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Frontiers in Psychiatry
H-index 85

Frontiers in Psychiatry

1664-0640

Published by: Frontiers Media S.A.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 4 1608 2612 71
Medicine 141 881 1393 61

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 3730
Documents by Best Scientists*: 4586
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 100
SCIMAGO H-index: 134
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.192
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Psychiatry?

Frontiers in Psychiatry mostly deals with topics like Clinical psychology, Psychiatry, Mental health, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Anxiety. It holds forums on Clinical psychology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Intervention (counseling), Cognition, Addiction and Personality. It investigates Cognition research which frequently intersects with Audiology.

Schizophrenia, Psychosis and Bipolar disorder are all aspects of Psychiatry research featured in the journal. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Schizophrenia and the similar topic of Neuroscience. Some problems in Mental health that were presented in Frontiers in Psychiatry overlapped with concepts under Psychological intervention, Pandemic and Health care.

It features Psychological intervention research that overlaps with concepts in Randomized controlled trial. The Pandemic study featured falls within the wider field of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The study of Internal medicine and how it intertwines with concepts under Oncology were explored in the presented Depression (differential diagnoses) research.

  • Clinical psychology (25.66%)
  • Psychiatry (19.12%)
  • Mental health (15.34%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Computational Anatomy of Psychosis (459 citations)
  • Anxiety Disorders are Associated with Reduced Heart Rate Variability: A Meta-Analysis (419 citations)
  • Proof of concept trial of dronabinol in obstructive sleep apnea (367 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers in Psychiatry:

The journal publications mostly deal with topics like Neuroscience, Clinical psychology, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia and Cognition. The featured Clinical psychology studies in the published papers mainly concentrate on Anxiety but also cover areas of interest in Depression (differential diagnoses). The most cited papers focus on Psychiatry as well as the interrelated topics of Disease.

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 Frontiers in Psychiatry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stefan Borgwardt (32 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Yu-Tao Xiang (28 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Wulf Rössler (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Paolo Fusar-Poli (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wenbin Guo (18 papers) published 8 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • King's College London (191 papers) published 54 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Central South University (160 papers) published 49 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Zurich (135 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (118 papers) published 36 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yale University (104 papers) published 38 papers at the last edition, 19 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, 4.39% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.96% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.36% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.14% of all publications and 61.54% 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

  • COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown Measures Impact on Mental Health Among the General Population in Italy

    Rodolfo Rossi;Valentina Socci;Dalila Talevi;Sonia Mensi

    (2020)
    1448 Citations
  • The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health: A Systematic Descriptive Review.

    Paolo Cianconi;Sophia Betrò;Luigi Janiri

    (2020)
    1134 Citations
  • Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders: Current and Emerging Treatment Options.

    Amir Garakani;Amir Garakani;James W. Murrough;Rafael C. Freire;Robyn P. Thom

    (2020)
    405 Citations
  • Associations of Social Isolation with Anxiety and Depression During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey of Older Adults in London, UK

    Catherine E. Robb;Celeste A. de Jager;Sara Ahmadi-Abhari;Parthenia Giannakopoulou

    (2020)
    360 Citations
  • Psychological Symptoms and Behavioral Changes in Children and Adolescents During the Early Phase of COVID-19 Quarantine in Three European Countries

    Rita Francisco;Marta Pedro;Elisa Delvecchio;Jose Pedro Espada

    (2020)
    359 Citations
  • Behavioral and psychological effects of coronavirus disease-19 quarantine in patients with dementia

    A. Cagnin;R. Di Lorenzo;C. Marra;L. Bonanni

    (2020)
    355 Citations
  • The Effect of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Wellbeing in a Representative Sample of Australian Adults

    Amy Dawel;Yiyun Shou;Michael Smithson;Nicolas Cherbuin

    (2020)
    352 Citations
  • The Association Between Physical and Mental Health and Face Mask Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Two Countries With Different Views and Practices

    Cuiyan Wang;Agata Chudzicka-Czupała;Damian Grabowski;Riyu Pan

    (2020)
    322 Citations
  • Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Health Outcomes Among Chinese College Students During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

    Xinli Chi;Benjamin Becker;Qian Yu;Peter Willeit

    (2020)
    298 Citations

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