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Mind, Brain, and Education
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Mind, Brain, and Education

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 274 26 30 11
Psychology 479 75 69 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 92
Documents by Best Scientists*: 78
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.974
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Mind, Brain, and Education?

Mind, Brain, and Education primarily tackles Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Developmental psychology, Teaching method and Cognitive science. Issues in Cognitive psychology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cognitive development, Spatial ability, Reading (process), Short-term memory and Task analysis. Reading comprehension is a major topic of Reading (process) research.

It focused on Cognition research but expanded to cover Child development. The journal addresses concerns in the field of Developmental psychology by exploring it in line with topics in Intervention (counseling) which intersect with Psychological intervention subjects. Teaching method is the topic of focus in Pedagogy and Mathematics education research tackled in Mind, Brain, and Education.

Interdisciplinary research on topics like Pedagogy and Process (engineering) are the foci of it. While Cognitive science is the focus of Mind, Brain, and Education, it also provided insights into the studies of Context (language use), Educational neuroscience and Cognitive neuroscience. The work on Educational neuroscience tackled in Mind, Brain, and Education brings together disciplines like Educational research and Field (Bourdieu).

  • Cognitive psychology (29.79%)
  • Cognition (26.95%)
  • Developmental psychology (22.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • We feel, therefore we learn: The relevance of affective and social neuroscience to education. (621 citations)
  • Mindfulness for Teachers: A Pilot Study to Assess Effects on Stress, Burnout, and Teaching Efficacy (323 citations)
  • The Development of Metacognitive Knowledge in Children and Adolescents: Major Trends and Implications for Education (246 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Mind, Brain, and Education:

The published articles focus on Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Cognitive science, Developmental psychology and Teaching method. The journal papers hold forums on Cognitive psychology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Perception, Reading (process), Construct (philosophy), Harm and Conceptualization. The journal publications with studies in Developmental psychology featured incorporate elements of Metacognition, Spatial ability, Socioeconomic status and Longitudinal study.

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

  • Education
  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology, Cognitive science, Cognition and Mathematics education. The journal discusses concepts in Child development and Typically developing under Developmental psychology and how they intertwine with disciplines like Big Five personality traits and Authoritarian parenting. The studies on Child development discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Cognitive development, Physical health, Psychomotor learning and Coping (psychology).

Mind, Brain, and Education facilitates discussions on Cognitive psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Test (assessment), Verbal memory and Analogical reasoning. Concept learning, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Educational neuroscience and Neuroimaging are some topics wherein Cognitive science research discussed in Mind, Brain, and Education have an impact. Cognition research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Baseline (configuration management), Personal autonomy, Education theory and Self-determination theory.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience Perspectives on Motivation and Learning: Revisiting Self-Determination Theory. (2 citations)
  • Exploring Sources of Individual Differences in Children's Interest in Science (2 citations)
  • Believing in Neuromyths Makes Neither a Bad Nor Good Student‐Teacher: The Relationship between Neuromyths and Academic Achievement in Teacher Education (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 Mind, Brain, and Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kurt W. Fischer (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mary Helen Immordino-Yang (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David B. Daniel (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Antonio M. Battro (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kathy Hirsh-Pasek (8 papers) published 1 paper 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 Mind, Brain, and Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Temple University (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Southern California (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Western Ontario (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Birkbeck, University of London (11 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 2.94% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.27% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.03% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.21% of all publications and 48.48% 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.

A Career in Mind, Brain, and Education: How to Become a Speech Language Pathologist

If you are inspired by the topics and research covered in Mind, Brain, and Education, you might also consider a career as a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP). SLPs apply principles and knowledge from Cognitive science, Cognition, and Developmental psychology, among other areas, in their practice to diagnose and treat people with speech, language, and cognitive-communication disorders.

The road to becoming an SLP begins with earning a bachelor's degree, usually in communication sciences and disorders or a related field. This is followed by a Master's in Speech Language Pathology, which includes completing a supervised clinical internship. All states require licensure for SLPs, which typically involves meeting educational and supervised clinical experience requirements, and passing a national examination.

For example, the speech pathologist requirements in Washington include completing a required number of hours of post-graduate professional practice and a successful completion of a national examination on speech-language pathology. Postgraduate professional practice requires that the applicant has had full-time or equivalent supervised professional practice in speech-language pathology.

The career promises a rewarding opportunity to make a significant difference in people's lives, offering diverse working environments ranging from schools and healthcare centers to research facilities.

Top Publications

  • Converging Subjective and Psychophysiological Measures of Cognitive Load to Study the Effects of Instructor‐Present Video

    Jiahui Wang;Pavlo Antonenko;Andreas Keil;Kara Dawson

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Teaching by Analogy: From Theory to Practice.

    Maureen E. Gray;Keith J. Holyoak

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Believing in Neuromyths Makes Neither a Bad Nor Good Student‐Teacher: The Relationship between Neuromyths and Academic Achievement in Teacher Education

    Georg Krammer;Stephan E. Vogel;Roland H. Grabner

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Going Beyond Mathematics Anxiety in Primary and Middle School Students: The Role of Ego‐Resiliency in Mathematics

    Enrica Donolato;Enrica Donolato;Enrico Toffalini;David Giofrè;Sara Caviola

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Stress and Learning in Pupils: Neuroscience Evidence and its Relevance for Teachers.

    Sue B Whiting;Sam V Wass;Simon Green;Michael S C Thomas

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Physical Exercise During the Morning School‐Break Improves Basic Cognitive Functions

    Markus Tilp;Carina Scharf;Gerald Payer;Maximilian Presker

    (2020)
    27 Citations

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