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Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
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Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

1537-4416

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hcap20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 54 322 312 40

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 372
Documents by Best Scientists*: 324
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 20
SCIMAGO H-index: 163
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.877
Impact Factor: 4.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology?

Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology, Psychiatry, Anxiety and Injury prevention are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The studies in Clinical psychology featured incorporate elements of MEDLINE, Intervention (counseling), Randomized controlled trial, Mental health and Depression (differential diagnoses). Intervention (counseling) research discussed connects with the study of Psychological intervention.

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology holds forums on Developmental psychology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Social psychology, Psychopathology and Cognition. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology concentrated on Psychiatry research, specifically Comorbidity, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Psychosocial. It centers on topics in Anxiety, with a focus on Social anxiety.

The work on Injury prevention tackled in Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology brings together disciplines like Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics. It features Suicide prevention research that overlaps with concepts in Occupational safety and health. The journal connects research in Peer group with the related topic of Interpersonal relationship.

  • Clinical psychology (47.78%)
  • Developmental psychology (41.51%)
  • Psychiatry (19.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents With Disruptive Behavior (925 citations)
  • Adolescent peer relations, friendships, and romantic relationships: do they predict social anxiety and depression? (778 citations)
  • Treating Children With Early-Onset Conduct Problems: Intervention Outcomes for Parent, Child, and Teacher Training (750 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology:

The most cited publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology, Psychiatry, Anxiety and Suicide prevention. Psychopathology is a major topic of Clinical psychology research in the journal publications. The most cited papers explore research in Interpersonal relationship and overlapping concepts in Interpersonal communication to expand the discourse in Developmental psychology.

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:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Clinical psychology, MEDLINE, Intervention (counseling), Mental health and Developmental psychology. It facilitates discussions on Clinical psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Psychological intervention, Autism spectrum disorder, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Anxiety. The MEDLINE studies discussed in Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology incorporate research from disciplines like

  • Moderation, which have a strong connection to Psychosocial,
  • Adhd symptoms which connect with Symptom severity..

The study of Randomized controlled trial and how it intertwines with concepts under Physical therapy were explored in the presented Intervention (counseling) research. Mental health research discussed in it aim to provide more information in the subject of Psychiatry. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Developmental psychology and Sample (statistics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Neural Response to Rewards, Stress and Sleep Interact to Prospectively Predict Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Girls. (19 citations)
  • Improving Transition to Adulthood for Students with Autism: A Randomized Controlled Trial of STEPS. (17 citations)
  • Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and ADHD Symptoms in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Children: Differentiation Using Categorical and Dimensional Approaches. (16 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 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Philip C. Kendall (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • William E. Pelham (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bruce F. Chorpita (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Benjamin L. Hankin (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John R. Weisz (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 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 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Los Angeles (92 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (80 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (64 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Temple University (57 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Arizona State University (52 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 7 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, 1.06% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 46.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.66% of all publications and 15.05% 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.

Educational and Licensure Requirements for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

It is valuable to understand the educational trajectory and licensure requirements necessary to carry out research in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Fundamental prerequisites typically begin with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology or a related field. Subsequent steps often involve obtaining a Master's degree, followed by a rigorous doctoral program specializing in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Apart from acquiring the necessary academic qualifications, practicums, internships and supervised professional experience form crucial components of the training process. As the final step, prospective practitioners must pass the required licensure exams to become certified Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychologists. Knowing the particular educational specifications and licensure prerequisites for each state can prove beneficial for aspirants in this field. For instance, you can learn more about the psychologist education requirements in Vermont as an example of the specific qualifications necessary according to different state guidelines. Demonstrating proficient knowledge and skills in their work, psychologists play a crucial role in addressing a range of developmental and mental health concerns. Their comprehensive training ensures they are well-equipped to contribute to varied research areas highlighted in journals such as the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Top Publications

  • Future Directions in Single-Session Youth Mental Health Interventions

    Jessica L. Schleider;Mallory L. Dobias;Jenna Y. Sung;Michael C. Mullarkey;Michael C. Mullarkey

    (2020)
    233 Citations
  • Clinically Significant Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Varied Intellectual Functioning

    Connor M. Kerns;Breanna Winder-Patel;Ana Maria Iosif;Christine Wu Nordahl

    (2021)
    136 Citations
  • Future Directions for Psychosocial Interventions for Children and Adolescents with ADHD.

    George J DuPaul;Steven W Evans;Jennifer A Mautone;Julie Sarno Owens

    (2020)
    121 Citations
  • Randomized Trial of a Single-Session Growth Mind-Set Intervention for Rural Adolescents' Internalizing and Externalizing Problems.

    Jessica L. Schleider;Jeni L. Burnette;Laura Widman;Crystal L. Hoyt

    (2020)
    100 Citations
  • Future Directions in Peer Relations Research

    Mitchell J. Prinstein;Matteo Giletta

    (2020)
    95 Citations
  • The Operations Triad Model and Youth Mental Health Assessments: Catalyzing a Paradigm Shift in Measurement Validation

    (2022)
    86 Citations
  • Rigidity and Sensory Sensitivity: Independent Contributions to Selective Eating in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.

    Hana F Zickgraf;Emily Richard;Nancy L Zucker;Gregory L Wallace

    (2020)
    79 Citations
  • Introduction to the Special Issue. A Dozen Years of Demonstrating That Informant Discrepancies are More Than Measurement Error: Toward Guidelines for Integrating Data from Multi-Informant Assessments of Youth Mental Health

    (2023)
    77 Citations
  • Assessing Callous-Unemotional Traits Using the Total Score from the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits: A Meta-Analysis.

    James V. Ray;Paul J. Frick

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • In Addition to Stigma: Cognitive and Autism-Related Predictors of Mental Health in Transgender Adolescents.

    John F Strang;Laura G Anthony;Laura G Anthony;Amber Song;Meng-Chuan Lai

    (2021)
    74 Citations

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