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Intelligence
H-index 23

Intelligence

0160-2896

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/intelligence

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 234 95 123 23
Neuroscience 344 19 17 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 136
Documents by Best Scientists*: 146
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 113
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.16
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Intelligence?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Cognition, Developmental psychology, Intelligence quotient, Cognitive psychology and Test (assessment). The studies on Cognition discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Social psychology, Correlation and Information processing. Issues in Developmental psychology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Spatial ability and Association (psychology).

The concepts on Intelligence quotient presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Statistics, Psychometrics, Demography and Raven's Progressive Matrices. The research on Cognitive psychology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Fluid and crystallized intelligence, Working memory, Cognitive science, Structural equation modeling and Human intelligence. The majority of Working memory studies in it are focused on the subject of Short-term memory.

  • Cognition (40.15%)
  • Developmental psychology (39.66%)
  • Intelligence quotient (28.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Emotional intelligence meets traditional standards for an intelligence (1940 citations)
  • Reasoning ability is (little more than) working-memory capacity?! (1495 citations)
  • The intelligence of emotional intelligence (1164 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Intelligence:

The published papers mainly tackle studies in Cognition, Developmental psychology, Intelligence quotient, Cognitive psychology and Psychometrics. The published articles facilitate discussions on Cognition that incorporate concepts from other fields like Aptitude and Information processing. The works on Developmental psychology tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Educational attainment, Flynn effect, Correlation and Cognitive test.

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

  • Cognition
  • Statistics
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Intelligence covers a variety of subjects, including Cognition, Test (assessment), Psychoanalysis, Cognitive psychology and Developmental psychology. The main emphasis of it is the research on Cognition, emphasizing the topic of Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance. Topics in Test (assessment) were tackled in line with various other fields like Left frontal lobe, Frontal lobe, Sample (statistics) and Applied psychology.

Some problems in Cognitive psychology that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Fluid and crystallized intelligence, Big Five personality traits, Personality, Focal lesion and Trait. Intelligence facilitates the exploration of Developmental psychology in relation to the field of High ability. It tackles studies in Interpretation (philosophy) and the interrelated subject of Construct (philosophy) to gain insights into Intelligence quotient.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The future of intelligence: The central meaning-making unit of intelligence in the mind, the brain, and artificial intelligence (3 citations)
  • Are the effects of intelligence on student achievement and well-being largely functions of family income and social class? Evidence from a longitudinal study of Irish adolescents (3 citations)
  • How do educational inequalities develop? The role of socioeconomic status, cognitive ability, home environment, and self-efficacy along the educational path (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 Intelligence (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ian J. Deary (95 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Richard Lynn (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert Plomin (43 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Robert J. Sternberg (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Wendy Johnson (39 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 Intelligence (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Edinburgh (136 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Case Western Reserve University (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Amsterdam (58 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ulster University (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yale University (55 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, 17.31% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.60% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.95% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.23% of all publications and 37.21% 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

  • The Dunning-Kruger effect is (mostly) a statistical artefact: Valid approaches to testing the hypothesis with individual differences data

    Gilles E. Gignac;Marcin Zajenkowski

    (2020)
    132 Citations
  • Cognitive ability, cognitive self-awareness, and school performance: From childhood to adolescence

    Andreas Demetriou;Smaragda Kazi;Nikolaos Makris;George Spanoudis

    (2020)
    87 Citations
  • Cognitive reflection, cognitive intelligence, and cognitive abilities: A meta-analysis

    (2021)
    59 Citations
  • Attention control and process overlap theory: Searching for cognitive processes underpinning the positive manifold

    (2022)
    47 Citations
  • The factor structure of executive function in childhood and adolescence

    Felien Laureys;Silke De Waelle;Maria T. Barendse;Matthieu Lenoir

    (2022)
    46 Citations
  • Beyond individual intelligence tests: Application of Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory

    Jacqueline M. Caemmerer;Timothy Z. Keith;Matthew R. Reynolds

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Smart people know how the economy works: Cognitive ability, economic knowledge and financial literacy

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Testing the association of growth mindset and grades across a challenging transition: Is growth mindset associated with grades?

    Yue Li;Timothy C. Bates

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • How much intelligence is there in artificial intelligence? A 2020 update

    Han L.J. van der Maas;Lukas Snoek;Claire E. Stevenson

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • A valid evaluation of the theory of multiple intelligences is not yet possible: Problems of methodological quality for intervention studies

    Marta Ferrero;Miguel A. Vadillo;Samuel P. León

    (2021)
    33 Citations

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