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Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
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Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 154 116 127 19
Psychology 284 93 96 21
Medicine 1060 90 155 22

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 312
Documents by Best Scientists*: 321
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 96
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.826
Impact Factor: 6.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences?

The foci of the journal are Psychiatry, Internal medicine, Neuroscience, Clinical psychology and Anesthesia. Most of the Psychiatry studies addressed also intersect with Pediatrics. The Internal medicine works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Endocrinology and Cardiology.

The main emphasis of it is the research on Neuroscience, emphasizing the topic of Electroencephalography. The journal connects research in Schizophrenia with the related topic of Psychosis.

  • Psychiatry (25.84%)
  • Internal medicine (16.10%)
  • Neuroscience (10.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Public responses to the novel 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Japan: Mental health consequences and target populations. (572 citations)
  • Reliability and validity of Japanese version of the Mini‐International Neuropsychiatric Interview (388 citations)
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms and internet addiction. (348 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences:

The published articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Internal medicine, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Schizophrenia. The published papers focus on Psychiatry but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Suicide prevention which is concerned with Injury prevention. The journal papers tackle studies in Cognition and the interrelated subject of Audiology to gain insights into Clinical psychology.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Diabetes mellitus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences facilitates discussions on MEDLINE, Psychiatry, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences goes beyond the discussion of MEDLINE as it connects it with closely related disciplines like

  • Pediatrics, which have a strong connection to Chart review, Long acting and Discontinuation,
  • Medical emergency that intertwine with fields like Occupational safety and health, Injury prevention and Suicide prevention.. Issues in Psychiatry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Old age psychiatry and Term (time).

Mental health and Outbreak are some topics wherein Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research discussed in the journal have an impact. Concepts in Clinical psychology, as well as related topics in Depression (differential diagnoses), are covered in the Anxiety research presented in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences focuses on Schizophrenia but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Biomarker (medicine), Audiology and Electroencephalography.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Recent advances in the application of predictive coding and active inference models within clinical neuroscience (12 citations)
  • Recent updates of eye movement abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia: A scoping review (7 citations)
  • Exacerbation of psychosis accompanied by seizure and catatonia in a patient with COVID-19: A case report. (5 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 Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Masakazu Seino (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Toshiyuki Someya (61 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Shigenobu Kanba (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kazuichi Yagi (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saburo Otsuki (45 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 Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (241 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Okayama University (219 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kyushu University (174 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Osaka University (154 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Keio University (149 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 9 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, 12.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.91% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.99% of all publications and 43.04% 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 Clinical Neuroscience and Psychiatry

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Top Publications

  • Public responses to the novel 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Japan: Mental health consequences and target populations.

    Jun Shigemura;Robert J. Ursano;Joshua C. Morganstein;Mie Kurosawa

    (2020)
    2052 Citations
  • Mental health during and after the COVID-19 emergency in Italy.

    Gabriele Sani;Gabriele Sani;Delfina Janiri;Marco Di Nicola;Luigi Janiri;Luigi Janiri

    (2020)
    228 Citations
  • Alcohol use in Australia during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial results from the COLLATE project.

    Erica Neill;Erica Neill;Erica Neill;Denny Meyer;Wei Lin Toh;Tamsyn Elizabeth van Rheenen;Tamsyn Elizabeth van Rheenen

    (2020)
    183 Citations
  • Dramatic reduction of psychiatric emergency consultations during lockdown linked to COVID-19 in Paris and suburbs.

    Baptiste Pignon;Raphaël Gourevitch;Sarah Tebeka;Sarah Tebeka;Caroline Dubertret;Caroline Dubertret

    (2020)
    134 Citations
  • Recent advances in the application of predictive coding and active inference models within clinical neuroscience

    Ryan Smith;Paul Badcock;Karl J Friston

    (2021)
    124 Citations
  • Forced social isolation due to COVID-19 and consequent mental health problems: Lessons from hikikomori.

    Takahiro A. Kato;Takahiro A. Kato;Norman Sartorius;Naotaka Shinfuku;Naotaka Shinfuku

    (2020)
    84 Citations
  • Toward recovery in schizophrenia: Current concepts, findings, and future research directions

    (2022)
    72 Citations
  • Current findings and perspectives on aberrant neural oscillations in schizophrenia.

    Yoji Hirano;Yoji Hirano;Peter J Uhlhaas;Peter J Uhlhaas

    (2021)
    72 Citations

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