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Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
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Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

1076-8998

Published by: American Psychological Association

https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ocp

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 262 71 84 22

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 83
Documents by Best Scientists*: 94
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 155
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.38
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Occupational Health Psychology?

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology mainly deals with areas of study such as Social psychology, Occupational stress, Job satisfaction, Clinical psychology and Applied psychology. The Social psychology works featured in it incorporate elements from PsycINFO and Well-being. In addition to PsycINFO research, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology aims to explore topics under Employee engagement and Industrial and organizational psychology.

Some problems in Occupational stress that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Emotional exhaustion, Burnout, Developmental psychology, Stressor and Mental health. The work on Job satisfaction tackled in it brings together disciplines like Structural equation modeling and Organizational commitment. It addresses concerns in Clinical psychology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Psychological intervention, Anxiety, Psychiatry and Psychosocial.

Many of the studies tackled connect Applied psychology with a similar field of study like Occupational health psychology. Personnel psychology is a focus of the presented Job performance works and it dives deep in Personnel psychology. The journal connects the study in Job attitude with the closely related area of Job design.

  • Social psychology (50.00%)
  • Occupational stress (35.04%)
  • Job satisfaction (24.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Adverse health effects of high-effort/low-reward conditions. (3442 citations)
  • The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): an instrument for internationally comparative assessments of psychosocial job characteristics. (2793 citations)
  • Emotion regulation in the workplace: a new way to conceptualize emotional labor. (2030 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Occupational Health Psychology:

The journal papers focus on Social psychology, Occupational stress, Job satisfaction, Job performance and Clinical psychology. The works on Social psychology tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Work–family conflict, Applied psychology and Well-being. The published articles hold forums on Occupational stress that merge themes from other disciplines such as Burnout, Stressor, Job strain, Coping (psychology) and Mental health.

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

  • Social psychology
  • Management
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

PsycINFO, Social psychology, Occupational stress, Well-being and Clinical psychology are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The studies in PsycINFO featured incorporate elements of Psychological intervention, Cognition, Applied psychology, Moderation and Feeling. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology explores topics in Social psychology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Coping (psychology) and Stressor.

Occupational stress research presented in Journal of Occupational Health Psychology encompasses a variety of subjects, including Developmental psychology, Social cognitive theory, Association (psychology) and Social cognition. Well-being research featured in Journal of Occupational Health Psychology incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Employee benefits, Occupational health psychology, Supervisor and Cognitive complexity. The studies on Clinical psychology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Mental health, Randomized controlled trial and Anxiety.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Do personal resources and strengths use increase work engagement? The effects of a training intervention. (5 citations)
  • Depending on your own kindness: The moderating role of self-compassion on the within-person consequences of work loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. (4 citations)
  • Occupational health psychology research and the COVID-19 pandemic. (2 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 Occupational Health Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Arnold B. Bakker (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sabine Sonnentag (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Evangelia Demerouti (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Julian Barling (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leslie B. Hammer (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Occupational Health Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Portland State University (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of South Florida (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Bowling Green State University (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Queen's University (17 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, 44.68% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.54% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.92% of all publications and 30.77% 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 Perspectives in Occupational Health Psychology

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Top Publications

  • Do personal resources and strengths use increase work engagement? The effects of a training intervention.

    Arnold B Bakker;Jessica van Wingerden

    (2021)
    92 Citations
  • Having control or lacking control? Roles of job crafting and service scripts in coping with customer incivility.

    Yuhyung Shin;Won-Moo Hur

    (2021)
    68 Citations
  • Workplace bullying as an organizational problem: Spotlight on people management practices.

    (2022)
    39 Citations
  • Safety training for migrant workers in the construction industry: A systematic review and future research agenda.

    José María Peiró;Karina Nielsen;Felisa Latorre;Rose Shepherd

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Do challenge and hindrance job demands prepare employees to demonstrate resilience?

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • The long reach of the leader: Can empowering leadership at work result in enriched home lives?

    Minseo Kim;Terry A Beehr

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Effects of a Total Worker Health® leadership intervention on employee well-being and functional impairment.

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Using playful work design to deal with hindrance job demands: A quantitative diary study.

    Yuri S. Scharp;Kimberley Breevaart;Arnold B. Bakker

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Capitalization on positive family events and task performance: A perspective from the work-home resources model.

    Danyang Du;Arnold B. Bakker;Daantje Derks

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • More than one strategy: A closer examination of the relationship between deep acting and key employee outcomes.

    Merve Alabak;Ute R Hülsheger;Fred R H Zijlstra;Philippe Verduyn

    (2020)
    30 Citations

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