Journal of Environmental Psychology

Top Research Topics at Journal of Environmental Psychology?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Perception, Cognition and Cognitive psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology addresses concerns in Social psychology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Context (language use) and Preference. Journal of Environmental Psychology held discussions to help close the divide between two different fields of study: Human factors and ergonomics and Occupational safety and health.

Journal of Environmental Psychology aims to facilitate interdisciplinary discussions involving Occupational safety and health as well as topics like Injury prevention and Suicide prevention.

• Social psychology (48.66%)
• Developmental psychology (10.91%)
• Perception (10.39%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The restorative benefits of nature: Toward an integrative framework (2885 citations)
• Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environments (2570 citations)
• Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour : An integrative review and research agenda (2196 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Environmental Psychology:

The journal articles primarily tackle Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Place attachment and Human factors and ergonomics. Theory of planned behavior, Context (language use), Perception, Structural equation modeling and Preference are some topics wherein Social psychology research discussed in the published papers has an impact. The Human factors and ergonomics research tackled in the journal papers is interrelated with Suicide prevention which concerns subjects like Injury prevention.

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

• Social psychology
• Law
• Cognition

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Social psychology, Context (language use), Climate change, Cognitive psychology and Psychological intervention. It explores topics in Social psychology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Perception, Action (philosophy), Biology and political orientation, Field (Bourdieu) and Normative. The Climate change study featured in Journal of Environmental Psychology draws connections with the study of Public economics.

The in-depth study on Cognitive psychology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Task (project management). In Journal of Environmental Psychology, Test (assessment) and Sample (statistics) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Task (project management) research. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Psychological intervention and the similar topic of Applied psychology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Home garden use during COVID-19: Associations with physical and mental wellbeing in older adults (16 citations)
• What drives pro-environmental activism of young people? A survey study on the Fridays For Future movement (9 citations)
• The case for impact-focused environmental psychology (8 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 Environmental Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Linda Steg (29 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Tommy Gärling (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gary W. Evans (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Robert Gifford (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Barbara B. Brown (18 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 Environmental Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Cornell University (43 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Groningen (37 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Surrey (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Irvine (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Exeter (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less 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, 11.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.67% 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.

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