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Journal of Memory and Language
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Journal of Memory and Language

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 257 95 130 22
Neuroscience 276 21 20 11
Social Sciences and Humanities 451 14 29 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 118
Documents by Best Scientists*: 154
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 177
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.802
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Memory and Language?

The topics of Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Sentence, Recall and Context (language use) are the focal point of discussions in the journal. While Journal of Memory and Language focused on Cognitive psychology, it was also able to explore topics like Social psychology, Working memory, Short-term memory, Reading (process) and Priming (psychology). The Priming (psychology) research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Lexical decision task and the closely related topic of Word lists by frequency.

The work on Cognition tackled in it brings together disciplines like Developmental psychology, Phonology and Communication. The tackled Phonology research is interrelated with Word recognition which concerns subjects like Lexicon. The studies in Sentence featured incorporate elements of Comprehension, Syntax, Verb and Phrase.

Journal of Memory and Language links adjacent topics like Verb with Noun. Free recall, Recall test and Serial position effect are all areas of Recall tackled in it. The research on Memoria discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of False memory.

  • Cognitive psychology (43.76%)
  • Cognition (24.85%)
  • Sentence (16.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mixed-effects modeling with crossed random effects for subjects and items (5293 citations)
  • Random effects structure for confirmatory hypothesis testing: Keep it maximal (4752 citations)
  • A process dissociation framework: Separating automatic from intentional uses of memory (3119 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Memory and Language:

The published papers aim to foster the development of research in Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Sentence, Phonology and Communication. Cognitive psychology research presented in the most cited articles is mostly focused on the subject of Recall. The most cited articles hold forums on Cognition that merge themes from other disciplines such as Developmental psychology and Neuroscience of multilingualism.

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

  • Cognition
  • Social psychology
  • Cognitive psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Journal of Memory and Language is to combine knowledge in the areas of Cognitive psychology, Context (language use), Reading (process), Sentence and Comprehension. Topics in Cognitive psychology were tackled in line with various other fields like Working memory, Cognition and Episodic memory. It holds forums on Cognition that merges themes from other disciplines such as Contextual information, Neuroscience of multilingualism, Control (linguistics) and Psychometrics.

It deals with Context (language use) in conjunction with Predictability and similar fields in Regression, Correlation, Reliability (statistics), Word lists by frequency and Psycholinguistics. The studies on Reading (process) discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Fictional universe, Word (computer architecture), Functional organization, Verb and Eye movement. In it, Noun, Meaning (linguistics), Selection (linguistics), Phrase and Priming (psychology) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Sentence research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Word predictability effects are linear, not logarithmic: Implications for probabilistic models of sentence comprehension. (9 citations)
  • Sensorimotor and interoceptive dimensions in concrete and abstract concepts (8 citations)
  • Anchoring and contextual variation in the early stages of incidental word learning during reading (3 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 Memory and Language (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Martin J. Pickering (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arthur G. Samuel (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles Clifton (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael K. Tanenhaus (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roger Ratcliff (16 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 Memory and Language (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (96 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (83 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Edinburgh (67 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst (62 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • University of California, San Diego (59 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 4.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.40% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.99% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 29.85% of all publications and 47.76% 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.

Career Opportunities for Authors and Research Professionals

With the comprehensive study and understanding of Cognitive psychology and associated interests represented in Journal of Memory and Language, authors and research professionals may have a broadened career pathway. If you're based in Alabama, for instance, you may consider becoming a licensed psychologist. One of the important questions a lot of psychology students and professionals often ask is how long does it take to become a psychologist in Alabama. You may spend around 10 years or more in educational and internship pursuits, including the completion of a Bachelor's Degree, a Master's Degree, a Doctorate, and an Internship, depending on the chosen specialty in psychology. Becoming a licensed psychologist opens doors for opportunities to contribute to the various research topics discussed in the Journal of Memory and Language. Therefore, being well-read in topics tackled within the journal can give you a significant advantage in your psychology career. Your research could provide diagnostic assessments, contribute to the understanding and treatment of cognitive dysfunctions, or promote developments in communication and cognition. Your contributions to the journal could thus supplement your practice and offer valuable insights to the field.

Top Publications

  • How to capitalize on a priori contrasts in linear (mixed) models: A tutorial

    Daniel J. Schad;Shravan Vasishth;Sven Hohenstein;Reinhold Kliegl

    (2020)
    631 Citations
  • Interference patterns in subject-verb agreement and reflexives revisited: A large-sample study

    Lena A. Jäger;Daniela Mertzen;Julie A. Van Dyke;Shravan Vasishth

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • When less is more: Enhanced statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies after disruption of bilateral DLPFC

    Géza Gergely Ambrus;Teodóra Vékony;Karolina Janacsek;Karolina Janacsek;Karolina Janacsek;Anna B.C. Trimborn

    (2020)
    93 Citations
  • Psycholinguists Should Resist the Allure of Linguistic Units As Perceptual Units

    Arthur G. Samuel;Arthur G. Samuel

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • What did we learn from forty years of research on semantic interference? A Bayesian meta-analysis

    Audrey Bürki;Shereen Elbuy;Sylvain Madec;Shravan Vasishth

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • Word predictability effects are linear, not logarithmic: Implications for probabilistic models of sentence comprehension.

    Gina R. Kuperberg;Gina R. Kuperberg

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Sensorimotor and interoceptive dimensions in concrete and abstract concepts

    Caterina Villani;Luisa Lugli;Marco Tullio Liuzza;Roberto Nicoletti

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • Boundedness in event cognition: Viewers spontaneously represent the temporal texture of events

    (2022)
    57 Citations
  • The relationship between sentence comprehension and lexical-semantic retuning

    Rebecca A. Gilbert;Rebecca A. Gilbert;Matthew H. Davis;M. Gareth Gaskell;Jennifer M. Rodd

    (2021)
    51 Citations

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