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Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa
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Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa

0102-3772

Published by: Universidade de Brasilia

https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 1289 8 10 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 11
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 26
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.181
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa?

Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa is mainly concerned with subjects like Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Epistemology and Context (language use).

  • Social psychology (14.18%)
  • Developmental psychology (13.70%)
  • Clinical psychology (4.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Desenvolvimento de uma escala de bem-estar subjetivo (173 citations)
  • Rede social de apoio durante transições familiares decorrentes do nascimento de filhos (153 citations)
  • Pesquisa qualitativa versus pesquisa quantitativa: esta é a questão? (147 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa:

The most cited articles mainly tackle studies in Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Social environment and Context (language use). The most cited papers are mostly focused on Developmental psychology, specifically Psychometrics. In addition to Social psychology research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Test validity, Face (sociological concept) and Portuguese.

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

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Cognition

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa mostly deals with topics like Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Intervention (counseling), Depression (differential diagnoses) and Cognition. The research on Social psychology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Context (language use), Subjectivity, Perception, Racism and Qualitative research. The journal focuses on Depression (differential diagnoses) but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Psychosocial, Cognitive level, Cross-sectional study and Anxiety.

Topics in Cognition were tackled in line with various other fields like Psychometrics, Linear regression, Comprehension and Mortality rate, Demography. Research on Psychometrics presented in Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa concerns the broader topic of Developmental psychology. The presented Developmental psychology research focuses mostly on Psychological intervention and, on occasion, topics in Elderly people.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Teoria da Sensibilidade ao Reforçamento: Pressupostos, Procedimentos e Medidas (1 citations)
  • La Relación Entre Depresión y Deterioro Cognitivo en Personas Mayores Institucionalizadas en Residencias Españolas (1 citations)
  • Retrato da Dor: um caminho para entender o sofrimento do indivíduo (0 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: Teoria E Pesquisa (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cesar Augusto Piccinini (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Manoel Antônio dos Santos (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Silvia Helena Koller (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rita de Cássia Sobreira Lopes (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • João Claudio Todorov (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 Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Brasília (341 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 25 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (191 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (141 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of São Carlos (61 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Pará (60 papers) published 1 paper 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, 4.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 51.06% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.02% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.53% of all publications and 6.38% 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

  • Teoria Funcionalista dos Valores Humanos: Testando as hipóteses de conteúdo e estrutura no contexto pernambucano

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Predictors of Wellbeing Among Older Adults Participants of a U3A

    Meire Cachioni;Lais Lopes Delfino;Vanesssa Alonso;Mônica Sanches Yassuda

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Crescimento Pós-Traumático após Divórcio: : Contribuição dos Valores para Além das Variáveis Demográficas

    Ricardo Neves Couto;Patrícia Nunes da Fonsêca;Valeschka Martins Guerra;Valdiney Veloso Gouveia

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Personality Types and Personality Traits in DSM-5: Do They Really Match?

    Sérgio Eduardo Silva de Oliveira;Tiago Cunha de Oliveira;Denise Ruschel Bandeira;Robert Frank Krueger

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Brazilian Version of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0: Evidence of Reliability and Validity

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Problemas de Comportamento em Crianças Brasileiras de Quatro Anos de Idade

    Suélen Henriques Cruz;Cesar Augusto Piccinini;Alicia Matijasevich;Iná Silva Santos

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Interpersonal Relationships of Juvenile Offenders at Treatment Facilities

    Vinicius Coscioni;Danielly Bart do Nascimento;Edinete Maria Rosa;Sílvia Helena Koller

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Validity Evidence of the Work-Family Conflict Scale for Public Security Professionals

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Evidências de Validade da Escala Conflito Trabalho-Família para Profissionais da Segurança Pública

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Adolescents, Street, Drugs and Psychoactive Substances: A Study on Risk and Protection

    Juliana Prates Santana;Marcela Raffaelli;Lucas Vezedek;Silvia Helena Koller

    (2021)
    0 Citations

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