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Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
H-index 13

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

0191-5886

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10919

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 524 72 70 13
Social Sciences and Humanities 1264 7 8 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 86
Documents by Best Scientists*: 80
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 78
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.547
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Nonverbal Behavior?

The journal primarily tackles Social psychology, Nonverbal communication, Developmental psychology, Facial expression and Cognitive psychology. In addition to Social psychology research, the journal aims to explore topics under Perception and Social perception. The journal facilitates discussions on Nonverbal communication that incorporate concepts from other fields like Social relation, Context (language use) and Cognition.

The research on Social relation discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Interpersonal relationship. Developmental psychology research presented in Journal of Nonverbal Behavior encompasses a variety of subjects, including Anger, Affect (psychology), Personality and Anxiety. In the journal, Surprise and Happiness are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Anger research.

The work on Facial expression tackled in it brings together disciplines like Sadness, Expression (mathematics), Expression (architecture) and Emotional expression. Studies on Communication discussed in Journal of Nonverbal Behavior link to the field of Gesture.

  • Social psychology (49.94%)
  • Nonverbal communication (42.69%)
  • Developmental psychology (39.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Measuring Facial Movement (769 citations)
  • Felt, false, and miserable smiles (734 citations)
  • The Chameleon Effect as Social Glue: Evidence for the Evolutionary Significance of Nonconscious Mimicry (694 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Nonverbal Behavior:

The journal papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Social psychology, Nonverbal communication, Developmental psychology, Facial expression and Social perception. The studies on Social psychology discussed at the most cited papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Cognitive psychology and Perception. The featured Nonverbal communication studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Social relation but also cover areas of interest in Interpersonal relationship.

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

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Developmental psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Cognitive psychology, Nonverbal communication, Social psychology, Facial expression and Context (language use). Topics in Cognitive psychology were tackled in line with various other fields like Sadness, Anger, Motion (physics), Cognition and Surprise. Nonverbal communication research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Recall, Affect (psychology), Mood, Predictive validity and Vocal expression.

The studies on Social psychology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Attractiveness and Joke. Issues in Facial expression were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Emotion recognition, Expression (mathematics), Modalities, Eye movement and Younger adults. The subject of Competence (human resources), which is connected to the field of Developmental psychology, serves as the foundation of the Emotion recognition research featured in Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Movement Synchrony in the Mirror Game (4 citations)
  • Motion Increases Recognition of Naturalistic Postures but not Facial Expressions (3 citations)
  • Acting Surprised: Comparing Perceptions of Different Dynamic Deliberate Expressions (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 Nonverbal Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Judith A. Hall (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Miles L. Patterson (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Joann M. Montepare (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert Rosenthal (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Miron Zuckerman (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 Nonverbal Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Arizona (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Northeastern University (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Missouri–St. Louis (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Rochester (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (17 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, 10.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.76% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.47% of all publications and 58.82% 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

  • Are You on My Wavelength? Interpersonal Coordination in Dyadic Conversations.

    Joanna Hale;Jamie A. Ward;Francesco Buccheri;Dominic Oliver

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • The Mimicry Among Us: Intra- and Inter-Personal Mechanisms of Spontaneous Mimicry

    Andrew J. Arnold;Piotr Winkielman;Piotr Winkielman

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • The Measurement of Eye Contact in Human Interactions: A Scoping Review

    Chiara Jongerius;Roy S. Hessels;Johannes A. Romijn;Ellen M. A. Smets

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Paralinguistic Features Communicated through Voice can Affect Appraisals of Confidence and Evaluative Judgments

    Joshua J Guyer;Pablo Briñol;Thomas I Vaughan-Johnston;Leandre R Fabrigar

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Movement Synchrony in the Mirror Game

    Rinat Feniger-Schaal;Désirée Schönherr;Uwe Altmann;Bernhard Strauss

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • How Visible Tears Affect Observers’ Judgements and Behavioral Intentions: Sincerity, Remorse, and Punishment

    Alfonso Picó;Asmir Gračanin;Marien Gadea;Andrea Boeren

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Vocal Accommodation and Mimicry

    Quinten S. Bernhold;Howard Giles

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • The Association of Embracing with Daily Mood and General Life Satisfaction: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • First Impressions of Physicians According to Their Physical and Social Group Characteristics

    Judith A. Hall;Mollie A. Ruben;Mollie A. Ruben;Swatantra

    (2020)
    16 Citations

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