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Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
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Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups

2381-4764

Published by: ASHA Publications

https://perspectives.pubs.asha.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 849 42 44 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 59
Documents by Best Scientists*: 63
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
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Overview

Top Research Topics at Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Medical education, Audiology, Developmental psychology, Intervention (counseling) and Augmentative and alternative communication. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups connects the study in Medical education with the closely related area of Communication sciences. Hearing loss is a focus of the presented Audiology works and it dives deep in Hearing loss.

Developmental psychology works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Autism spectrum disorder.

  • Medical education (19.96%)
  • Audiology (10.29%)
  • Developmental psychology (7.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Telepractice for Adult Speech-Language Pathology Services: A Systematic Review (34 citations)
  • Changing How Speech-Language Pathologists Think and Talk About Dialect Variation (21 citations)
  • An Online Telepractice Model for the Prevention of Voice Disorders in Vocally Healthy Student Teachers Evaluated by a Smartphone Application. (19 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups:

The most cited publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Audiology, Medical education, Communication sciences, Specific language impairment and Speech sound. While the most cited papers focused on Audiology, they were also able to explore topics like International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and Standardized test. The published articles feature studies on Medical education, including topics such as Training (civil).

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Medical education, Developmental psychology, Communication sciences, Dysphagia and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The Medical education study presented in it encompasses related topics like Graduate students and also examines its connection to subjects such as School based. Dysphagia study tackled is connected to the field of Physical therapy.

The journal connects research in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with the related topic of Pandemic.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The “Counseling+” Roles of the Speech-Language Pathologist Serving Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia From Alzheimer's Disease (2 citations)
  • Do We Need a Measure of Vocal Effort? Clinician's Report of Vocal Effort in Voice Patients (2 citations)
  • Computer-Assisted Challenge Point Intervention for Residual Speech Errors (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 Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Vinaya Manchaiah (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kelly Farquharson (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mary J. Sandage (5 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Krystal L. Werfel (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard R. Hurtig (5 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 Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Florida State University (18 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Kansas (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less 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, 6.06% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.90% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.61% of all publications and 53.23% 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 Opportunities in the Field

In light of the research topics and areas of interest presented in the journal, many readers may be interested in pursuing a career in these areas, specifically in developmental psychology. One of the most rewarding pathways within this domain is becoming a school psychologist. School psychology integrates principles from educational psychology and clinical psychology to understand and treat students with learning disabilities, or to improve the mental health of all students.

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Top Publications

  • Developmental Language Disorder: Applications for Advocacy, Research, and Clinical Service.

    Karla K. McGregor;Lisa Goffman;Amanda Owen Van Horne;Tiffany P. Hogan

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • A 200-Year History of the Study of Childhood Language Disorders of Unknown Origin: Changes in Terminology

    Laurence B. Leonard

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Assessing Functional Language in School-Aged Children Using Language Sample Analysis

    John Heilmann;Alexander Tucci;Elena Plante;Jon F. Miller

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Supporting Children With Speech Sound Disorders During COVID-19 Restrictions: Technological Solutions

    Sharynne McLeod;Kirrie J. Ballard;Beena Ahmed;Nicole McGill

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Early Achievements for Education Settings: An Embedded Teacher-Implemented Social Communication Intervention for Preschoolers With Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Anne-Michelle Engelstad;Calliope Holingue;Calliope Holingue;Calliope Holingue;Rebecca J. Landa;Rebecca J. Landa

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Counseling and Care Partner Training in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Kristin M. Schaffer;Maya L. Henry

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • An In-Depth Case Description of Gaze Patterns of an Individual With Cortical Visual Impairment to Stimuli of Varying Complexity: Implications for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Design

    Krista M. Wilkinson;Sophie J. Wolf

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Children's Language Disorders: What's in a Name?

    Rhea Paul

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Psychosocial Adversity in Early Childhood and Language and Literacy Skills in Adolescence: The Role of Speech-Language Pathology in Prevention, Policy, and Practice

    Pamela C. Snow

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Developmental Language Disorder: The Term Is Not Confined to Monolingual Children

    Dorothy V. M. Bishop

    (2020)
    6 Citations

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