Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Top Research Topics at Early Intervention in Psychiatry?

The aim of Early Intervention in Psychiatry is to expand the discussion of research in Psychiatry, Psychosis, Clinical psychology, Mental health and Intervention (counseling). Research on Psychiatry addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Young adult. The research on Psychosis tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Internal medicine and Randomized controlled trial.

The research on Clinical psychology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Psychosocial, Cognition, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Anxiety. While it focused on Mental health, it was also able to explore topics like Nursing, Context (language use) and Family medicine. The journal explores research in Intervention (counseling) and the adjacent study of Early intervention in psychosis.

The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Schizophrenia and Cohort.

• Psychiatry (52.58%)
• Psychosis (40.06%)
• Clinical psychology (37.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Has the time come for a staging model to map the course of eating disorders from high risk to severe enduring illness? An examination of the evidence. (142 citations)
• Social media and suicide prevention: a systematic review. (138 citations)
• Evaluating an individualized lifestyle and life skills intervention to prevent antipsychotic-induced weight gain in first-episode psychosis. (135 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Early Intervention in Psychiatry:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Psychosis, Intervention (counseling) and Schizophrenia. While Psychiatry is the focus of the most cited articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Young adult and Randomized controlled trial. The works on Clinical psychology tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Cognition, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Anxiety.

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

• Internal medicine
• Schizophrenia
• Mental health

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Clinical psychology, Psychosis, Mental health, Intervention (counseling) and Schizophrenia. Early Intervention in Psychiatry holds forums on Clinical psychology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Psychological intervention, Early psychosis, Young adult, Anxiety and Depression (differential diagnoses). Research in the field of Psychiatry was used to conduct the presented Psychosis study.

Early Intervention in Psychiatry explores topics in Mental health which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Nursing, Stigma (botany) and Gerontology. Topics in Intervention (counseling) explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Context (language use), Family medicine, Specialty, Randomized controlled trial and Cohort. The research on Schizophrenia tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of First episode and Internal medicine.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Linguistic determinants of formal thought disorder in first episode psychosis. (8 citations)
• Social anxiety in young people with first-episode psychosis: Pilot study of the EMBRACE moderated online social intervention (8 citations)
• The 'Parma-Early Psychosis' programme: Characterization of help-seekers with first episode psychosis. (7 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Early Intervention in Psychiatry (based on the number of publications) are:

• Patrick D. McGorry (117 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Barnaby Nelson (72 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Alison R. Yung (60 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Eoin Killackey (59 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Sue M. Cotton (48 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Early Intervention in Psychiatry (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Melbourne (199 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
• King's College London (79 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Calgary (47 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Sydney (44 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Toronto (43 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 3.02% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 37.35% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.73% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.18% of all publications and 37.74% 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 Paths in Mental Health Research

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