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Psychopathology
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Psychopathology

0254-4962

Published by: Karger Publishers

https://www.karger.com/Journal/Home/224276

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 408 112 124 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 141
Documents by Best Scientists*: 141
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 77
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.858
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Psychopathology?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology, Psychosis and Psychopathology. It features Psychiatry research that overlaps with concepts in Psychometrics. Most of the Psychometrics studies addressed also intersect with Test validity.

Topics in Clinical psychology explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Psychotherapist, Personality disorders, Personality and Comorbidity. The journal facilitates discussions on Developmental psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Cognitive psychology and Cognition. The research on Psychosis tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) and Delusion.

Psychopathology features studies on Schizophrenia, including topics such as Schizophrenic Psychology. Anxiety disorder is a major topic of Anxiety research presented in Psychopathology.

  • Psychiatry (49.49%)
  • Clinical psychology (28.61%)
  • Developmental psychology (15.56%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Roots of Empathy: The Shared Manifold Hypothesis and the Neural Basis of Intersubjectivity (833 citations)
  • On the validity of the Beck Depression Inventory. A review. (745 citations)
  • EASE: Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience. (479 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Psychopathology:

The most cited publications mostly deal with topics like Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology, Psychosis and Psychopathology. The journal papers about Psychometrics are all disciplines of Clinical psychology that connect with topics in Suicide prevention. The journal articles deal with Developmental psychology in conjunction with Personality and similar fields in Alexithymia.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Psychiatry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Clinical psychology, Psychopathology, Psychiatry, Phenomenology (philosophy) and Schizophrenia. Clinical psychology research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Embodied cognition, Rating scale, Personality, Major depressive disorder and Psychomotor retardation. The concepts on Psychopathology presented in Psychopathology can also apply to other research fields, including Verbal reasoning, Psychosis, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Psychotherapist and Depression (differential diagnoses).

The journal explores issues in Psychiatry which can be linked to other research areas like Reliability (statistics) and Risk factor. While the journal focused on Phenomenology (philosophy), it was also able to explore topics like Test (assessment), Systematic review, Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming), Intersubjectivity and Self. The presented Schizophrenia study covers related areas such as Schizotypy and also touches on topics like Diathesis–stress model.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Uncertainty Promotes Neuroreductionism: A Behavioral Online Study on Folk Psychological Causal Inference from Neuroimaging Data. (2 citations)
  • Pareidolias and Creativity in Patients with Mental Disorders. (2 citations)
  • Manic-Depressive Cycles in Bipolar Disorder: Clinical and Treatment Implications (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.

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

  • Giovanni Stanghellini (31 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Thomas Fuchs (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christoph Mundt (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sabine C. Herpertz (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Josef Parnas (26 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 Psychopathology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Heidelberg University (79 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Zurich (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Copenhagen (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Vienna (19 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, 3.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 43.75% 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.

Career Pathways in Psychopathology Research Series: Spotlight on School Psychology

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Top Publications

  • International Assessment of DSM-5 and ICD-11 Personality Disorder Traits: Toward a Common Nosology in DSM-5.1

    Bo Bach;André Kerber;Anton Aluja;Tim Bastiaens

    (2020)
    162 Citations
  • A Common Metric for Self-Reported Severity of Personality Disorder

    Johannes Zimmermann;Steffen Müller;Bo Bach;Joost Hutsebaut

    (2020)
    102 Citations
  • Well-Being and Mental Health of Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla;Margaritha Klimov;Tilman Juche;Andreas Möltner

    (2021)
    85 Citations
  • An Overview of the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders

    Robert F Krueger;Kelsey A Hobbs

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Adolescent Personality Pathology and the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders: Self Development as Nexus.

    Carla Sharp

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Multidirectional Pathways between Attachment, Mentalizing, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology in the Context of Childhood Trauma.

    Yu Lien Huang;Peter Fonagy;Janet Feigenbaum;P Read Montague;P Read Montague

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • Anhedonia in Depressive Disorder: A Narrative Review.

    Jürgen De Fruyt;Bernard Sabbe;Koen Demyttenaere

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • The Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) from the Perspective of the Five-Factor Model.

    Thomas A Widiger;Gillian A McCabe

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Importance of Self and Other in Defining Personality Pathology.

    Aaron L Pincus;Nicole M Cain;Alexandra L Halberstadt

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • The Human Spectrum: A Phenomenological Enquiry within Neurodiversity

    (2022)
    35 Citations

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