therapies or user-friendly technologies.

With the rise of technology and AI, opportunities for NLP specialists are growing in unprecedented ways. They can work in industries such as technology, healthcare, finance, and more, helping to improve machine-human interactions. Moreover, individuals with a specialization in areas like NLP, AI, or linguistics can also find prospects in becoming a licensed counselor, specifically in California.

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Thus, a career in the fields covered by Discourse Processes is not only diverse but also rewarding, offering the potential for continuous learning and making impactful contributions.

Top Publications

  • Emotions in reading and learning from texts : Progress and open problems

    Reinhard Pekrun

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Conversational Repair and the Acquisition of Language

    Eve V. Clark

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Contemplating the Opposition: Does a Personal Touch Matter?.

    Kalypso Iordanou;Deanna Kuhn

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Four Decades of Research into Children’s Reading Comprehension: A Personal Review

    Jane Oakhill

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Irony, Prosody, and Social Impressions of Affective Stance

    Maël Mauchand;Nikos Vergis;Marc D. Pell

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • If Integration Is the Keystone of Comprehension: Inferencing Is the Key

    Danielle S. McNamara

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Integration: Key but Not So Simple

    Alan Garnham

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Research is Tentative, but That's Okay: Overcoming Misconceptions about Scientific Tentativeness through Refutation Texts

    Danny Flemming;Joachim Kimmerle;Ulrike Cress;Gale M. Sinatra

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • How Early can Embodied Responses be? Issues in Time and Sequentiality

    Lorenza Mondada

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Relations Among Executive Function, Decoding, and Reading Comprehension: An Investigation of Sex Differences.

    Mercedes Spencer;Laurie E. Cutting;Laurie E. Cutting

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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