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Journal of Gambling Issues
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Journal of Gambling Issues

1910-7595

Published by: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

https://jgi.camh.net/index.php/jgi

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 948 21 23 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 30
Documents by Best Scientists*: 28
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 20
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.473
Impact Factor: 1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Gambling Issues?

Journal of Gambling Issues was organized to reinforce research efforts on Social psychology, Humanities, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology and Advertising. Sample (statistics) and Addiction are some topics wherein Social psychology research discussed in it have an impact. Many of the studies tackled connect Clinical psychology with a similar field of study like Pathological.

The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Advertising as it also encompasses The Internet.

  • Social psychology (20.86%)
  • Humanities (18.32%)
  • Psychiatry (10.53%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A public health perspective (161 citations)
  • Gambling problems in youth: Theoretical and applied perspectives (131 citations)
  • Impact of gambling advertisements and marketing on children and adolescents: policy recommendations to minimise harm (113 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Gambling Issues:

The main points discussed in the journal publications deal with Social psychology, Advertising, Marketing, The Internet and Clinical psychology. Rebuttal, Construct validity, Sample (statistics), Criminology and Social anthropology are some topics wherein Social psychology research discussed in the journal articles has an impact. While the primary focus in the published papers is Clinical psychology, they also dissect topics surrounding Cognition and Impulsivity and Distress as a whole.

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

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Humanities, Addiction, Harm, Gambling disorder and Sample (statistics) are the focal point of discussions in the journal. It holds forums on Humanities that merges themes from other disciplines such as Theory of planned behavior, Typology, Loneliness and Role playing. The work on Sample (statistics) tackled in it brings together disciplines like Index (economics), Exploratory research and Latent class model.

It features research on Self-concept in an attempt to reinforce studies in the field of Social psychology. While Journal of Gambling Issues focused on Social psychology, it was also able to explore topics like Psychological intervention, Self-management and Poverty. The Public health research presented in Journal of Gambling Issues explores the relationship between Affect (psychology) and the closely related topic of Clinical psychology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Online gambling in unprecedented times: Risks and safer gambling strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic (1 citations)
  • Problem gambling among older people. An Italian study on habits, representations, levels of engagement and psychosocial determinants (1 citations)
  • Escaping the Woes Through Flow? Examining the Relationship Between Escapism, Depression, and Flow Experience in Role-Playing and Platform Games (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 Gambling Issues (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Nigel E. Turner (30 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Isabelle Giroux (22 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sherry H. Stewart (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mark D. Griffiths (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jeffrey L. Derevensky (15 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 Gambling Issues (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (56 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Laval University (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nottingham Trent University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • McGill University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Toronto (14 papers) published 1 paper 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, 7.32% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.79% of all publications and 44.74% 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

  • COVID-19, Loneliness and Technological Addiction: Longitudinal Data

    Guyonne Rogier;Sara Beomonte Zobel;Patrizia Velotti

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Escaping the Woes Through Flow? Examining the Relationship Between Escapism, Depression, and Flow Experience in Role-Playing and Platform Games

    Chanel J Larche;Peter Tran;Tyler B Kruger;Navi Dhaliwal

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of the Short Gambling Harm Screen: Are Binary Scales worse than Likert Scales at capturing Gambling Harm?

    James McLauchlan;Matthew Browne;Alex M T Russell;Matthew Rockloff

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Playing to Escape: Examining Escapism in Gamblers and Gamers

    Erika Puiras;Shayna Cummings;Dwight Mazmanian

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Opportunity Cost and Gambling: Distinguishing Between Competing Activities and Harm

    Paul Delfabbro;Daniel King;Neophytos Georgiou

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Safer by design: Building a collaborative, integrated and evidence-based framework to inform the regulation and mitigation of gambling product risk

    Paul Delfabbro;Jonathan Parke;Simo Dragecvic;Chris Percy

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • GamTest: Psychometric Evaluation in a Low-Gambling General Population

    David Forsström;Philip Lindner;Markus Jansson-Fröjmark;Hugo Hesser

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Helplines for problem gambling worldwide: What do they do and whom do they reach?

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • Motives for playing social casino games and the transition from gaming to gambling (or vice versa): social casino game play as harm reduction?

    Samantha J Hollingshead;Hyoun S Kim;Matthew Rockloff;Daniel S McGrath

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Gambling Problems among Students Attending University in the United Kingdom: Associations with Gender, Financial Hardship and Year of Study

    (2022)
    5 Citations

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