Sex Roles

Top Research Topics at Sex Roles?

Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Gender studies, Gender role and Social environment are the subjects of interest in the journal. The concepts on Developmental psychology presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Social relation, Masculinity, Social psychology (sociology), Personality and Stereotype. Most of the Social relation studies addressed also intersect with Interpersonal relationship.

The Masculinity study featured in it draws connections with the study of Femininity. Many of the studies tackled connect Personality with a similar field of study like Self-esteem. Sex Roles facilitates discussions on Social psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Context (language use) and Perception, Social perception.

Sex Roles emphasizes research on Gender studies, which includes concerns such as Feminism. Cultural environment is part of Social environment studies tackled in Sex Roles.

• Developmental psychology (55.18%)
• Social psychology (52.58%)
• Gender studies (12.82%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• When Black + Lesbian + Woman ≠ Black Lesbian Woman: The Methodological Challenges of Qualitative and Quantitative Intersectionality Research (905 citations)
• Gender: An Intersectionality Perspective (904 citations)
• Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: A review of recent research (745 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Sex Roles:

The journal papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Social environment, Gender role and Stereotype. The works on Developmental psychology tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Social relation, Masculinity, Femininity and Personality. The journal papers hold forums on Social psychology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Gender studies and Perception, Social perception.

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

• Social psychology
• World War II
• Developmental psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Sex Roles explores disciplines such as Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Perception and Gender studies. Aside from discussions in Developmental psychology, it also deals with the subject of Context (language use) which intersects with Criminology disciplines. The Social psychology works featured in Sex Roles incorporate elements from Sexual violence, Empirical research and Empowerment.

The research on Clinical psychology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Psychological intervention, Shame, Objectification, Mental health and Depression (differential diagnoses). It investigates Objectification in the context of the closely related subject of areas like

• Sexualization which is related to area like Competence (human resources),
• Interpersonal communication that intertwine with fields like Sexual objectification.. Sex Roles explores research in Gender studies alongside concepts in Identity (social science) and other areas of study in Gender equality and Moderation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Male, National, and Religious Collective Narcissism Predict Sexism (5 citations)
• Selfie Editing and Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery Among Young Chinese Women: The Role of Self-Objectification and Facial Dissatisfaction (5 citations)
• Is a Reasonable Woman Different from a Reasonable Person? Gender Differences in Perceived Sexual Harassment (5 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 Sex Roles (based on the number of publications) are:

• Irene Hanson Frieze (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Janice D. Yoder (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Claire Etaugh (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• George B. Cunningham (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Marika Tiggemann (19 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 Sex Roles (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Michigan (112 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Pennsylvania State University (95 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Texas at Austin (77 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Pittsburgh (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Arizona State University (67 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 4.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.31% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.62% of all publications and 59.79% 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 Path in Psychology

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