Current Directions in Psychological Science

2.1k papers and 186.5k indexed citations i.

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The 2.1k papers published in Current Directions in Psychological Science in the last decades have received a total of 186.5k indexed citations. Papers published in Current Directions in Psychological Science usually cover Cognitive Neuroscience (749 papers), Social Psychology (711 papers) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (563 papers) specifically the topics of Child and Animal Learning Development (211 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (204 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (190 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Current Directions in Psychological Science are Jacob Cohen, James J. Gross, Randall W. Engle, Albert Bandura, Laura L. Carstensen, Naomi P. Friedman, Akira Miyake, Susan Nolen–Hoeksema, Laurence Steinberg and Carol D. Ryff.

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Fields of papers published in Current Directions in Psychological Science

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Current Directions in Psychological Science

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