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International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
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International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

0251-2513

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10775

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 649 15 49 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 26
Documents by Best Scientists*: 60
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 33
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.557
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance?

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance is mainly concerned with subjects like Social psychology, Career development, Pedagogy, Vocational education and Career counseling. In addition to Social psychology research, International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance aims to explore topics under Developmental psychology, Context (language use) and Career choice. The journal explores issues in Career development which can be linked to other research areas like Maturity (psychological) and Public relations.

The works on Pedagogy deal in particular with Cognitive Information Processing. Vocational education study tackled is connected to the field of Applied psychology. The journal emphasizes research on Personality, which includes concerns such as Big Five personality traits.

  • Social psychology (28.47%)
  • Career development (25.50%)
  • Pedagogy (20.54%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Life-Long Self-Construction (160 citations)
  • Gender Differences for Optimism, Self-esteem, Expectations and Goals in Predicting Career Planning and Exploration in Adolescents (136 citations)
  • An educational–psychological conceptualisation of interest (132 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance:

The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Career development, Pedagogy, Social psychology, Vocational education and Construct (philosophy). The journal papers about Career decision, Social cognitive theory and Self-efficacy are all disciplines of Social psychology that connect with topics in Sample (statistics). The works on Vocational education tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Developmental psychology, Context (language use), Cognitive Information Processing and Applied psychology.

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

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance generally zeroes in on subjects such as Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Career development, Vocational education and Public relations. It aims to form a more comprehensive understanding of the field by integrating disciplines like Social psychology and Path analysis (statistics). The featured works in Young adult and Social cognitive theory, which all belong in the domain if Developmental psychology, also overlaps with concepts under Measure (data warehouse).

The journal holds forums on Career development that merges themes from other disciplines such as Employability and Maturity (psychological). The research on Vocational education tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Control (management) and Career counseling. It served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Public relations and Perspective (graphical).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • ‘My family’s goals are also my goals’: the relationship between collectivism, distal utility value, and learning and career goals of international university students in Germany (2 citations)
  • Social cognitive factors of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career interests (2 citations)
  • LGB identity and career decision-making self-efficacy among sexual minority college students (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 International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Alexander Creed (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mary McMahon (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Wendy Patton (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Laura Nota (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mark Watson (10 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 International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Griffith University (19 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Queensland University of Technology (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Padua (13 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Jyväskylä (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 12.66% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.74% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.49% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 31.88% of all publications and 31.88% 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 Italian adaptation of courage measure

    Maria Cristina Ginevra;Sara Santilli;Elisabetta Camussi;Paola Magnano

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Young adults’ perceived future employability: antecedents and consequences

    W. Gunawan;W. Gunawan;P. A. Creed;A. I. Glendon

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Job crafting by students who work and study

    Peter A. Creed;Michelle Hood;Shi Hu

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Longitudinal relations among economic deprivation, work volition, and academic satisfaction: a psychology of working perspective

    Blake A. Allan;Haley M. Sterling;Ryan D. Duffy

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Supporting the career development of technical education students in China: the roles played by teachers

    Jiahong Zhang;Mantak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • In the same boat? An online group career counseling with a group of young adults in the time of COVID-19.

    S Santilli;M C Ginevra;I Di Maggio;S Soresi

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Social capital and career planning amongst first generation and non-first generation high school and college students in Germany: a social network analysis approach

    Britta Wittner;Simone Kauffeld

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • The influence of employment program components upon job attainment during a time of identity and career transition

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Meaning in life and school guidance programs: Adolescents' voices from Hong Kong

    Mantak Yuen;Yiu Bun Chung;Queenie A. Y. Lee;Patrick S. Y. Lau

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Protean career processes in young adults: Relationships with perceived future employability, educational performance, and commitment

    (2023)
    12 Citations

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