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Psychology and Aging
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Psychology and Aging

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Published by: American Psychological Association

https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pag

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 202 227 262 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 279
Documents by Best Scientists*: 285
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 180
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.585
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Psychology and Aging?

Developmental psychology, Cognition, Young adult, Cognitive psychology and Age differences are the subjects of interest in Psychology and Aging. The journal centers on topics in Developmental psychology, with a focus on Younger adults. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Cognition, it also covered topics in Clinical psychology and Information processing.

The studies on Clinical psychology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Dementia and Depression (differential diagnoses). Depression (differential diagnoses) research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Psychiatry. It explores research in Young adult and the adjacent study of Affect (psychology).

Short-term memory is part of Working memory studies tackled in it.

  • Developmental psychology (60.40%)
  • Cognition (41.02%)
  • Young adult (22.92%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Differences between caregivers and noncaregivers in psychological health and physical health: a meta-analysis. (1807 citations)
  • Hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults: the HAROLD model. (1771 citations)
  • Models of visuospatial and verbal memory across the adult life span. (1290 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Psychology and Aging:

The journal papers mostly deal with topics like Developmental psychology, Cognition, Young adult, Age differences and Cognitive psychology. Issues in Developmental psychology were discussed in the journal articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Social relation, Recall, Perception, Affect (psychology) and Memoria. While work presented in the journal publications provide substantial information on Cognition, it also covers topics in Younger adults and Information processing.

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

  • Cognition
  • Social psychology
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like PsycINFO, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Clinical psychology and Cognitive psychology. The studies in PsycINFO featured incorporate elements of Young adult, Age differences, Perception and Prosocial behavior. The Developmental psychology works featured in Psychology and Aging incorporate elements from Context (language use), Feeling and Longitudinal study.

Most of the works presented in it deals with Cognition but it intersects with the subject of Risk factor. The journal focuses on Clinical psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Big Five personality traits, Neuroticism, Activities of daily living and Anxiety. In addition to Cognitive psychology research, it aims to explore topics under Working memory and Stroop effect.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Introduction to the special issue on prosociality in adult development and aging: Advancing theory within a multilevel framework. (6 citations)
  • Aging and altruism: A meta-analysis. (4 citations)
  • Daily prosocial activities and well-being: Age moderation in two national studies. (4 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 Psychology and Aging (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ulman Lindenberger (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Denis Gerstorf (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Christopher Hertzog (43 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Laura L. Carstensen (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Thomas M. Hess (29 papers) published 1 paper 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 Psychology and Aging (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (130 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (89 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (88 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (87 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Washington University in St. Louis (82 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 37.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.00% of all publications and 32.00% 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 effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for informal dementia caregivers: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Sheung-Tak Cheng;Kin-Kit Li;Andrés Losada;Fan Zhang

    (2020)
    261 Citations
  • Age differences in reported social networks and well-being.

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Andrew M. Parker;JoNell Strough

    (2020)
    154 Citations
  • Task characteristics influence facial emotion recognition age-effects : A meta-analytic review

    Grace S. Hayes;Skye N. McLennan;Julie D. Henry;Louise H. Phillips

    (2020)
    132 Citations
  • Healthy ageing reduces the precision of episodic memory retrieval.

    Saana M Korkki;Franziska R Richter;Priyanga Jeyarathnarajah;Jon S Simons

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • Subjective age from childhood to advanced old age: A meta-analysis.

    Martin Pinquart;Hans-Werner Wahl

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Age-related change in self-perceptions of aging: Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of change.

    Manfred Diehl;Markus Wettstein;Svenja M. Spuling;Susanne Wurm

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Longitudinal effects of subjective aging on health and longevity: An updated meta-analysis.

    (2023)
    46 Citations
  • Aging and inhibition: Introduction to the special issue.

    Karen L Campbell;Cindy Lustig;Lynn Hasher

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Tailored versus manualized interventions for dementia caregivers: The functional analysis-guided modular intervention.

    María Márquez-González;Rosa Romero-Moreno;Isabel Cabrera;Ricardo Olmos

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • A comparison of primary and secondary caregivers of persons with dementia.

    Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira;Steven H. Zarit;Ana M. Cardoso;Joaquim Alves da Silva

    (2020)
    35 Citations

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