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Nature Human Behaviour

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 3 494 352 75
Neuroscience 22 298 220 55

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1388
Documents by Best Scientists*: 733
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 105
SCIMAGO H-index: 113
SCIMAGO SJR: 5.537
Impact Factor: 15.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nature Human Behaviour?

Nature Human Behaviour mainly deals with areas of study such as Cognitive psychology, MEDLINE, Social psychology, Cognition and Perception. MEDLINE research is concerned with Published Erratum in particular.

  • Cognitive psychology (12.91%)
  • MEDLINE (12.38%)
  • Social psychology (9.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. (1439 citations)
  • A manifesto for reproducible science (1221 citations)
  • Redefine statistical significance (1125 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nature Human Behaviour:

The journal publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, Pandemic, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Behavioural sciences. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Cognitive psychology, it also covers topics in Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Cognition and Perception. The published articles address concerns in Pandemic which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Distancing, Demography, Public relations, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Social distance.

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:

Nature Human Behaviour focuses largely on the fields of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), MEDLINE, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Pandemic. While the journal focused on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it was also able to explore topics like Environmental health and Vaccination. The Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Misinformation.

Published Erratum is the primary subject of MEDLINE works presented in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker). (257 citations)
  • Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA. (111 citations)
  • A global database of COVID-19 vaccinations. (88 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 Nature Human Behaviour (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John Carson (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stavroula Kousta (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anne-Marike Schiffer (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mary Elizabeth Sutherland (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aisha Bradshaw (15 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 Nature Human Behaviour (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (92 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (66 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (63 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University College London (62 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (50 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 0.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.36% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.36% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.27% of all publications and 30.00% 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

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

    Jay J. Van Bavel;Katherine Baicker;Paulo S. Boggio;Valerio Capraro

    (2020)
    5562 Citations
  • Applying principles of behaviour change to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

    Robert West;Susan Michie;G. James Rubin;Richard Amlôt

    (2020)
    680 Citations
  • A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Discrepancies Between Logged and Self-Reported Digital Media Use

    Douglas A. Parry;Brittany I. Davidson;Brittany I. Davidson;Craig J. R. Sewall;Jacob T. Fisher

    (2021)
    622 Citations
  • Partisan differences in physical distancing are linked to health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Anton Gollwitzer;Cameron Martel;William J. Brady;Philip Pärnamets;Philip Pärnamets

    (2020)
    615 Citations
  • Behavioural science is unlikely to change the world without a heterogeneity revolution.

    Christopher J. Bryan;Elizabeth Tipton;David S. Yeager

    (2021)
    486 Citations
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions to improve mental wellbeing.

    Joep van Agteren;Matthew Iasiello;Laura Lo;Jonathan Bartholomaeus

    (2021)
    447 Citations
  • Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries

    Unknown

    (2022)
    430 Citations
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating moderators of long-term effects of exercise on cognition in healthy individuals.

    Sebastian Ludyga;Markus Gerber;Uwe Pühse;Vera N. Looser

    (2020)
    410 Citations
  • Objective and subjective experiences of child maltreatment and their relationships with psychopathology.

    Andrea Danese;Andrea Danese;Cathy Spatz Widom

    (2020)
    306 Citations

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