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Review of General Psychology
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Review of General Psychology

1089-2680

Published by: American Psychological Association

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 433 39 39 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 48
Documents by Best Scientists*: 42
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 126
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.598
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Review of General Psychology?

Social psychology, Epistemology, Cognitive psychology, Cognitive science and Developmental psychology are the subjects of interest in Review of General Psychology. The journal focuses on Social psychology research which is adjacent to topics in Well-being. Topics in Cognitive psychology were tackled in line with various other fields like Cognition and Social cognition.

The Cognition study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Perception.

  • Social psychology (31.32%)
  • Epistemology (28.38%)
  • Cognitive psychology (19.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The emerging field of emotion regulation: An integrative review. (4851 citations)
  • Bad is Stronger than Good (4639 citations)
  • What Good Are Positive Emotions (3973 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Review of General Psychology:

The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology, Epistemology and Cognition. The Social psychology study tackled in the published articles is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Well-being. The journal articles tackle studies in Cognitive science and the interrelated subject of Creativity and Context (language use) to gain insights into Epistemology.

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

  • Social psychology
  • Epistemology
  • Cognition

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Review of General Psychology are Epistemology, Social psychology, Replication crisis, Colonialism and Identity (social science). The concepts on Epistemology presented in Review of General Psychology can also apply to other research fields, including Positive psychology, Well-being and Common good. The studies on Social psychology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Restrictiveness, Socioeconomic status and Social status.

It holds forums on Replication crisis that merges themes from other disciplines such as Exceptionalism, Cognitive science, Prejudice and Narrative. While work presented in Review of General Psychology provided substantial information on Colonialism, it also covered topics in Anthropology, Power (social and political), Caste and Morality. Review of General Psychology facilitates discussions on Identity (social science) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Aesthetics, Socialization, Reading (process), Empathy and Gender studies.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • What Is Wisdom? A Unified 6P Framework: (6 citations)
  • Does loneliness thrive in relational freedom or restriction? The culture-loneliness framework (3 citations)
  • Where are the Self-Correcting Mechanisms in Science?: (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 Review of General Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Roy F. Baumeister (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dean Keith Simonton (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Todd K. Shackelford (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kathleen D. Vohs (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Keith Oatley (7 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 Review of General Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yale University (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Davis (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Pennsylvania (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Florida State University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Toronto (13 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, 9.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.33% of all publications and 60.00% 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

  • Are Social Media Ruining Our Lives? A Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence:

    Markus Appel;Caroline Marker;Timo Gnambs;Timo Gnambs

    (2020)
    227 Citations
  • On the Nature of Everyday Prospection: A Review and Theoretical Integration of Research on Mind-Wandering, Future Thinking, and Prospective Memory:

    Lia Kvavilashvili;Jan Rummel

    (2020)
    87 Citations
  • Phronesis (practical wisdom) as a type of contextual integrative thinking

    Kristján Kristjánsson;Blaine Fowers;Catherine Darnell;David Pollard

    (2021)
    81 Citations
  • What Is Wisdom? A Unified 6P Framework:

    Robert J. Sternberg;Sareh Karami

    (2021)
    55 Citations
  • Reducing Prejudice Through Promoting Cross-Group Friendships

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Ethnic-Racial Identity as a Source of Resilience and Resistance in the Context of Racism and Xenophobia

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • Intergroup Contact and Prejudice Reduction: Prospects and Challenges in Changing Youth Attitudes

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • Does loneliness thrive in relational freedom or restriction? The culture-loneliness framework.

    Luzia Cassis Heu;Martijn van Zomeren;Nina Hansen

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Money: An Integrated Review and Synthesis From a Psychological Perspective:

    Xijing Wang;Zhansheng Chen;Eva G. Krumhuber

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • A Bioecological Theory of Sexual Harassment of Girls: Research Synthesis and Proposed Model:

    Christia Spears Brown;Sharla D. Biefeld;Nan Elpers

    (2020)
    29 Citations

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