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Psihologija
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Psihologija

0048-5705

Published by: Drustvo Psihologija Srbije

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/journal.aspx?issn=0048-5705

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 1054 13 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 16
Documents by Best Scientists*: 13
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 22
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.326
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Psihologija?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology, Cognition and Personality. In particular, the Social psychology works presented emphasize discussions on Big Five personality traits. It focused on Big Five personality traits research but expanded to cover Neuroticism.

The Developmental psychology works featured in it incorporate elements from Context (language use) and Anxiety. The Cognitive psychology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Perception. Personality research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Extraversion and introversion.

  • Social psychology (33.60%)
  • Developmental psychology (22.70%)
  • Cognitive psychology (13.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Measuring consumer involvement (133 citations)
  • Using Amazon Mechanical Turk for linguistic research (68 citations)
  • Ksenija Mirković-Radoš: Psihologija muzike, Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, Beograd, 1996 (61 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Psihologija:

The most cited publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Confirmatory factor analysis and Anxiety. While the journal papers focused on Developmental psychology, they were also able to explore topics like Healthy individuals and Healthy control. Aesthetics, Aesthetic experience, Painting, Cronbach's alpha and Cross-cultural are some topics wherein Social psychology research discussed in the journal articles has an impact.

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

  • Cognition
  • Law
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Anxiety, Pandemic and Clinical psychology. Psihologija explores topics in Social psychology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Ideology and Politics. Psihologija focuses on Developmental psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Stimulus (psychology), Cognition, Affect (psychology) and Longitudinal study.

The journal addresses concerns in the field of Affect (psychology) by exploring it in line with topics in Measurement invariance which intersect with Sample (statistics) subjects. The research on Anxiety featured in it combines topics in other fields like Depression (differential diagnoses), Anhedonia, Arousal and Scale (social sciences). It holds forums on Clinical psychology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Test (assessment), Stress (linguistics), Face-to-face and Psychosocial.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Psychological symptoms of COVID-19 epidemic: A systematic review of current evidence (3 citations)
  • Activity Matters: Physical Exercise and Stress Coping During the 2020 COVID-19 State of Emergency (1 citations)
  • Social networking sites passive use and its effects on sad-happy mood (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 Psihologija (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Slobodan Markovic (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zdenka Novović (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Aleksandar Kostic (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mikloš Biro (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sunčica Zdravković (16 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 Psihologija (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Belgrade (42 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Novi Sad (24 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Ljubljana (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Mainz (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (5 papers) published 3 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, 16.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 60.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.00% of all publications and 26.67% 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.

The Importance of Forensic Science within Psychology Research Context

An interesting branch of study within the psychological and social fields is Forensic Science, particularly in the context of deepening the understanding of human psyche and complex behaviours. A professional job for this role is that of a forensic scientist where a profound understanding of psychological principles is crucial. Forensic science carries significant relevance to the major research subjects mentioned in this article such as Social, Developmental, and Cognitive psychology. For instance, understanding and examining the 'Big Five personality traits' through the forensic lens allows for a more comprehensive study of criminal behaviors. Similarly, developmental psychology can benefit from a forensic aspect as it contributes to the study of behavioral progression in certain individuals, helping to predict potential deviance. Moreover, Forensic Science has multiple career paths associated with it. For those interested in a career in forensic science, specifically in New Jersey, you could navigate to our article that details about how to be a forensic scientist in New Jersey. With an increased emphasis on such multi-disciplinary approaches, it will be interesting to track future reports published in Psihologija that merge forensic studies with psychological research.

Top Publications

  • Problematic social media use, satisfaction with life, and levels of depressive symptoms in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Mediation role of social support

    (2023)
    16 Citations
  • Relationships between developmental feedback, intrinsic motivation, and creative personality and performance

    Weilin Su;Bei Lyu;Manuel London

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Fear of COVID-19 and sleep problems in Turkish young adults: Mediating roles of happiness and problematic social networking sites use

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • The relationship between social support and uncertainty of COVID-19: The mediating roles of resilience and academic self-efficacy

    (2024)
    11 Citations
  • Perceived lack of control and conspiracy theory beliefs in the wake of political strife and natural disaster

    Ana Stojanov;M Jesse Bering;Jamin Halberstadt

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Peer influence on conformity and confidence in a perceptual judgment task

    Alen Hajnal;Jennifer Vonk;Virgil Zeigler-Hill

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Recalled parental rearing style, self-esteem, and psychopathological symptoms in the general population

    Katja Petrowski;Elmar Brähler;Sören Kliem;Desiree Ritzka

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Cross-cultural validity of the psycho-social aspects of Facebook Use (PSAFU) scale

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Predicting treatment response in psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder - a pilot study

    Lutz Wittmann;Julia Müller;Naser Morina;Andreas Maercker

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Gender differences in nightmare characteristics following trauma

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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