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Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
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Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 163 335 469 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 381
Documents by Best Scientists*: 503
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 142
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.116
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Experimental Child Psychology?

Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Social psychology and Cognitive development are the subjects of interest in the journal. The work on Developmental psychology presented in the journal focuses on Age differences in particular. The studies in Cognitive psychology featured incorporate elements of Context (language use), Working memory, Task (project management) and Reading (process).

The majority of Working memory studies in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology are focused on the subject of Short-term memory. Reading (process) study tackled is connected to the field of Phonology. While work presented in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology provided substantial information on Cognition, it also covered topics in Concept learning, Language development, Information processing and Child development.

Most of the works presented in it deals with Social psychology but it intersects with the subject of Social cognition. The presentations discussing Recall offer insights in topics such as Recall test and Free recall. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Visual perception as it also encompasses Communication.

  • Developmental psychology (54.37%)
  • Cognitive psychology (38.75%)
  • Cognition (26.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Explicit Syllable and Phoneme Segmentation in the Young Child (1117 citations)
  • “John thinks that Mary thinks that…” attribution of second-order beliefs by 5- to 10-year-old children ☆ (991 citations)
  • Operational efficiency and the growth of short-term memory span (976 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Experimental Child Psychology:

The published papers primarily tackle Developmental psychology, Cognition, Cognitive psychology, Cognitive development and Reading (process). While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Developmental psychology, it also covers topics in Visual perception, Short-term memory, Task (project management) and Recall. The journal publications address concerns in Cognition which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Social psychology and Information processing.

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

  • Cognition
  • Social psychology
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology was organized to reinforce research efforts on Cognitive psychology, Task (project management), Cognition, Developmental psychology and Context (language use). Cognitive psychology research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Longitudinal study, Action (philosophy), Inhibitory control, Imitation and Typically developing. The journal focuses on Task (project management) but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Distraction, Perception and Stroop effect.

The research on Cognition tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Problem context and Generalization (learning). The concepts on Developmental psychology presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Face perception, Facial recognition system, Vocabulary, Face (sociological concept) and Numeracy. Topics in Context (language use) explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Social psychology, Group membership, Collective identity, Alternation (linguistics) and Toddler.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Children understand subjective (undesirable) desires before they understand subjective (false) beliefs. (1 citations)
  • Cross-notation knowledge of fractions and decimals (1 citations)
  • Visual attention and reading: A test of their relation across paradigms. (0 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 Experimental Child Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Brian P. Ackerman (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kang Lee (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Tomasello (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Charles Hulme (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rebecca Treiman (28 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 Experimental Child Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (91 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Toronto (91 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (88 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Delaware (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Minnesota (77 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.62% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 28.12% of all publications and 46.88% 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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Top Publications

  • The development of grit and growth mindset during adolescence

    Daeun Park;Eli Tsukayama;Alisa Yu;Angela L. Duckworth

    (2020)
    114 Citations
  • When do preschoolers learn specific mathematics skills? Mapping the development of early numeracy knowledge

    Ellen C. Litkowski;Robert J. Duncan;Jessica A.R. Logan;David J. Purpura

    (2020)
    84 Citations
  • Why do early mathematics skills predict later mathematics and reading achievement? The role of executive function.

    Dieuwer ten Braak;Ragnhild Lenes;David J. Purpura;Sara A. Schmitt

    (2022)
    65 Citations
  • Preverbal infants' reactions to third-party punishments and rewards delivered toward fair and unfair agents.

    (2022)
    54 Citations
  • Developmental transformations in the structure of executive functions.

    Johanna Hartung;Laura E. Engelhardt;Megan L. Thibodeaux;K. Paige Harden

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Infants' intention-based evaluations of distributive actions.

    (2022)
    52 Citations
  • Long-term effects of the home literacy environment on reading development: Familial risk for dyslexia as a moderator.

    Minna Torppa;Kati Vasalampi;Kenneth Eklund;Pekka Niemi

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Coaching in maternal reminiscing with preschoolers leads to elaborative and coherent personal narratives in early adolescence.

    Elaine Reese;Lucy Macfarlane;Helena McAnally;Sarah-Jane Robertson

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Human children, but not great apes, become socially closer by sharing an experience in common ground.

    Wouter Wolf;Wouter Wolf;Michael Tomasello

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Language difficulties are a shared risk factor for both reading disorder and mathematics disorder.

    Margaret J. Snowling;Kristina Moll;Charles Hulme

    (2021)
    42 Citations

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