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Journal of Cognitive Psychology
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Journal of Cognitive Psychology

2044-5911

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/pecp21

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 658 64 83 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 84
Documents by Best Scientists*: 99
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 75
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.598
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of cognitive psychology?

Journal of cognitive psychology investigates areas of study like Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, Cognition, Developmental psychology and Working memory. Cognitive psychology research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Recall.

  • Cognitive psychology (55.49%)
  • Social psychology (19.55%)
  • Cognition (13.24%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Language control in bilinguals: The adaptive control hypothesis (686 citations)
  • Understanding the consequences of bilingualism for language processing and cognition (341 citations)
  • Bilingualism is not a categorical variable: Interaction between language proficiency and usage (324 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of cognitive psychology:

The journal publications mainly tackle studies in Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Social psychology, Neuroscience of multilingualism and Developmental psychology. The journal papers emphasize research on Cognitive psychology, which includes concerns such as Recall. The published papers facilitate discussions on Cognition that incorporate concepts from other fields like Mood, Cognitive science and Set (psychology).

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

  • Cognition
  • Social psychology
  • Cognitive psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of cognitive psychology is organized to address concerns in the fields of Cognitive psychology, Working memory, Episodic memory, Recall and Cognition. Issues in Cognitive psychology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Test (assessment) and Preference. The Working memory study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Structure (mathematical logic).

The study on Episodic memory presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Perspective (graphical). The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Cognition, apply to Cognitive science as well.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Learning to avoid biased reasoning: effects of interleaved practice and worked examples (2 citations)
  • Beyond input: Language learners produce novel relative clause types without exposure. (1 citations)
  • Unusual uses and experiences are good for feeling insightful, but not for problem solving: contributions of schizotypy, divergent thinking, and fluid reasoning, to insight moments (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 Journal of cognitive psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Philip N. Johnson-Laird (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Simon Paul Liversedge (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Petra Jansen (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Peter P. J. L. Verkoeijen (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mei-Ching Lien (7 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 cognitive psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Padua (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Southampton (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of La Laguna (12 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 2021 edition, 1.39% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.13% of all publications and 64.79% 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.

Applying Cognitive Psychology in Practical Settings: The Case of Kentucky

The field of cognitive psychology is undeniably a vast and exciting sphere of research, with robust knowledge applicable to various practical scenarios. In the context of practicing professionals such as psychologists, the insights from cognitive psychology could be valuable in effectively approaching mental health treatment and comprehending human behavior in greater depth.

Consider, for instance, the application of cognitive psychology to the practice of psychology in Kentucky. Becoming a psychologist in this state requires a strong foundation in theoretical frameworks and methodologies of cognitive psychology. Potential practitioners would need to understand theories of cognition, memory, and recall – areas heavily investigated in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology. Individuals seeking to apply cognitive research in their practice can glean substantial insights from this journal.

Furthermore, applying this knowledge in real-life settings necessitates an understanding of state licensure requirements. For instance, becoming a practicing psychologist in Kentucky involves complying with specific education, exam, and supervised practice requirements.

To know more about the licensure requirements and how cognitive psychology research could be applied in practice, browse through our comprehensive guide on how to be a psychologist in Kentucky.

Top Publications

  • Verbal insight revisited — dissociable neurocognitive processes underlying solutions accompanied by an AHA! experience with and without prior restructuring

    Maxi Becker;Maxi Becker;Simone Kühn;Tobias Sommer

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Out-of-body memory encoding causes third-person perspective at recall

    Loretxu Bergouignan;Lars Nyberg;H. Henrik Ehrsson

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Auditory distraction can be studied online! A direct comparison between in-Person and online experimentation

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • The mental model theory of free choice permissions and paradoxical disjunctive inferences

    P. N. Johnson-Laird;P. N. Johnson-Laird;Ana Cristina Quelhas;Célia Rasga;Célia Rasga

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Electrophysiological correlates of the continued influence effect of misinformation: an exploratory study

    Christopher R. Brydges;Christopher R. Brydges;Andrew Gordon;Ullrich K. H. Ecker

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • What is my teacher talking about? Effects of displaying the teacher’s gaze and mouse cursor cues in video lectures on students’ learning

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Working Memory Capacity, Removal Efficiency and Event Specific Memory as Predictors of Misinformation Reliance

    Jasmyne A. Sanderson;Gilles E. Gignac;Ullrich K. H. Ecker

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Sex differences in mental rotation: the role of stereotyped material, perceived performance and extrinsic spatial ability

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • The susceptibility of compound remote associate problems to disruption by irrelevant sound: a Window onto the component processes underpinning creative cognition?

    John Everett Marsh;Emma Threadgold;Melissa Esme Barker;Damien Litchfield

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Identifying obstacles to transfer of critical thinking skills

    Lara M. van Peppen;Tamara van Gog;Peter P. J. L. Verkoeijen;Peter P. J. L. Verkoeijen;Patricia A. Alexander

    (2021)
    11 Citations

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