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European Journal of Developmental Psychology
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European Journal of Developmental Psychology

1740-5629

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/pedp20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 409 106 116 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 114
Documents by Best Scientists*: 118
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.956
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at European Journal of Developmental Psychology?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Cognition, Cognitive psychology and Longitudinal study. Issues in Developmental psychology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cognitive development, Context (language use), Test (assessment), Clinical psychology and Theory of mind. It explores research in Theory of mind and the adjacent study of Social cognition.

  • Developmental psychology (97.52%)
  • Social psychology (19.86%)
  • Cognition (9.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A checklist for testing measurement invariance (932 citations)
  • Emotion comprehension between 3 and 11 years: Developmental periods and hierarchical organization (461 citations)
  • Cyberbullying: An overrated phenomenon? (379 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at European Journal of Developmental Psychology:

The most cited articles focus largely on the fields of Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Cognition, Longitudinal study and Theory of mind. In particular, the Developmental psychology works presented in the most cited publications emphasize discussions on Aggression. The published papers facilitate discussions on Longitudinal study that incorporate concepts from other fields like Young adult and Context (language use).

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

  • Developmental psychology
  • Social psychology
  • Cognition

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

European Journal of Developmental Psychology is organized to address concerns in the fields of Developmental psychology, Early childhood, Intervention (counseling), Context (language use) and Association (psychology). Developmental psychology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Identity (social science), Longitudinal study, Cognitive psychology, Perception and Scale (social sciences). The discussions emphasized the topic of Identity (social science) in an attempt to further explore the field of Social psychology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Moral disengagement and cyberbullying involvement: A systematic review (6 citations)
  • The development of motor planning strategies in children (6 citations)
  • Relations between attachment to mother and father, mentalizing abilities and emotion regulation in adolescents (5 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 European Journal of Developmental Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Willem Koops (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rens van de Schoot (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Frosso Motti-Stefanidi (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ersilia Menesini (12 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Dagmar Strohmeier (11 papers) published 3 papers 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 European Journal of Developmental Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Utrecht University (61 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Amsterdam (23 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Vienna (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Padua (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (19 papers) published 1 paper 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, 6.52% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.26% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.30% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.60% of all publications and 48.84% 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 for Developmental Psychologists

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Top Publications

  • Moral disengagement and cyberbullying involvement: A systematic review

    Maria Grazia Lo Cricchio;Chloe García-Poole;Lysanne Willemijn te Brinke;Dora Bianchi

    (2021)
    82 Citations
  • School engagement and school burnout profiles during high school – The role of socio-emotional skills

    Katariina Salmela-Aro;Katja Upadyaya

    (2020)
    80 Citations
  • Identifying pathways from early adversity to psychopathology: A review on dysregulated HPA axis functioning and impaired self-regulation in early childhood

    C. Wesarg;A.L. Van Den Akker;N.Y.L. Oei;M. Hoeve

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Kindness: a perspective from developmental psychology

    Tina Malti

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Ethnic-racial identity in Europe: Adapting the identity project intervention in five countries

    (2022)
    39 Citations
  • Do the face-to-face actions of adults have an online impact? The effects of parent and teacher responses on cyberbullying among students

    Maria Rosaria Nappa;Benedetta Emanuela Palladino;Annalaura Nocentini;Ersilia Menesini

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • The role of bullying-related policies: Understanding how school staff respond to bullying situations

    Tracy Evian Waasdorp;Rui Fu;Ann L. Perepezko;Catherine P. Bradshaw

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Relations between attachment to mother and father, mentalizing abilities and emotion regulation in adolescents

    Małgorzata Gambin;Małgorzata Woźniak-Prus;Alicja Konecka;Carla Sharp

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Speak up or stay silent: Can teacher responses towards bullying predict victimized students’ disclosure of victimization?

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Gender role identity and gender intensification: Agency and communion in adolescents’ spontaneous self-descriptions

    Selma Korlat;Nora Maria Foerst;Marie-Therese Schultes;Barbara Schober

    (2021)
    24 Citations

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