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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Thinking
Reasoning
Problem Solving
Creative Cognition
Design Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,730
4,271
0.398
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Cognition
substance abuse
executive functions
working memory
reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,134
1,427
0.278
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Survival Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,690
1,181
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,624
1,016
0.626
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
coaching
adventure
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
926
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
human memory
face recognition
mental health service delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,982
858
0.433
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Honour Abuse
Family Violence
Intimate Partner Violence
Domestic Homicide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
656
0.725
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Health Psychology
Psycho-oncology
Metacognitive Therapy
Patient-Reported Outcomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,830
616
0.337
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Pacing
Deception
Psychology
Psychophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
485
0.642
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Aggression
Intimate Partner Violence
Trauma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
780
285
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Psychophysiology
Psychopharmacology
Health Psychology
MND Informal Family Caregivers Support
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529
194
0.367
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Medical image processing
Texture-based segmentation
Machine learning
Pattern recognition
Feature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
166
0.830
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Trauma
PTSD
complex PTSD and post-traumatic growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
157
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Psychology
Cyberpsychology
Cyber security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
143
0.888
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Brain mechanisms
Perception Faces and Bodies
Emotions
Internet offending
Sexual Aggression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
136
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
eye movements
reading
literacy development
visual cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
119
0.992
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Child Psychology
Educational Psychology
Child Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
27
0.284
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,720
8,700
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Linden Ball
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,730
4,271
0.398
Thinking
Reasoning
Problem Solving
Creative Cognition
Design Cognition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,140
23,996
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John E FIsk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,134
1,427
0.278
Cognition
substance abuse
executive functions
working memory
reasoning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,337
27,429
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sarita Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,690
1,181
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
454,708
30,137
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kalypso Iordanou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,624
1,016
0.626
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
487,034
31,806
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Loel Collins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
926
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513,832
33,177
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Simon Chu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,982
858
0.433
human memory
face recognition
mental health service delivery
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
610,799
37,957
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Roxanne Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
656
0.725
Honour Abuse
Family Violence
Intimate Partner Violence
Domestic Homicide
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,347
38,956
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sharon Cook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,830
616
0.337
Health Psychology
Psycho-oncology
Metacognitive Therapy
Patient-Reported Outcomes
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
721,344
42,731
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hollie Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
485
0.642
Pacing
Deception
Psychology
Psychophysiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
943,575
53,993
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Abigail Thornton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
780
285
0.365
Aggression
Intimate Partner Violence
Trauma
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,117,779
62,410
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
BF Bradley Hornby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529
194
0.367
Psychophysiology
Psychopharmacology
Health Psychology
MND Informal Family Caregivers Support
Research Methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,190,864
65,709
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nashid Alam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
166
0.830
Medical image processing
Texture-based segmentation
Machine learning
Pattern recognition
Feature
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,218,051
66,831
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carolina Campodonico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
157
1.000
Trauma
PTSD
complex PTSD and post-traumatic growth
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,260,689
68,626
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Helen S Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
143
0.888
Psychology
Cyberpsychology
Cyber security
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,283,793
69,613
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lilia Psalta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
136
0.840
Brain mechanisms
Perception Faces and Bodies
Emotions
Internet offending
Sexual Aggression
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,345,963
72,010
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sara V Milledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
119
0.992
eye movements
reading
literacy development
visual cognition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,904,441
87,879
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Katherine M Cartmell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
27
0.284
Child Psychology
Educational Psychology
Child Development
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,243,261
94,466
338
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eleni Alexandropoulou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,391,528
96,674
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rory Mcdonald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000