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Journal of Social Psychology
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Journal of Social Psychology

0022-4545

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/vsoc20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 413 92 96 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 105
Documents by Best Scientists*: 108
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 95
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.945
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Social Psychology?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Social psychology (sociology), Personality and Clinical psychology. It explores topics in Social psychology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Perception and Social perception. Topics in Developmental psychology were tackled in line with various other fields like Ethnic group and Social environment.

  • Social psychology (60.49%)
  • Developmental psychology (25.41%)
  • Social psychology (sociology) (15.45%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Patterns of Aggressive Behavior in Experimentally Created “Social Climates” (2146 citations)
  • Green Buying: The Influence of Environmental Concern on Consumer Behavior (689 citations)
  • Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal Relations (606 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Social Psychology:

The most cited publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Social psychology (sociology), Personality and Social relation. Issues in Social psychology were discussed in the published papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Social environment and Social perception. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Developmental psychology, it also covers topics in Big Five personality traits, Attribution, Perception and Social support.

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

  • Social psychology
  • Law
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Journal of Social Psychology is to combine knowledge in the areas of Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Prejudice (legal term), Perception and Feeling. Journal of Social Psychology focused on Social psychology research but expanded to cover Politics. Many of the studies tackled connect Developmental psychology with a similar field of study like Personality.

The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Perception as it also encompasses Moderation. It features Feeling research that overlaps with concepts in Social exclusion. The work on Social identity theory addressed in Journal of Social Psychology expands to the thematically related Outgroup.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Viewing nature scenes reduces the pain of social ostracism. (7 citations)
  • The effects of COVID-19 on perceived intergroup competition and negative intergroup outcomes. (3 citations)
  • Cyberbullying perpetration in the COVID-19 era: An application of general strain theory. (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 Social Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John J. Ray (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David W. Johnson (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Lester (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Morton Goldman (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roger T. Johnson (31 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 Social Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Minnesota (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • State University of New York System (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ohio State University (46 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Michigan State University (43 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, 2.15% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.79% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.20% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.79% of all publications and 80.22% 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.

How to Pursue a Career in Social Psychology

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Top Publications

  • Comparing cyberbullying prevalence and process before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Christopher P. Barlett;Matthew M. Simmers;Brendan Roth;Douglas Gentile

    (2021)
    127 Citations
  • Cyberbullying perpetration in the COVID-19 era: An application of general strain theory.

    Christopher P. Barlett;Alexis Rinker;Brendan Roth

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • Catching more than pocket monsters: Pokémon Go's social and psychological effects on players.

    Patrick J. Ewell;Michelle C. Quist;Camilla S. Øverup;Heather Watkins

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • How do laypeople define empathy

    Judith A. Hall;Rachel Schwartz;Fred Duong

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Viewing nature scenes reduces the pain of social ostracism.

    Ying Yang;Lishen Wang;Holli-Anne Passmore;Holli-Anne Passmore;Holli-Anne Passmore;Jing Zhang

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Racial exclusion causes acute cortisol release among emerging-adult African Americans: The role of reduced perceived control

    Laurel M Peterson;Michelle L Stock;Janet Monroe;Brianne K Molloy-Paolillo

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Meaning in life accounts for the association between long-term ostracism and depressive symptoms: The moderating role of self-compassion

    Tonglin Jiang;Zhansheng Chen

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Further evidence for motivated helplessness in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak: the case of Argentina before and during the pandemic.

    Uri Lifshin;Mario Mikulincer

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Internal and external motivation to respond without prejudice: a person-centered approach.

    Kim Bamberg;Maykel Verkuyten

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • What is your empathy scale not measuring? The convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity of five empathy scales.

    Morgan D. Stosic;Amber A. Fultz;Jill A. Brown;Frank J. Bernieri

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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