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Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
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Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 103 125 227 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 149
Documents by Best Scientists*: 241
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 52
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.319
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of contextual behavioral science?

The journal explores disciplines such as Clinical psychology, Acceptance and commitment therapy, Flexibility (personality), Anxiety and Intervention (counseling). The research on Clinical psychology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Experiential avoidance, Mental health and Depression (differential diagnoses). While the journal focused on Experiential avoidance, it was also able to explore topics like Psychopathology and Association (psychology).

Journal of contextual behavioral science facilitates discussions on Acceptance and commitment therapy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Psychological intervention, Randomized controlled trial, Cognition and Psychotherapist. Sample (statistics), Chronic pain and Action (philosophy) are some topics wherein Flexibility (personality) research discussed in it have an impact. The study on Anxiety presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Quality of life (healthcare).

It explores research in Intervention (counseling) and the adjacent study of Physical therapy. It focused on Developmental psychology research but expanded to cover Behavioural sciences. Journal of contextual behavioral science blends together research topics in Behavioural sciences and Perspective (graphical).

  • Clinical psychology (50.29%)
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy (40.88%)
  • Flexibility (personality) (23.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Contextual behavioral science: Creating a science more adequate to the challenge of the human condition. (199 citations)
  • Assessment of body image flexibility: The Body Image-Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (182 citations)
  • A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adults with chronic pain: Outcome domains, design quality, and efficacy (163 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of contextual behavioral science:

The journal publications aim to foster the development of research in Clinical psychology, Acceptance and commitment therapy, Anxiety, Flexibility (personality) and Experiential avoidance. The works on Clinical psychology tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Psychological intervention, Intervention (counseling) and Depression (differential diagnoses). The published papers address concerns in Flexibility (personality) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Mental health and Action (philosophy).

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 journal mainly tackles studies in Clinical psychology, Flexibility (personality), Acceptance and commitment therapy, Psychological intervention and Mental health. Journal of contextual behavioral science explores issues in Clinical psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Experiential avoidance, Anxiety and Depression (differential diagnoses). The presentations focused mostly on Flexibility (personality) in an attempt to further explore topics in Social psychology.

The Acceptance and commitment therapy study which was featured in it aims to expound on the research in Intervention (counseling). The studies in Psychological intervention featured incorporate elements of Cognitive psychology, Action (philosophy), Overweight, Medical education and Control (management). Issues in Mindfulness were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Psychopathology and Scale (social sciences).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The role of psychological flexibility in the context of COVID-19: Associations with depression, anxiety, and insomnia (12 citations)
  • Coping with the invisible enemy: The role of emotion regulation and awareness in quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic (11 citations)
  • Comprehensive assessment of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy processes (CompACT): Measure refinement and study of measurement invariance across Portuguese and UK samples (5 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 contextual behavioral science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Louise McHugh (24 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Michael E. Levin (22 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Raimo Lappalainen (16 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Dermot Barnes-Holmes (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Steven C. Hayes (15 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 Journal of contextual behavioral science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Utah State University (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University College Dublin (24 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Nevada, Reno (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Drexel University (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Mississippi (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 9.21% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.29% of all publications and 34.78% 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.

Best Universities for Studying Contextual Behavioral Science

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Top Publications

  • The Empirical Status of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Review of Meta-Analyses

    Andrew T. Gloster;Noemi Walder;Michael E. Levin;Michael P. Twohig

    (2020)
    540 Citations
  • Psychological flexibility mediates the relations between acute psychedelic effects and subjective decreases in depression and anxiety.

    Alan K. Davis;Frederick S. Barrett;Roland R. Griffiths

    (2020)
    277 Citations
  • The use of the psychological flexibility model to support psychedelic assisted therapy

    Rosalind Watts;Jason B Luoma

    (2020)
    219 Citations
  • The moderating roles of psychological flexibility and inflexibility on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in Italy

    Kenneth I. Pakenham;Giulia Landi;Giada Boccolini;Annalisa Furlani

    (2020)
    198 Citations
  • Psychological Flexibility and Inflexibility as Sources of Resiliency and Risk during a Pandemic: Modeling the Cascade of COVID-19 Stress on Family Systems with a Contextual Behavioral Science Lens

    Jennifer S. Daks;Jack S. Peltz;Ronald D. Rogge

    (2020)
    187 Citations
  • Psilocybin-assisted therapy of major depressive disorder using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a therapeutic frame

    Jordan Sloshower;Jeffrey Guss;Robert Krause;Ryan M. Wallace

    (2020)
    143 Citations
  • Psy-Flex: A contextually sensitive measure of psychological flexibility

    Andrew T. Gloster;Victoria J. Block;Jens Klotsche;Jeanette Villanueva

    (2021)
    137 Citations
  • Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research

    Steven C. Hayes;Rhonda M. Merwin;Louise McHugh;Emily K. Sandoz

    (2021)
    118 Citations
  • The role of psychological flexibility in the context of COVID-19: Associations with depression, anxiety, and insomnia

    Lance M. McCracken;Farzaneh Badinlou;Monica Buhrman;Karin C. Brocki

    (2021)
    102 Citations
  • Coping with the invisible enemy: The role of emotion regulation and awareness in quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Georgia Panayiotou;Maria Panteli;Chrysanthi Leonidou;Chrysanthi Leonidou

    (2021)
    100 Citations

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