Psychology of Violence

Top Research Topics at Psychology of Violence?

Psychology of Violence primarily focuses on research topics in Clinical psychology, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Injury prevention and Domestic violence. The Clinical psychology works featured in it incorporate elements from Mental health and Aggression. The work on Aggression tackled in Psychology of Violence brings together disciplines like Anger and Hostility.

Aside from research in Suicide prevention, it also discusses topics such as Occupational safety and health, Social psychology, Psychiatry, Psychological intervention and PsycINFO. It focused on works that combine different research areas such as Social psychology and Context (language use). Aside from research in Psychiatry, it also discusses Psychological abuse studies.

Interdisciplinary research on topics like Human factors and ergonomics and Juvenile delinquency are the foci of Psychology of Violence. Many of the research works in Injury prevention, specifically Child abuse, closely connected to disciplines like Distress. It tackles research in Teen dating violence and Dating violence as part of the general discipline of Domestic violence, however, it also discusses concepts in Developmental psychology and Intervention (counseling).

• Clinical psychology (40.14%)
• Suicide prevention (37.35%)
• Human factors and ergonomics (34.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The general aggression model: Theoretical extensions to violence. (284 citations)
• Who will help prevent sexual violence: Creating an ecological model of bystander intervention (191 citations)
• The Effect of Video Game Competition and Violence on Aggressive Behavior: Which Characteristic Has the Greatest Influence? (174 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Psychology of Violence:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Domestic violence, Clinical psychology, Suicide prevention, Injury prevention and Social psychology. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Clinical psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Mental health and Aggression. The journal articles focus on Suicide prevention research which is adjacent to topics in Human factors and ergonomics.

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

• Social psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Cognition

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Psychology of Violence explores disciplines such as Developmental psychology, Domestic violence, Clinical psychology, Criminology and Sex offense. The presented Developmental psychology study covers related areas such as Conduct disorder and also touches on topics like Transition (fiction), Context (language use) and Child abuse. The concepts on Child abuse presented in Psychology of Violence can also apply to other research fields, including Child sexual abuse and Elder abuse.

Psychology of Violence explores research in Clinical psychology alongside concepts in Aggression and other areas of study in Early childhood. The research on Criminology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, Harassment and Harm. The tackled Psychopathology research is interrelated with Affect (psychology) which concerns subjects like Mental health.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• “I was scared, like never in my life”: Children’s perspectives of nonfamilial sexual abuse within the Jewish ultraorthodox community in Israel. (4 citations)
• Physical and sexual victimization class membership and alcohol misuse and consequences among sexual minority and heterosexual female youth. (2 citations)
• The global prevalence of sexual assault: A systematic review of international research since 2010. (2 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Psychology of Violence (based on the number of publications) are:

• Sherry Hamby (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Victoria L. Banyard (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Dorothy L. Espelage (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ernest N. Jouriles (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• John H. Grych (14 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Psychology of Violence (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of New Hampshire (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Georgia State University (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Washington (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Southern Methodist University (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (15 papers) absent at the last 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, 29.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.42% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.42% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.05% of all publications and 42.11% 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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