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Psychology of Popular Media
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Psychology of Popular Media

2689-6575

Published by: American Psychological Association

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 340 68 92 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 82
Documents by Best Scientists*: 103
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 32
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.773
Impact Factor: 1.6

Top Publications

  • The use of social networking sites, body image dissatisfaction, and body dysmorphic disorder: A systematic review of psychological research.

    Francesca C. Ryding;Daria J. Kuss

    (2020)
    101 Citations
  • Lack of Consensus Among Scholars on the Issue of Video Game “Addiction”

    Christopher J. Ferguson;John Colwell

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Coping with COVID-19 stress: The role of media consumption in emotion- and problem-focused coping.

    (2022)
    50 Citations
  • Problematic phone use, depression, and technology interference among mothers.

    Genni Newsham;Michelle Drouin;Brandon T. McDaniel

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Internet Gaming Disorder: Relations Between Needs Satisfaction In-Game and in Life in General

    Patrick K. Bender;Douglas A. Gentile

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Consuming memes during the COVID pandemic: Effects of memes and meme type on COVID-related stress and coping efficacy

    Jessica Gall Myrick;Robin L. Nabi;Nicholas J. Eng

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • He does not look like video games made him do it: Racial stereotypes and school shootings.

    Patrick M. Markey;James D. Ivory;Erica B. Slotter;Mary Beth Oliver

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Cognitive Abilities of Action Video Game and Role-Playing Video Game Players: Data From a Massive Open Online Course

    Gillian Dale;Florian Kattner;Daphne Bavelier;C. Shawn Green

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Solving the puzzle of null violent media effects.

    Brad J. Bushman;Craig A. Anderson

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • A closer look at appearance and social media: Measuring activity, self-presentation, and social comparison and their associations with emotional adjustment.

    Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;Tanya Hawes;Juliane Pariz

    (2021)
    32 Citations

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