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Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
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Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

1069-9384

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13423

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 74 344 416 37

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 429
Documents by Best Scientists*: 486
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 187
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.972
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Psychonomic Bulletin & Review?

The topics of Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Social psychology, Perception and Communication are the focal point of discussions in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Cognitive psychology research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Recall. Free recall is a focus of the presented Recall works and it dives deep in Free recall.

Developmental psychology, Cognitive science and Categorization are some topics wherein Cognition research discussed in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review have an impact. The Perception study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Visual search. The concepts on Communication presented in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review can also apply to other research fields, including Eye movement and Priming (psychology).

The majority of Working memory studies are focused on the issues of Short-term memory.

  • Cognitive psychology (51.12%)
  • Cognition (29.57%)
  • Social psychology (21.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Guided Search 2.0 A revised model of visual search (2896 citations)
  • Six views of embodied cognition. (2522 citations)
  • Bayesian T Tests for Accepting and Rejecting the Null Hypothesis (2276 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Psychonomic Bulletin & Review:

The journal articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Social psychology, Perception and Communication. The majority of Cognitive psychology studies presented in the most cited articles zero in on Recall. Developmental psychology, Reading (process) and Information processing are some topics wherein Cognition research discussed in the published articles has an impact.

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

  • Cognition
  • Statistics
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Cognitive psychology, Perception, Cognition, Context (language use) and Working memory. The presented Cognitive psychology research focuses mostly on Categorization and, on occasion, topics in Concept learning. The work on Perception tackled in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review brings together disciplines like Action (philosophy), Event (probability theory), Stimulus (physiology), Sensory system and Coding (social sciences).

Cognition research is concerned with Experimental psychology in particular. While Working memory is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Long-term memory and Selection (linguistics). The study on Recall presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Episodic memory.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The JASP guidelines for conducting and reporting a Bayesian analysis (131 citations)
  • Semantic memory: A review of methods, models, and current challenges (18 citations)
  • Modeling the influence of working memory, reinforcement, and action uncertainty on reaction time and choice during instrumental learning (14 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 Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jeffrey N. Rouder (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Derek Besner (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas R. Zentall (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Eric-Jan Wagenmakers (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Jay Pratt (21 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 Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Toronto (82 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Vanderbilt University (81 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Washington University in St. Louis (80 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (78 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (73 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, 0.47% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.92% of all publications and 60.38% 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 JASP guidelines for conducting and reporting a Bayesian analysis

    Johnny van Doorn;Don van den Bergh;Udo Böhm;Fabian Dablander

    (2021)
    1037 Citations
  • Guided Search 6.0: An updated model of visual search

    Jeremy M Wolfe

    (2021)
    582 Citations
  • Social modulators of gaze-mediated orienting of attention: A review.

    Mario Dalmaso;Luigi Castelli;Giovanni Galfano

    (2020)
    184 Citations
  • Memory and comprehension of narrative versus expository texts: A meta-analysis.

    Raymond A. Mar;Jingyuan Li;Anh T. P. Nguyen;Cindy P. Ta

    (2021)
    143 Citations
  • Conflict monitoring and the affective-signaling hypothesis-An integrative review.

    David Dignath;Andreas B. Eder;Marco Steinhauser;Andrea Kiesel

    (2020)
    141 Citations
  • What explains the relationship between spatial and mathematical skills? A review of evidence from brain and behavior

    Zachary Hawes;Daniel Ansari

    (2020)
    124 Citations
  • Memory consolidation as an adaptive process

    Emily T Cowan;Anna C Schapiro;Joseph E Dunsmoor;Vishnu P Murty

    (2021)
    122 Citations
  • How does bilingualism modify cognitive function? Attention to the mechanism

    (2022)
    118 Citations
  • A pre-registered, multi-lab non-replication of the action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE)

    Richard D. Morey;Michael P. Kaschak;Antonio M. Díez-Álamo;Antonio M. Díez-Álamo;Arthur M. Glenberg;Arthur M. Glenberg

    (2021)
    114 Citations
  • Working memory training in typically developing children: A multilevel meta-analysis

    Giovanni Sala;Fernand Gobet

    (2020)
    85 Citations

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