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International Journal of Psychophysiology
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International Journal of Psychophysiology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 127 245 383 21
Psychology 148 370 474 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 606
Documents by Best Scientists*: 739
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 18
SCIMAGO H-index: 155
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.948
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Psychophysiology?

The foci of the journal are Audiology, Cognitive psychology, Neuroscience, Developmental psychology and Electroencephalography. The research on Audiology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Stimulus (physiology), Vigilance (psychology), Event-related potential and Communication. The work on Cognitive psychology tackled in it brings together disciplines like Task (project management), Cognition and Perception.

Electrophysiology is a major topic of Neuroscience research presented in it. The journal facilitates discussions on Developmental psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Anxiety, Arousal and Heart rate. Studies in Blood pressure and Internal medicine serves as the foundation for the Heart rate research presented.

International Journal of Psychophysiology addresses concerns in Electroencephalography which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Alpha (ethology) and Brain mapping.

  • Audiology (21.17%)
  • Cognitive psychology (19.24%)
  • Neuroscience (19.11%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Low resolution electromagnetic tomography: a new method for localizing electrical activity in the brain. (2337 citations)
  • Different frequencies for different scales of cortical integration: from local gamma to long range alpha/theta synchronization. (1223 citations)
  • The polyvagal theory: phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system (1004 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Psychophysiology:

The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Electroencephalography, Developmental psychology, Audiology, Neuroscience and Cognition. Aside from discussions in Developmental psychology, the published papers also deal with the subject of Heart rate which intersects with Cardiology disciplines. The Audiology research tackled in the published articles is interrelated with Stimulus (physiology) which concerns subjects like Visual perception.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Cognition
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Neuroscience, Electroencephalography, Cognitive psychology, Audiology and Artificial intelligence. The majority of Neuroscience studies are focused on the issues of Functional connectivity. While work presented in International Journal of Psychophysiology provided substantial information on Cognitive psychology, it also covered topics in Cognition and Task (project management).

It focuses on Artificial intelligence as well as the interrelated topic of Pattern recognition.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Common neural processes during action-stopping and infrequent stimulus detection: The frontocentral P3 as an index of generic motor inhibition. (21 citations)
  • Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation via tragus or cymba conchae: Are its psychophysiological effects dependent on the stimulation area? (9 citations)
  • Data quality and reliability metrics for event-related potentials (ERPs): The utility of subject-level reliability. (8 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 Psychophysiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Porto Carras (195 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert J. Barry (149 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Erol Başar (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Gruzelier (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Canan Basar-Eroglu (46 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 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 International Journal of Psychophysiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Russian Academy of Sciences (148 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Wollongong (137 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences (99 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Moscow State University (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sapienza University of Rome (83 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less 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, 79.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 5.16% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.23% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.06% of all publications and 73.55% 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

  • Data quality and reliability metrics for event-related potentials (ERPs): The utility of subject-level reliability.

    Peter E. Clayson;C.J. Brush;Greg Hajcak

    (2021)
    80 Citations
  • Correlation of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activity during rest and acute stress tasks.

    David G. Weissman;Wendy Berry Mendes

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Gender differences in anxiety: The mediating role of sensitivity to unpredictable threat

    Kreshnik Burani;Brady D. Nelson

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Using multilevel models for the analysis of event-related potentials.

    Hannah I. Volpert-Esmond;Elizabeth Page-Gould;Bruce D. Bartholow

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • The acute exercise-cognition interaction: From the catecholamines hypothesis to an interoception model.

    Terry McMorris;Terry McMorris

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • Comparing the effects of different methodological decisions on the error-related negativity and its association with behaviour and gender.

    Aislinn Sandre;Iulia Banica;Anja Riesel;Jessica Flake

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • Physical activity and interoceptive processing: Theoretical considerations for future research

    Amie Wallman-Jones;Pandelis Perakakis;Manos Tsakiris;Mirko Schmidt

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Common neural processes during action-stopping and infrequent stimulus detection: The frontocentral P3 as an index of generic motor inhibition.

    Darcy A. Waller;Eliot Hazeltine;Jan R. Wessel

    (2021)
    50 Citations

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