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Journal of Family Communication
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Journal of Family Communication

1526-7431

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjfc20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 831 12 21 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 24
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.566
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Family Communication?

The primary areas of discussion in Journal of Family Communication are Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Family communication, Gender studies and Perception. Identity (social science) research are fields of study within Social psychology but they also intertwine with concepts in Perspective (graphical). Developmental psychology research featured in Journal of Family Communication incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Feeling, Association (psychology) and Clinical psychology.

Journal of Family Communication features Conversation research that overlaps with concepts in Conformity.

  • Social psychology (48.84%)
  • Developmental psychology (39.35%)
  • Family communication (25.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Family Relations and the Internet: Exploring a Family Boundaries Approach (143 citations)
  • Parental Confirmation and Affection as Mediators of Family Communication Patterns and Children's Mental Well-Being (133 citations)
  • Brief Status Report on Communication Privacy Management Theory (118 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Family Communication:

The most cited publications investigate studies in Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Family communication, Perception and Perspective (graphical). The most cited publications focus on Social psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Gender studies and Power (social and political). The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Developmental psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Identity (social science), Construct (philosophy), Conformity and Conversation.

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

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Family communication, Pandemic and Perception. The studies in Developmental psychology featured incorporate elements of Quality (business), Digital media and Parental mediation. The presented research on Quality (business) deals specifically with Masculinity but it also addresses topics in Affection.

Journal of Family Communication explores Social psychology concepts, specifically Identity (social science) but expands to research in Relational closeness. While Family communication is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on Public relations and Salient. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Perception, it also covered topics in Projection bias, Mother daughter and Grandchild.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Frequency and Comfort of Political Conversations with Parents as Mediators of Family Communication Patterns and Relational Quality in Parent–Child Relationships (3 citations)
  • Assessing the Effects of COVID-19 on Romantic Relationships and the Coping Strategies Partners Use to Manage the Stress of a Pandemic (2 citations)
  • Mothers’ Sources and Strategies for Managing COVID-19 Uncertainties during the Early Pandemic Months (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 Family Communication (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul Schrodt (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Leslie A. Baxter (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kristina M. Scharp (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jody Koenig Kellas (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrew M. Ledbetter (8 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 Family Communication (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Nebraska–Lincoln (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Texas Christian University (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Missouri (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Denver (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arizona State University (14 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.00% of all publications and 48.00% 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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Top Publications

  • The Intergenerational Transmission of Family Communication Patterns: (In)consistencies in Conversation and Conformity Orientations across Two Generations of Family

    Emily A. Rauscher;Paul Schrodt;Gemme Campbell-Salome;Jennifer Freytag

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • The Frequency and Comfort of Political Conversations with Parents as Mediators of Family Communication Patterns and Relational Quality in Parent–Child Relationships

    Xavier Scruggs;Paul Schrodt

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Emotion Labor with Parents as a Mediator of Family Communication Patterns and Young Adult Children’s Mental Well-being

    Paul Schrodt

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Children’s Transitions and Relational Turbulence in Marriage: Can Transition Processing Communication Help?

    Kellie St.Cyr Brisini;Denise Haunani Solomon

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Mothers’ Sources and Strategies for Managing COVID-19 Uncertainties during the Early Pandemic Months

    Kimberly K. Walker;Katharine J. Head;Jennifer Bute;Heather Owens

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Contexts for Family Talk about Racism: Historical, Dyadic, and Geographic

    William P. Eveland;Amy I. Nathanson

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Perceptions of Fathers’ Confirmation and Affection as Mediators of Masculinity and Relational Quality in Father-Child Relationships

    Michael Fellers;Paul Schrodt

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Ambivalent Effects of Stay-at-Home and Working Mother Stereotypes on Mothers’ Intergroup and Interpersonal Dynamics

    Kelly G. Odenweller;Christine E. Rittenour;Megan R. Dillow;Aaron Metzger

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Returning to Normal in an Abnormal Environment: Mothers’ COVID-19 Uncertainties and Uncertainty Management Strategies

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Projection Bias and Youth’s and Parents’ Perceptions of Their Joint Political Discussions

    Håkan Stattin;Silvia Russo;Yunhwan Kim

    (2021)
    4 Citations

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