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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
H-index 47

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

0933-7954

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/127

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 23 215 304 31
Psychology 61 367 341 39
Medicine 570 276 341 32

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 853
Documents by Best Scientists*: 675
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 31
SCIMAGO H-index: 152
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.887
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology?

The main points discussed in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology deals with Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Mental health, Clinical psychology and Suicide prevention. Psychiatry studies presented include Depression (differential diagnoses), Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Mental illness and Psychosis. Issues in Epidemiology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Incidence (epidemiology), Cross-sectional study, Demography, Cohort and Risk factor.

Topics in Demography were tackled in line with various other fields like Socioeconomic status and Ethnic group. The concepts on Mental health presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Psychological intervention, Gerontology, Social environment, Public health and Social support. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Social environment, apply to Developmental psychology as well.

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology explores research in Public health and the adjacent study of Health care. The journal explores issues in Clinical psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Psychosocial, Personality and Comorbidity. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology tackles studies in Injury prevention and the interrelated subject of Young adult to gain insights into Suicide prevention.

  • Psychiatry (55.45%)
  • Epidemiology (43.26%)
  • Mental health (39.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Prevalence of psychiatric disorder in the general population: results of The Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS) (1056 citations)
  • The psychometric properties of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. (755 citations)
  • The prevalence and socio-demographic correlations of depression, anxiety and stress among a group of university students (666 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology:

The journal papers mainly tackle studies in Psychiatry, Mental health, Epidemiology, Clinical psychology and Social environment. Many of the studies tackled in the journal papers connect Psychiatry with a similar field of study like Suicide prevention. While Mental health is the focus of the journal publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Psychological intervention, Gerontology, Developmental psychology, Public health and Social support.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Epidemiology, Mental health, Demography, Psychiatry and Depression (differential diagnoses). The research on Epidemiology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Psychological intervention, Logistic regression, Clinical psychology, Ethnic group and Cohort. It addresses concerns in Clinical psychology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Longitudinal study and Cognition.

The Mental health works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Odds ratio, Health care, Gerontology and Anxiety. The tackled Demography research is interrelated with Suicide prevention which concerns subjects like Occupational safety and health. The Psychiatry study featured in it draws connections with the study of Odds.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health care and on people with mental health conditions: framework synthesis of international experiences and responses. (50 citations)
  • Impact on mental health care and on mental health service users of the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods survey of UK mental health care staff. (49 citations)
  • Risk factors for depression and anxiety in healthcare workers deployed during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. (25 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 Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul Bebbington (61 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Graham Thornicroft (40 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Stefan Priebe (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sonia Johnson (34 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jim van Os (30 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 Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • King's College London (258 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 23 more than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (139 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Columbia University (132 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Melbourne (115 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (104 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 11 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, 0.73% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.75% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.70% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.45% of all publications and 32.10% 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

  • Early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health care and on people with mental health conditions: framework synthesis of international experiences and responses.

    Luke Sheridan Rains;Sonia Johnson;Sonia Johnson;Phoebe Barnett;Thomas Steare

    (2021)
    243 Citations
  • Impact on mental health care and on mental health service users of the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods survey of UK mental health care staff.

    Sonia Johnson;Sonia Johnson;Christian Dalton-Locke;Norha Vera San Juan;Una Foye

    (2021)
    216 Citations
  • Filipino help-seeking for mental health problems and associated barriers and facilitators: a systematic review.

    Andrea B. Martinez;Andrea B. Martinez;Melissa Co;Jennifer Lau;June S. L. Brown

    (2020)
    188 Citations
  • Not all screen time is created equal: associations with mental health vary by activity and gender

    Jean M. Twenge;Eric Farley

    (2021)
    160 Citations
  • A systematic review of influences on implementation of peer support work for adults with mental health problems

    Nashwa Ibrahim;Nashwa Ibrahim;Dean Thompson;Rebecca Nixdorf;Jasmine Kalha

    (2020)
    156 Citations
  • The effectiveness of interventions for reducing subjective and objective social isolation among people with mental health problems: a systematic review

    Ruimin Ma;Farhana Mann;Jingyi Wang;Brynmor Lloyd-Evans

    (2020)
    132 Citations
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers: study protocol for the COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) study

    Unknown

    (2022)
    131 Citations

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