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International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
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International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

1365-1501

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ijpc20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 461 56 55 15
Medicine 1864 28 33 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 91
Documents by Best Scientists*: 86
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 47
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.038
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Psychiatry, Depression (differential diagnoses), Clinical psychology, Schizophrenia and Anxiety. It focused on works that combine different research areas such as Psychiatry and In patient. In it, Mood and Rating scale are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Depression (differential diagnoses) research.

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice explores issues in Clinical psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Personality and Comorbidity. Many of the studies tackled connect Schizophrenia with a similar field of study like Psychosis. The in-depth study on Risperidone also explores topics in the intersecting field of Olanzapine.

  • Psychiatry (97.15%)
  • Depression (differential diagnoses) (22.54%)
  • Clinical psychology (20.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive - compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care (245 citations)
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder among Syrian refugees in Turkey: A cross-sectional study (181 citations)
  • An empirical operationalization study of DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for premature ejaculation (165 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice:

The most cited publications investigate areas of study like Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Depression (differential diagnoses), Schizophrenia and Anxiety. Most of the works presented in the journal publications deal with Psychiatry but they intersect with the subject of Randomized controlled trial. While Depression (differential diagnoses) is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Young adult and Rating scale.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Psychiatry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Psychiatry, Anxiety, Depression (differential diagnoses), Schizophrenia and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak are the focal point of discussions in International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. It explores Psychiatry to see how it intertwines with other fields like Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and In patient. Anxiety research presented in International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice encompasses a variety of subjects, including Subclinical infection and Impulsivity.

Issues in Depression (differential diagnoses) were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Suicidal ideation, Smartphone addiction, Mobile phone overuse and Rating scale. Topics in Schizophrenia were tackled in line with various other fields like Psychosis, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Retrospective cohort study and Thiamine. The research on 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak featured in it combines topics in other fields like Psychopharmacology, Pharmacotherapy, Drug side effects and Drug reaction.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Anxiety and depression and its correlates in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan. (27 citations)
  • Effects of lockdown on emergency room admissions for psychiatric evaluation: an observational study from the AUSL Romagna, Italy. (8 citations)
  • COVID-19 pandemic and mental health in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study. (6 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 of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Siegfried Kasper (52 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Randy A. Sansone (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael W. Wiederman (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Naomi A. Fineberg (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • David S. Baldwin (17 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 of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wright State University (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Milan (19 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Columbia College (South Carolina) (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Medical University of Vienna (17 papers) published 1 paper 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, 10.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.03% 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 22.95% of all publications and 59.02% 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.

Career Prospects in Criminal Psychology

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Top Publications

  • Construction of the Lebanese Anxiety Scale (LAS-10): a new scale to assess anxiety in adult patients

    Souheil Hallit;Sahar Obeid;Chadia Haddad;Rabih Hallit

    (2020)
    73 Citations
  • COVID-19 pandemic and mental health in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study.

    Radwan El Othman;Elsie Touma;Rola El Othman;Chadia Haddad

    (2021)
    70 Citations
  • Psychometric properties of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in healthy participants aged 18-70.

    Carolien J. W. H. Bruijnen;Boukje A. G. Dijkstra;Serge J. W. Walvoort;Manon J. J. Budy

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Alexithymia, suicide ideation, affective temperaments and homocysteine levels in drug naïve patients with post-traumatic stress disorder: an exploratory study in the everyday 'real world' clinical practice.

    Domenico De Berardis;Federica Vellante;Michele Fornaro;Annalisa Anastasia

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Duration of untreated illness and depression severity are associated with cognitive impairment in mood disorders.

    Cesare Galimberti;Monica Francesca Bosi;Martina Volontè;Francesca Giordano

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Presentation and management of anxiety in individuals with acute symptomatic or asymptomatic COVID-19 infection, and in the post-COVID-19 recovery phase.

    Genoveva Uzunova;Stefano Pallanti;Eric Hollander

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Factors associated with anxiety among the Lebanese population: the role of alexithymia, self-esteem, alcohol use disorders, emotional intelligence and stress and burnout.

    Sahar Obeid;Nathalie Lahoud;Chadia Haddad;Hala Sacre

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Precision psychiatry in clinical practice.

    Raffaella Zanardi;Dario Prestifilippo;Chiara Fabbri;Chiara Fabbri;Cristina Colombo

    (2021)
    37 Citations

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