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Educational Psychology
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Educational Psychology

0144-3410

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cedp20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 338 70 93 19
Social Sciences and Humanities 732 12 14 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 87
Documents by Best Scientists*: 110
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 90
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.355
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Educational Psychology?

The primary areas of discussion in Educational Psychology are Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Mathematics education, Academic achievement and Cognition. Developmental psychology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Test (assessment), Context (language use), Educational research and Reading (process). Educational Psychology dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Educational research and Higher education.

The research on Social psychology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Structural equation modeling, Social environment and Educational psychology. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Mathematics education, apply to Pedagogy as well. The Academic achievement research presented in it explores the relationship between Goal orientation and the closely related topic of Mastery learning.

Research on Cognition addressed in Educational Psychology frequently intersections with the field of Cognitive psychology. Cognitive psychology and Task (project management) are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. The in-depth study on Cognitive style also explores topics in the intersecting field of Learning styles.

  • Developmental psychology (36.31%)
  • Social psychology (24.03%)
  • Mathematics education (19.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Cognitive Styles—an overview and integration (950 citations)
  • Trends in Peer Learning (933 citations)
  • Learning Styles: An overview of theories, models, and measures (689 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Educational Psychology:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Developmental psychology, Academic achievement, Social psychology, Cognitive psychology and Cognition. The published articles facilitate discussions on Developmental psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Social relation, Higher education, Educational research, Social environment and Personality. The journal papers focus on Social psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Structural equation modeling and Applied psychology.

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

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Mathematics education

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Mathematics education, Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology, Social psychology and Self-efficacy. The studies on Mathematics education discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Higher education, Perspective (graphical) and Sample (statistics). It links adjacent topics like Developmental psychology with Association (psychology).

While Cognitive psychology is the key highlight in Educational Psychology, it also covered some subjects on Cognition and Perception. The presented research on Self-efficacy deals specifically with Anxiety but it also addresses topics in Clinical psychology. Educational Psychology features Academic achievement research that overlaps with concepts in Goal orientation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Grit and language learning: construct validation of L2-Grit scale and its relation to later vocabulary knowledge (7 citations)
  • An application of Chinese dialogue-based intelligent tutoring system in remedial instruction for mathematics learning (7 citations)
  • A meta-analysis on the impact of grades and comments on academic motivation and achievement: A case for written feedback. (6 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 Educational Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kevin Wheldall (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard J. Riding (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Li-fang Zhang (25 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Magdalena Mo Ching Mok (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Andrew J. Martin (18 papers) published 3 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 Educational Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Birmingham (73 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Hong Kong (69 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of New South Wales (43 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Macquarie University (42 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Hong Kong Institute of Education (36 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, 12.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.25% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.80% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.13% of all publications and 65.82% 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.

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Top Publications

  • What factors influence students’ real-time motivation and engagement? An experience sampling study of high school students using mobile technology

    Andrew J. Martin;Marianne Mansour;Lars-Erik Malmberg

    (2020)
    123 Citations
  • Challenge and threat appraisals in high school science: investigating the roles of psychological and physiological factors

    Andrew J. Martin;Roger Kennett;Joel Pearson;Marianne Mansour

    (2021)
    99 Citations
  • A meta-analysis on the impact of grades and comments on academic motivation and achievement: A case for written feedback.

    Alison C. Koenka;Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia;Hannah Moshontz;Kayla M. Atkinson

    (2021)
    75 Citations
  • Teacher-student relationship and mathematical problem-solving ability: mediating roles of self-efficacy and mathematical anxiety

    Da Zhou;Xiaofeng Du;Kit-Tai Hau;Haifeng Luo

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Student self-assessment: why do they do it?

    Zi Yan;Gavin T. L. Brown;John Chi-Kin Lee;Xue-Lan Qiu

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Reading comprehension difficulty is often distinct from difficulty in reading fluency and accompanied with problems in motivation and school well-being

    Minna Torppa;Kati Vasalampi;Kenneth Eklund;Sari Sulkunen

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Doctoral students and COVID-19: exploring challenges, academic progress, and well-being

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • Effects of Teachers' Praise-To-Reprimand Ratios on Elementary Students' On-Task Behaviour.

    Paul Caldarella;Ross A. A. Larsen;Leslie Williams;Kade R. Downs

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • A comparison of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation among lower and upper secondary school students

    Åge Diseth;Frida Kathrine Sofie Mathisen;Oddrun Samdal

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • A longitudinal investigation of teachers’ emotional labor, well-being, and perceived student engagement

    Hui Wang;Nathan C. Hall;Ronnel Bornasal King

    (2021)
    30 Citations

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