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Imagination, Cognition and Personality
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Imagination, Cognition and Personality

0276-2366

Published by: SAGE

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 874 24 34 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 26
Documents by Best Scientists*: 35
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 36
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.346
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Imagination, Cognition and Personality?

Imagination, Cognition and Personality mainly deals with areas of study such as Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology, Cognition and Personality. The Social psychology study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Dream. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Dream and the similar topic of Content (Freudian dream analysis).

Fantasy, Creativity and Clinical psychology are some topics wherein Developmental psychology research discussed in it have an impact. Clinical psychology and Psychotherapist are closely related fields of research discussed in it. While Imagination, Cognition and Personality focused on Cognitive psychology, it was also able to explore topics like Consciousness, Perception, Cognitive science and Mental image.

Personality research is concerned with Big Five personality traits in particular.

  • Social psychology (31.77%)
  • Developmental psychology (29.26%)
  • Cognitive psychology (25.44%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Responses to Hypothetical and Actual Frustrating Stressors (1109 citations)
  • Auditory hallucinations of hearing voices in 375 normal subjects. (235 citations)
  • Dimensions of Thought Flow in Everyday Life (203 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Imagination, Cognition and Personality:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology, Cognition and Personality. Issues in Social psychology were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Applied psychology and Scale (social sciences). The published articles explore issues in Developmental psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Creativity, Perception, Anxiety, Mood and Content (Freudian dream analysis).

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

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Psychotherapist

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Cognitive psychology, Clinical psychology, Fantasy, Psychoanalysis and Developmental psychology. It facilitated discussions that integrated Cognitive psychology and CLARITY. Imagination, Cognition and Personality facilitates discussions on Clinical psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Dissociation (neuropsychology), Early adolescents, Dream and Personality.

Many of the research works in Personality, specifically Personality disorders, Schizotypy and Big Five personality traits, closely connected to disciplines like Trait. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Psychoanalysis, it also covered topics in Context (language use), Science education, Curiosity, Moral action and Soul. The studies in Developmental psychology featured incorporate elements of Meaning (linguistics), Episodic memory and Self.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Correlates and Mediators of Dissociation: Towards a Transtheoretical Perspective: (2 citations)
  • “God Spoke to Me”: Subjective Paranormal Experience and the Homeostatic Response to Early Trauma (2 citations)
  • Vividness, Clarity, and Control in Auditory Imagery: (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 Imagination, Cognition and Personality (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robert G. Kunzendorf (59 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Thomas Natsoulas (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nicholas E. Brink (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Michael Schredl (23 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Nicholas P. Spanos (22 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 Imagination, Cognition and Personality (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (63 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Yale University (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carleton University (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Davis (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Louisiana State University (26 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, 19.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% 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 66.67% 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

  • Empathy, Emotion Regulation, and Creativity in Immersive and Maladaptive Daydreaming:

    Melina Jay West;Eli Somer

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Mirror- and Eye-Gazing: An Integrative Review of Induced Altered and Anomalous Experiences:

    Giovanni B. Caputo;Steven Jay Lynn;James Houran

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • “Imagine All the People”: Imagined Interactions in Virtual Reality When Public Speaking:

    Leah E. LeFebvre;Luke LeFebvre;Mike Allen

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Immersive and Maladaptive Daydreaming and Divergent Thinking in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Correlates and Mediators of Dissociation: Towards a Transtheoretical Perspective:

    Damla E. Aksen;Craig Polizzi;Steven Jay Lynn

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • “God Spoke to Me”: Subjective Paranormal Experience and the Homeostatic Response to Early Trauma

    David F. Marks

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Who Engages with Supernatural Entities? An Investigation of Personality and Cognitive Style Predictors

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Dream Recall Frequency, Lucid Dream Frequency, and Personality During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Lucid Dreaming Frequency and Sensory-Processing Sensitivity

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Being Someone or Something Else in the Dream: Relationship to Thin Boundaries:

    Michael Schredl

    (2020)
    5 Citations

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