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Evolutionary Psychology
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Evolutionary Psychology

1474-7049

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/evp

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 726 43 45 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 56
Documents by Best Scientists*: 56
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 51
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.662
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Evolutionary Psychology?

The journal investigates areas of study like Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Attractiveness and Demography. The journal addresses concerns in Social psychology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Mate choice and Mating. Some problems in Developmental psychology that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Sexual selection, Jealousy, Personality and Life history theory.

The Life history theory study which was featured in Evolutionary Psychology aims to expound on the research in Life history. The journal connects the study in Evolutionary psychology with the closely related area of Cognitive science. The work on Attractiveness presented in the journal focuses on Physical attractiveness in particular.

While it primarily focused on Suicide prevention, it also opened dialogues on the discipline of Occupational safety and health.

  • Social psychology (43.48%)
  • Developmental psychology (26.40%)
  • Evolutionary psychology (12.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Attractive Women Want it All: Good Genes, Economic Investment, Parenting Proclivities, and Emotional Commitment (258 citations)
  • A transformative stand-alone goal on achieving gender equality womens rights and womens empowerment: Imperatives and key components. In the context of the post-2015 development framework and sustainable development goals. (219 citations)
  • Hand of God, mind of man: Punishment and cognition in the evolution of cooperation (194 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Evolutionary Psychology:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Attractiveness and Human factors and ergonomics. The Social psychology research presented in the journal publications focuses mostly on Mate choice and, on occasion, topics in Selection (genetic algorithm). While Evolutionary psychology is the key highlight in the journal papers, thet also covered some subjects on Perspective (graphical) and Cognition.

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

  • Social psychology
  • Law
  • Cognition

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Association (psychology) and Sample (statistics) are tackled in Evolutionary Psychology. It holds forums on Social psychology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Romantic partners and Hierarchy. In it, Change blindness, Bonobo, Attentional bias and Emotion perception are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Cognitive psychology research.

Topics in Evolutionary psychology were tackled in line with various other fields like Reliability (statistics), Relationship satisfaction, Orgasm and Ecology (disciplines). The research on Association (psychology) featured in Evolutionary Psychology combines topics in other fields like Mother offspring, Demography, Parent–offspring conflict, Maternal sleep and Parental investment. Topics in Sample (statistics) explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Fertility, Demographic economics, Moderation, China and Appeal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Current Fertility Status Does Not Predict Sociosexual Attitudes and Desires in Normally Ovulating Women. (2 citations)
  • Do Social Relationships With Those Who Witness Moral Transgression Affect the Sense of Guilt (1 citations)
  • Disgust-Related Memory Bias in Children and Adults: (1 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 Evolutionary Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Todd K. Shackelford (40 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Menelaos Apostolou (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Daniel J. Kruger (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Gordon G. Gallup (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter K. Jonason (14 papers) published 1 paper 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 Evolutionary Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Rochester (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Florida Atlantic University (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Missouri (18 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.14% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.29% of all publications and 53.57% 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

  • Why Do People Watch Porn? An Evolutionary Perspective on the Reasons for Pornography Consumption.

    Vlad Burtăverde;Peter K. Jonason;Cezar Giosan;Cristina Ene

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Disgust-Related Memory Bias in Children and Adults:

    Anne Schienle;Jonas Potthoff;Elena Schönthaler;Carina Schlintl

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Disease History and Life History Predict Behavioral Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Hui Jing Lu;Yuan Yuan Liu;Jiaqing O;Shaolingyun Guo

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Mating Performance and Singlehood Across 14 Nations

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Attentional Bias in Humans Toward Human and Bonobo Expressions of Emotion

    Mariska E. Kret;Evy van Berlo

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • The Mnemonic Tuning for Contamination: A Replication and Extension Study Using More Ecologically Valid Stimuli.

    Natália L. Fernandes;Josefa N. S. Pandeirada;Josefa N. S. Pandeirada;James S. Nairne

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Bullshit Ability as an Honest Signal of Intelligence.

    Martin Harry Turpin;Mane Kara-Yakoubian;Alexander C Walker;Heather E K Walker

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Do We See Masculine Faces as Competent and Feminine Faces as Warm? Effects of Sexual Dimorphism on Facial Perception.

    Fangfang Wen;Bin Zuo;Shuhan Ma;Yian Xu

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Human Face Tilt Is a Dynamic Social Signal That Affects Perceptions of Dimorphism, Attractiveness, and Dominance

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Longitudinal Associations Between Primary and Secondary Psychopathic Traits, Delinquency, and Current Dating Status in Adolescence

    (2022)
    9 Citations

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