Journal of Child and Family Studies

Top Research Topics at Journal of Child and Family Studies?

Journal of Child and Family Studies focuses on Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Mental health, Suicide prevention and Intervention (counseling). The research on Developmental psychology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Context (language use), Social psychology, Perception, Association (psychology) and Structural equation modeling. Issues in Clinical psychology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Psychological intervention, Psychiatry, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Anxiety.

The work on Mental health addressed in Journal of Child and Family Studies expands to the thematically related Nursing. While Suicide prevention is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Injury prevention, Human factors and ergonomics and Occupational safety and health.

• Developmental psychology (47.53%)
• Clinical psychology (39.67%)
• Mental health (16.65%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Mindfulness-Based Approaches with Children and Adolescents: A Preliminary Review of Current Research in an Emergent Field (515 citations)
• Mental Health Problems of Children in Foster Care (362 citations)
• Pathways Between Social Support, Family Well Being, Quality of Parenting, and Child Resilience: What We Know (354 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Child and Family Studies:

The published articles investigate studies in Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology, Suicide prevention, Injury prevention and Human factors and ergonomics. The published papers explore issues in Clinical psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Intervention (counseling), Mental health, Psychiatry, Anxiety and Child rearing. The published papers with studies in Developmental psychology featured incorporate elements of Social support, Social psychology and Ethnic group.

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

• Law
• Social psychology
• Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Child and Family Studies investigates areas of study like Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Context (language use), Psychological intervention and Association (psychology). Journal of Child and Family Studies focuses on Developmental psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ethnic group, Perception and Moderation. The work on Clinical psychology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Intervention (counseling), Psychosocial, Anxiety, Mental health and Depression (differential diagnoses).

The Intervention (counseling) works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Mindfulness and Randomized controlled trial. The journal connects the study in Context (language use) with the closely related area of Stressor. The Psychological intervention study featured in Journal of Child and Family Studies draws connections with the study of Distress.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Parenting and adolescent adjustment: The mediational role of family self-esteem (5 citations)
• Effects of COVID-19 Confinement on the Household Routines Of Children in Portugal (3 citations)
• Exploring Patterns of Service Utilization Within Children’s Mental Health Agencies (3 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Child and Family Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• Matthew R. Sanders (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Rex Forehand (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peter Muris (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Antonis Katsiyannis (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael C. Roberts (19 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Child and Family Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

• Virginia Commonwealth University (85 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Queensland (66 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of South Florida (66 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (65 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Pennsylvania State University (64 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 3.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.12% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.61% of all publications and 58.03% 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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