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International Journal of Stress Management
H-index 13

International Journal of Stress Management

1072-5245

Published by: American Psychological Association

https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/str

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 527 71 70 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 84
Documents by Best Scientists*: 76
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 77
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.963
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Stress Management?

The topics of Occupational stress, Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Applied psychology and Stressor are the focal point of discussions in the journal. In addition to Occupational stress research, the journal aims to explore topics under Well-being, Intervention (counseling), Nursing, Burnout and Job satisfaction. More specifically, the research on Job satisfaction in it is related to Job attitude.

Most of the Social psychology studies addressed also intersect with Emotional exhaustion. The research on Clinical psychology discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Anxiety. International Journal of Stress Management focused on Stressor research but expanded to cover Developmental psychology.

  • Occupational stress (35.59%)
  • Social psychology (34.68%)
  • Clinical psychology (29.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Role of Personal Resources in the Job Demands-Resources Model (1447 citations)
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Health Care Professionals: Results From a Randomized Trial (949 citations)
  • A multigroup analysis of the job demands-resources model in four home care organizations (490 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Stress Management:

The most cited papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Occupational stress, Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Job satisfaction and Applied psychology. The published articles with studies in Occupational stress featured incorporate elements of Organizational behavior, Well-being, Nursing, Burnout and Stressor. The featured Clinical psychology studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Test validity but also cover areas of interest in Construct validity.

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

  • Social psychology
  • Internal medicine
  • Anxiety

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Social psychology, Well-being, Clinical psychology, Applied psychology and Occupational stress. International Journal of Stress Management explores themes in Social psychology like Job satisfaction, Interpersonal communication, Forgiveness and Psychological strain and links them with other fields of study like Employee benefits. While the journal focused on Well-being, it was also able to explore topics like Work–life balance, Work life interference, Emotional exhaustion, Coaching and Stress management.

The journal addresses concerns in Clinical psychology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Intervention (counseling) and Social support. Applied psychology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Test (assessment), Reliability (statistics), Sample (statistics) and Normative. The research on Occupational stress featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Athletic training, Athletes, Adolescent athletes, Overtime and Psychological contract.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The dynamics of social stressors and detachment: Long-term mechanisms impacting well-being. (2 citations)
  • The reliability and factorial validity of different versions of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure/Questionnaire and normative data for a general Swedish sample. (1 citations)
  • The relationships between psychological contract violation, occupational stress, and well-being in police officers. (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 International Journal of Stress Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cary L. Cooper (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ronald J. Burke (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Maureen F. Dollard (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas G. Plante (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arnold B. Bakker (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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 Stress Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Utrecht University (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Haifa (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Manchester (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of South Australia (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tel Aviv University (14 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, 31.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.00% of all publications and 65.00% 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

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for psychological health and well-being in nonclinical samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Dawn Querstret;Linda Morison;Sophie Dickinson;Mark Cropley

    (2020)
    263 Citations
  • Clusters of trauma types as measured by the Life Events Checklist for DSM–5.

    AA Contractor;NH Weiss;P Natesan Batley;JD Elhai

    (2020)
    84 Citations
  • Thriving on demand: Challenging work results in employee flourishing through appraisals and resources.

    Minseo Kim;Terry A. Beehr

    (2020)
    68 Citations
  • Self-undermining behavior at work: Evidence of construct and predictive validity.

    Arnold B. Bakker;Yiqing Wang

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • More than a simple pastime? The potential of physical activity to moderate the relationship between occupational stress and burnout symptoms.

    Markus Gerber;René Schilling;Flora Colledge;Sebastian Ludyga

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Work–family crossover: A meta-analytic review.

    Andrew Li;Russell Cropanzano;Adam Butler;Ping Shao

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Why interventions fail: A systematic review of occupational health psychology interventions.

    Matthew G. Burgess;Paula Brough;Amanda Biggs;Amy J. Hawkes

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Behavioral stress recovery management intervention for people with high levels of perceived stress: A randomized controlled trial.

    Niclas Almén;Jan Lisspers;Lars-Göran Öst;Örjan Sundin

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Does a mindfulness-, acceptance-, and value-based intervention for burnout have long-term effects on different levels of subjective well-being?

    Sanna M. Kinnunen;Anne Puolakanaho;Anne Mäkikangas;Asko Tolvanen

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Assessment of PTSD's E2 Criterion: Development, Pilot Testing, and Validation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire.

    Ateka A. Contractor;Nicole H. Weiss;Nathan T. Kearns;Stephanie V. Caldas

    (2020)
    16 Citations

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