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Marriage and Family Review
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Marriage and Family Review

0149-4929

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wmfr20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 897 18 19 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 23
Documents by Best Scientists*: 27
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 54
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.61
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Marriage and Family Review?

The concepts of Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Gender studies, Clinical psychology and Qualitative research are tackled in Marriage and Family Review. Developmental psychology works presented in it have a specific focus on Socialization. It addresses concerns in Social psychology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Quality (business), Context (language use) and Perception.

  • Developmental psychology (27.36%)
  • Social psychology (25.64%)
  • Gender studies (8.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Family Stress Process: The Double ABCX Model of Adjustment and Adaptation (1123 citations)
  • The History of Research on Father Involvement: An Overview (509 citations)
  • The Coping with Children's Negative Emotions scale (CCNES): Psychometric properties and relations with Children's emotional competence (323 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Marriage and Family Review:

The most cited publications focus largely on the fields of Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Gender studies, Clinical psychology and Family life. The most cited papers hold forums on Developmental psychology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Feeling and Style (sociolinguistics). The most cited publications explore research in Conceptualization and overlapping concepts in Operationalization to expand the discourse in Social psychology.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Marriage and Family Review is to combine knowledge in the areas of Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Marital satisfaction. The studies in Developmental psychology featured incorporate elements of Structural equation modeling and Social media. Identity (social science) is part of Social psychology studies tackled in the journal.

It explores issues in Clinical psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Relationship education, Ethnic group and Depressive symptoms. Anxiety, Raising (linguistics), Custodial grandparents, Mental health and Grandparent are some topics wherein Depression (differential diagnoses) research discussed in it have an impact. Issues in Marital satisfaction were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Scale (social sciences) and Portuguese.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Confirmation bias and methodology in social science: an editorial (3 citations)
  • Social Exchange in Mate Selection of Female Migrants in China (1 citations)
  • Associations Between Early Childhood Parent–Child Attachment and Internalizing/Externalizing Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis (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 Marriage and Family Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kris Jeter (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marvin B. Sussman (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Suzanne K. Steinmetz (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gary W. Peterson (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Loren D. Marks (17 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 Marriage and Family Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Brigham Young University (65 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Utah State University (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kansas State University (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Delaware (19 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, 6.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.57% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.04% of all publications and 60.87% 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 Contribute to Marriage and Family Review

Marriage and Family Review is constantly seeking contributors who are passionate about the niche disciplines it caters to, such as developmental psychology, social psychology, gender studies, and clinical psychology. Scholars who have relevant research and are looking forward to sharing their ideas with a wider academic audience are encouraged to contribute.

Submitting an article for peer review isn't the only way to contribute; there are other roles like peer reviewer, guest editor, and book reviewer that also make significant contributions to the journal.

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Know that every contribution, no matter small or big, furthers the journal’s aim of enriching these specific areas of study and fostering insightful scholarly discussions. Your association will not only amplify your academic network but will also contribute positively to your academic growth.

Top Publications

  • Reasons to Postpone Childbearing during Fertility Decline in Finland

    Unknown

    (2022)
    137 Citations
  • A Dyadic Exploration of Marital Satisfaction as a Mediator between Religiosity and Depressive Symptoms

    Andrew H. Rose;Shayne R. Anderson;Richard B. Miller;Loren D. Marks

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • Associations Between Early Childhood Parent–Child Attachment and Internalizing/Externalizing Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

    Shaylea D. Badovinac;Rebecca Pillai Riddell;Audrey-Ann Deneault;Jodi Martin

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Causal Evidence for Exclusively Positive Parenting and for Timeout: Rejoinder to Holden, Grogan-Kaylor, Durrant, and Gershoff (2017)

    Robert E. Larzelere;Marjorie L. Gunnoe;Mark W. Roberts;Hua Lin

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Stress and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China: The Moderating Role of Communication

    (2023)
    11 Citations
  • Marital Conflict Resolution and Marital Affection in Chinese Marriage: Integrating Variable-Centered and Person-Centered Approaches

    Xiaomin Li;Nan Zhou;Xiaoyi Fang;Hongjian Cao

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Partners’ Dyadic Coping in India: Psychometric Properties and Validity of the Tamil Version of the Dyadic Coping Inventory

    Barani Kanth;Ashley K. Randall;Guy Bodenmann;J. Indumathy

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • “Best-Laid Plans”: Barriers to Meeting Marital Timing Desires Over the Life Course

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Estimates About Love for Self, Romantic Partners, and Parents

    Félix Neto

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Distinctions between Scientific Misconduct and Bias in Social Science: Avoidable versus Unavoidable Deviations from Best Practices in Research

    Mark A. Fine

    (2021)
    2 Citations

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