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Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica
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Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica

0102-7972

Published by: Springer

https://prc.springeropen.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 1213 9 9 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 13
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 31
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.632
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Psicologia-reflexao E Critica?

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Psychological research and Psychometrics. Psicologia-reflexao E Critica explores issues in Developmental psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Test (assessment), Cognition and Scale (social sciences). The journal connects the study in Social psychology with the closely related area of Context (language use).

The Psychological research study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Health psychology. Psychometrics study tackled is connected to the field of Behavioral neuroscience.

  • Developmental psychology (23.06%)
  • Social psychology (17.69%)
  • Clinical psychology (9.92%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A ecologia do desenvolvimento humano: experimentos naturais e planejados (443 citations)
  • Inserção ecológica na comunidade: uma proposta metodológica para o estudo de famílias em situação de risco (130 citations)
  • Narrativa: problemas e promessas de um paradigma alternativo (128 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Psicologia-reflexao E Critica:

The most cited publications mostly deal with topics like Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Cognition and Context (language use). The study of Developmental psychology in the most cited publications encompasses disciplines such as Scale (social sciences), as well as fields such as Reliability (statistics), all of which overlap with one another. Issues in Social psychology were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Psychological intervention, Phenomenon and Brazilian Portuguese.

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

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Developmental psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Health psychology, Psychological research, Psychometrics, Clinical psychology and Confirmatory factor analysis. While the journal focused on Health psychology, it was also able to explore topics like Psychological intervention, Identity (social science), Social psychology, Intervention (counseling) and Family resilience. It holds forums on Social psychology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Meaning (existential), Career counseling and Remuneration.

Clinical psychology research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Life satisfaction, Well-being, Anxiety, Cronbach's alpha and Mental health. Research on Structural equation modeling addressed in Psicologia-reflexao E Critica frequently intersections with the field of Developmental psychology. More specifically, the research on Developmental psychology in Psicologia-reflexao E Critica is related to Aggression.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Depression, anxiety, and drug usage history indicators among institutionalized juvenile offenders of Brasilia. (1 citations)
  • Cross-cultural adaptation of body image assessment instruments for university students: a systematic review (1 citations)
  • Behavior-analytic intervention for women with fibromyalgia and insomnia: a single subject design (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 Psicologia-reflexao E Critica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Maria Lucia Seidl de Moura (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Antonio Roazzi (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Adriana Ferreira Paes Ribas (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Silvia Helena Koller (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Claudio Simon Hutz (21 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 Psicologia-reflexao E Critica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of São Paulo (202 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (178 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Brasília (80 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Pernambuco (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Federal University of Paraíba (74 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 3.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.12% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.25% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.38% of all publications and 56.25% 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

  • Burnout syndrome in university professors and academic staff members: psychometric properties of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory-Brazilian version.

    Fernanda Ludmilla Rossi Rocha;Lilian Carla de Jesus;Maria Helena Palucci Marziale;Silvia Helena Henriques

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Development of a computerized adaptive test to assess entrepreneurial personality.

    Álvaro Postigo;Marcelino Cuesta;Ignacio Pedrosa;José Muñiz

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Short version of the right-wing authoritarianism scale for the Brazilian context

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Adaptation and validation of the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale in the Ecuadorian context

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Rigid and Flexible Persistence Scale in a Brazilian professional sample

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • The gaming disorder test and gaming disorder scale for adolescents: translation and validation among Vietnamese young adults

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Assessing non-dysfunctional attitudes toward sleep: psychometric properties of the Charlotte Attitudes Toward Sleep scale in Portuguese samples

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • A cross-sectional study of the association between exposure to violence, intelligence, and executive function in Brazilian youths

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults

    (2023)
    0 Citations

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