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Psychological Inquiry
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Psychological Inquiry

1047-840X

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hpli20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 378 114 114 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 131
Documents by Best Scientists*: 125
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 105
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.125
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Psychological Inquiry?

Psychological Inquiry was organized to reinforce research efforts on Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Personality, Cognition and Social psychology (sociology). Psychological Inquiry facilitates discussions in Self as part of the larger field of Social psychology, however, it also tackles fields such as Perspective (graphical). Topics like Personality psychology and Personality development are tackled as part of the discussions on Personality.

  • Social psychology (42.32%)
  • Cognitive psychology (14.68%)
  • Personality (11.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior (15776 citations)
  • Target Article: "Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence". (2761 citations)
  • Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects (2062 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Psychological Inquiry:

The published papers focus on Social psychology, Cognition, Cognitive psychology, Personality and Psychotherapist. The journal papers focus on Social psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Social cognition and Meaning (existential). While Cognition is the key highlight in the journal papers, thet also covered some subjects on Developmental psychology and Evolutionary psychology.

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:

The main points discussed in Psychological Inquiry deals with Cognitive psychology, Politics, Political leadership, Priming (psychology) and Gender studies. The studies in Cognitive psychology featured incorporate elements of Social psychology (sociology) and Affect (psychology). It tackles research in Political engagement as part of the general discipline of Politics, however, it also discusses concepts in Positive economics and Social inequality.

The Political leadership works featured in it incorporate elements from Psychological science, Public relations and Join (sigma algebra). While Psychological Inquiry focused on Priming (psychology), it was also able to explore topics like Nothing, Reliability (statistics), Word (computer architecture) and Intentionality. The concepts on Gender studies presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Social equality, Plural and Child development.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • There’s Nothing Social about Social Priming: Derailing the “Train Wreck” (3 citations)
  • Understanding the Developmental Roots of Gender Gaps in Politics (1 citations)
  • A Final Word on Train Wrecks (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 Psychological Inquiry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Roy F. Baumeister (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arie W. Kruglanski (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John D. Mayer (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dan P. McAdams (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David M. Buss (9 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 Psychological Inquiry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Northwestern University (36 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Columbia University (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of California, Davis (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • New York University (17 papers) published 2 papers 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 23.33% 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

  • The Science of Wisdom in a Polarized World: Knowns and Unknowns

    Igor Grossmann;Nic M. Weststrate;Monika Ardelt;Justin Peter Brienza

    (2020)
    299 Citations
  • Lack of theory building and testing impedes progress in the factor and network literature

    Eiko I. Fried

    (2020)
    218 Citations
  • Beyond Screen Time: Identity Development in the Digital Age

    Isabela Granic;Hiromitsu Morita;Hanneke Scholten

    (2020)
    184 Citations
  • Theories and models: What they are, what they are for, and what they are about

    Eiko I. Fried

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Building theories on top of, and not independent of, statistical models: The case of the p-factor.

    Ashley L. Watts;Sean P. Lane;Wes Bonifay;Douglas Steinley

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • Adolescent Development in the Digital Media Context.

    Jacqueline Nesi;Jacqueline Nesi;Eva H. Telzer;Mitchell J. Prinstein

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • A Model of Political Bias in Social Science Research

    Nathan Honeycutt;Lee Jussim

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Moving from Humanities to Sciences: A New Model of Wisdom Fortified by Sciences of Neurobiology, Medicine, and Evolution.

    Dilip V. Jeste;Ellen E. Lee;Barton W. Palmer;Emily B. H. Treichler

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • A Common Model Is Essential for a Cumulative Science of Wisdom

    Igor Grossmann;Nic M. Weststrate;Michel Ferrari;Justin P. Brienza

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • There’s Nothing Social about Social Priming: Derailing the “Train Wreck”

    Jeffrey W. Sherman;Andrew M. Rivers

    (2021)
    30 Citations

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