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Journal of Child Custody
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Journal of Child Custody

1537-9418

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjcc20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 1105 25 22 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 29
Documents by Best Scientists*: 27
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Child Custody?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Child custody, Social psychology, Domestic violence, Developmental psychology and Criminology. The research on Child custody tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Family law, Applied psychology and Clinical psychology. Discussions in Journal of Child Custody are anchored in the subject of Family law and the similar topic of Mental health.

The journal facilitates the exploration of Clinical psychology in relation to the field of Sexual abuse. Issues in Social psychology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Parental alienation, Alienation, Parental alienation syndrome and Medical education. The study on Domestic violence presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Child abuse.

The presentations discussing Developmental psychology offer insights in topics such as Parental separation and Attachment theory. It focuses on Criminology as well as the interrelated topic of Family court. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Suicide prevention as it also encompasses Injury prevention.

  • Child custody (41.29%)
  • Social psychology (30.00%)
  • Domestic violence (21.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Is It Abuse, Alienation, and/or Estrangement?: A Decision Tree (83 citations)
  • A Historical Perspective on Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation (57 citations)
  • Apples and Oranges in Child Custody Disputes: Intimate Terrorism vs. Situational Couple Violence (47 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Child Custody:

The journal papers facilitate discussions on Domestic violence, Social psychology, Suicide prevention, Child custody and Criminology. The most cited publications explore issues in Social psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Psychological intervention, Parental alienation, Alienation and Parenting time. The most cited publications explore topics in Child custody which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Applied psychology, Family law, Medical education, Psychotherapist and Developmental psychology.

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 Journal of Child Custody (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jonathan W. Gould (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leslie M. Drozd (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Toby G. Kleinman (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lyn R. Greenberg (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David A. Martindale (6 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 Journal of Child Custody (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alliant International University (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nova Southeastern University (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alabama (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of South Florida (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Toronto (5 papers) absent 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 2020 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% 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 50.00% of all publications and 50.00% 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.

Career Paths in Child Custody Research

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Top Publications

  • The Child Abuse Risk Evaluation Dutch Version (CARE-NL): A retrospective validation study

    Corine de Ruiter;Martin Hildebrand;Steven van der Hoorn

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • What constitutes a high-quality child custody evaluation? A qualitative analysis

    Alison T. O’Neill;Kay Bussey;Christopher J. Lennings;Katie M. Seidler

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Rejecting the rejection of parental alienation: Comment on Mercer (2021)

    William Bernet;Ronald P. Rohner;Kathleen M. Reay

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • “He yells because he cares”: jury perceptions of emotional abuse from a sports coach toward child athletes

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • “I still remember when…”: narratives of child maltreatment by emerging adults

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • A socio-interpersonal perspective on the disclosure of childhood adversity: A qualitative comparative approach in Irish survivors

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • The Relationship between parenting styles and relationally victimized adolescents’ adjustment: Moderation of parents’ victimization status during adolescence

    Michelle F. Wright;Jun Sung Hong;Sebastian Wachs

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Patterns of sibling aggression and mental health in childhood and adolescence

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Early adversity and emotional awareness: A partial confirmation and extension of their relationship

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Childhood maltreatment, revictimization, and stay-leave decision-making

    Alicia Selvey;Amanda Barry;Emily Budde;Lucy J. Allbaugh

    (2021)
    2 Citations

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