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Reading and Writing
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Reading and Writing

0922-4777

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11145

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 283 108 184 21
Social Sciences and Humanities 324 27 45 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 142
Documents by Best Scientists*: 226
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 98
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.168
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Reading and Writing?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Psycholinguistics, Literacy, Reading (process), Cognitive psychology and Reading comprehension. Reading and Writing focuses on Psycholinguistics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Word recognition, Vocabulary, Phonological awareness, Spelling and Phonology. The research on Phonological awareness tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Phonemic awareness and Learning to read.

Reading and Writing addresses concerns in Spelling which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Spell, Handwriting and Written language. Topics in Literacy were tackled in line with various other fields like Mathematics education, Primary education, Cognition and Developmental psychology. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Developmental psychology as it also encompasses Reading disability.

The concepts on Reading (process) presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Test (assessment), Context (language use) and Fluency. While Cognitive psychology is the focus of Reading and Writing, it also provided insights into the studies of Working memory and Short-term memory. Reading comprehension research discussed connects with the study of Comprehension.

  • Psycholinguistics (75.61%)
  • Literacy (57.16%)
  • Reading (process) (53.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The simple view of reading (1818 citations)
  • Awareness of the structure and meaning of morphologically complex words: Impact on reading. (729 citations)
  • Theoretical links among naming speed, precise timing mechanisms and orthographic skill in dyslexia (574 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Reading and Writing:

The journal publications cover a variety of subjects, including Psycholinguistics, Literacy, Reading (process), Phonological awareness and Cognitive psychology. Word recognition, Vocabulary, Reading comprehension, Spelling and Phonology are some topics wherein Psycholinguistics research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact. The works on Literacy tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Developmental psychology, Test (assessment) and Mathematics education, Primary education.

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

  • Cognition
  • Statistics
  • Pedagogy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Reading and Writing focuses largely on the fields of Psycholinguistics, Literacy, Reading (process), Mathematics education and Cognitive psychology. The Psycholinguistics works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Context (language use), Developmental psychology, Reading comprehension, Spelling and Fluency. Some problems in Fluency that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Word recognition and Word lists by frequency.

The research on Literacy featured in it combines topics in other fields like Test (assessment), Cognition, Handwriting, Vocabulary and Argumentative. Topics in Reading (process) explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Sentence, Comprehension and Eye movement. While Mathematics education is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Multilevel model, Reading motivation and Set (psychology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Synergistic effects of instruction and affect factors on high- and low-ability disparities in elementary students’ reading literacy (5 citations)
  • Teaching writing in the primary grades in Norway: a national survey (4 citations)
  • Kindergarten pre-reading skills predict Grade 9 reading comprehension (PISA Reading) but fail to explain gender difference (3 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 Reading and Writing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Young-Suk Grace Kim (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Steve Graham (23 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Linda S. Siegel (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ludo Verhoeven (19 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Xi Chen (18 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 Reading and Writing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Florida State University (74 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Haifa (71 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (52 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Hong Kong (51 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (41 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 7.01% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.64% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.75% of all publications and 43.15% 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

  • Inferential comprehension differences between narrative and expository texts: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Virginia Clinton;Terrill Taylor;Surjya Bajpayee;Mark L. Davison

    (2020)
    89 Citations
  • How does home literacy environment influence reading comprehension in Chinese? Evidence from a 3-year longitudinal study

    Su-Zhen Zhang;Tomohiro Inoue;Hua Shu;George K. Georgiou

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Do executive functions contribute to writing quality in beginning writers? A longitudinal study with second graders

    Carolina Cordeiro;Teresa Limpo;Thierry Olive;São Luís Castro

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • In search of an effective source use pattern for writing argumentative and informative synthesis texts

    Nina Vandermeulen;Brenda van den Broek;Elke Van Steendam;Gert Rijlaarsdam

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Handwriting fluency and the quality of primary grade students’ writing.

    Gustaf B. Skar;Pui Wa Lei;Steve Graham;Arne Johannes Aasen

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Kindergarten pre-reading skills predict Grade 9 reading comprehension (PISA Reading) but fail to explain gender difference

    Mari Manu;Minna Torppa;Kenneth Eklund;Anna Maija Poikkeus

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Teachers’ practices and beliefs about teaching writing: a comprehensive survey of grades 1 to 3 teachers

    Tien Ping Hsiang;Steve Graham;Yu Mao Yang

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Effects of reading interventions implemented for upper elementary struggling readers: A look at recent research

    Rachel E Donegan;Jeanne Wanzek

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Language skills, and not executive functions, predict the development of reading comprehension of early readers: evidence from an orthographically transparent language

    Dacian Dorin Dolean;Arne Lervåg;Laura Visu-Petra;Monica Melby-Lervåg

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • The relations between children's comprehension monitoring and their reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge: an eye-movement study

    Elham Zargar;Ashley Marie Adams;Carol McDonald Connor

    (2020)
    32 Citations

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