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European Psychologist

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 399 55 47 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 66
Documents by Best Scientists*: 59
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 77
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.341
Impact Factor: 4.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at European Psychologist?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Cognitive psychology and Personality. The studies in Social psychology featured incorporate elements of Context (language use), Immigration and Perception. Social relation, Longitudinal study and Social environment are some topics wherein Developmental psychology research discussed in the journal have an impact.

Big Five personality traits is a key component of Personality research discussed in the journal.

  • Social psychology (27.87%)
  • Developmental psychology (23.55%)
  • Cognition (11.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Translating Tests: Some Practical Guidelines (904 citations)
  • Psychological resilience: A review and critique of definitions, concepts, and theory. (825 citations)
  • The science of reading: A handbook. (651 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at European Psychologist:

Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Cognitive psychology and Personality are the main subjects of interest in the most cited papers. The majority of Social psychology studies presented in the published papers zero in on Optimism. The works on Developmental psychology tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like Social relation, Empathy, Social environment and Coping (psychology).

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

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

European Psychologist mainly tackles studies in Climate change, Terrorism, Criminology, Focus (computing) and Epistemology. Topics in Climate change explored in European Psychologist were investigated in conjunction with research in Mental health, Applied psychology, Environmental psychology and Behavior change. Applied psychology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Ecology (disciplines), Psychopathology, Physical health and Neuropsychology.

It explores issues in Behavior change which can be linked to other research areas like Intervention (counseling), Public health and Intervention (law). The Epistemology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Psychology in medieval Islam. European Psychologist features Public relations research that overlaps with concepts in Social identity theory.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Youth extremism as a response to global threats? A threat-regulation perspective on violent extremism among the youth (5 citations)
  • Ontological Insecurity as an Emergent Phenomenon (3 citations)
  • Preventing Violent Extremism – What Has Gender Got to Do With It? (2 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 Psychologist (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Katariina Salmela-Aro (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Ingrid Lunt (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rainer K. Silbereisen (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Adrian Furnham (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gian Vittorio Caprara (12 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 European Psychologist (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Jena (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University College London (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Padua (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Zurich (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Complutense University of Madrid (17 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, 16.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.00% of all publications and 64.00% 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

  • An Existential Threat Model of Conspiracy Theories

    Jan Willem Van Prooijen

    (2020)
    207 Citations
  • Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the European Union: A Systematic Review

    Enrique Gracia;Marisol Lila;Faraj A. Santirso

    (2020)
    92 Citations
  • Mental Health in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    (2021)
    55 Citations
  • Prospective Memory Development Across the Lifespan

    Sascha Zuber;Matthias Kliegel

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Us and the Virus

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • School Does Not Kill Creativity

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Risks and Opportunities for Youth in the Digital Era: A Cyber-Developmental Approach to Mental Health

    Vasileios Stavropoulos;Vasileios Stavropoulos;Frosso Motti-Stefanidi;Mark D. Griffiths

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Religiosity's nomological network and temporal change: Introducing an extensive country-level religiosity index based on Gallup World Poll Data

    Mohsen Joshanloo;Jochen E. Gebauer

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Psychopathy: A Comprehensive Review

    Emily L. Robertson;Toni M. Walker;Paul J. Frick;Paul J. Frick

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on the Majority Population, Ethno-Racial Minorities, and Immigrants

    (2021)
    24 Citations

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