Experimental and Cognitive Psychology papers
Pofolia’s corpus holds 104 papers from Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2002–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.
At a glance
- Most cited: lavaan: AnRPackage for Structural Equation Modeling (2012, 25,675 citations).
- The 20 papers listed have 120,046 citations between them.
- 13 of the 13 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
- 3 have a free full text (open access).
- Most frequent journals: Journal of Statistical Software, Psychological Methods, Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.
- Published between 2012 and 2023.
Most cited
Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals
lavaan: AnRPackage for Structural Equation Modeling
Journal of Statistical Software · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 200.92 · 25,675 citations
The R package 'lavaan' offers a free, fully open-source, commercial-quality tool for structural equation modeling (SEM), addressing the need for accessible, advanced SEM software.
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
2023 · FWCI 3045.44 · 17,713 citations
Individuals actively manage the impressions they make on others by presenting a 'front' that implies their roles and actions should be taken seriously.
Executive Functions
Annual Review of Psychology · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 12.00 · FWCI 106.34 · 12,438 citations
Executive functions (EFs) are a set of cognitive processes enabling goal-directed behavior, including inhibition, working memory, and cognitive flexibility. This review discusses their developmental progression, measurement, and controversies surrounding their definitions and relationships with other constructs.
Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man
2017 · FWCI 146.44 · 7,305 citations
This book offers the first comprehensive discussion of sexual selection since Darwin's 1871 work, integrating modern genetic theory and behavioral observations.
The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience
Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) · 2017 · FWCI 321.39 · 5,984 citations
This book explores the intersection of cognitive science and human experience, proposing an 'enactive' approach that views cognition as embodied action rather than symbolic computation.
qgraph: Network Visualizations of Relationships in Psychometric Data
Journal of Statistical Software · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 22.44 · 4,809 citations
The qgraph R package offers a novel way to visualize complex statistical relationships, such as correlation matrices, as networks where variables are nodes and correlations are edges.
Perception and Communication
2016 · FWCI 399.44 · 4,739 citations
This abstract is a reprint from 1966 and does not contain specific research findings or results.
Network Analysis: An Integrative Approach to the Structure of Psychopathology
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 6.00 · FWCI 59.08 · 4,304 citations
Network analysis offers a new framework for understanding psychopathology, viewing disorders as causal interactions between symptoms rather than manifestations of an underlying factor.
The Nature and Organization of Individual Differences in Executive Functions
Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 109.01 · 3,763 citations
Individual differences in executive functions (EFs) exhibit both unity and diversity, meaning different EFs are correlated yet separable, according to a new theoretical framework.
A critique of the cross-lagged panel model.
Psychological Methods · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 73.41 · 3,718 citations
The widely used cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) may produce erroneous conclusions about causal influences because it fails to adequately account for stable, trait-like individual differences over time.
A network theory of mental disorders
World Psychiatry · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 20.00 · FWCI 141.29 · 3,390 citations · Open access
This paper proposes a network theory where mental disorders are conceptualized as self-sustaining states arising from direct, causally connected interactions between symptoms.
Sex Differences in Social Behavior
Psychology Press eBooks · 2013 · FWCI 108.44 · 3,319 citations
A new theory suggests gender stereotypic social behaviors stem from differing male and female role expectations, with actual sex differences aligning closely with these stereotypes.
Evaluating Effect Size in Psychological Research: Sense and Nonsense
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science · 2019 · Q1 · SJR 6.00 · FWCI 242.08 · 3,265 citations · Open access
This paper proposes a new framework for interpreting effect sizes in psychology by comparing them to concrete benchmarks and considering their practical consequences, rather than relying on arbitrary standards or common misinterpretations.
Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques
Gothic.net · 2013 · FWCI 122.28 · 3,028 citations
Practice testing and distributed practice are highly effective learning techniques, benefiting diverse learners across various tasks and educational settings.
Twelve‐month and lifetime prevalence and lifetime morbid risk of anxiety and mood disorders in the United States
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 84.43 · 2,980 citations
New estimates reveal major depression (29.9% lifetime morbid risk) and specific phobia (18.4%) are the most common lifetime anxiety/mood disorders in the US, while agoraphobia (3.7%) and OCD (2.7%) are least common.
Innovation and Creativity in Organizations
Journal of Management · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 8.00 · FWCI 119.64 · 2,962 citations
This review proposes a new, integrative definition of creativity and innovation, viewing them as parts of the same process, and synthesizes research from 2002-2013.
Reality is broken: why games make us better and how they can change the world
Choice Reviews Online · 2012 · 2,934 citations
Playing games for 7-21 hours weekly, prioritizing face-to-face cooperative play with friends and family, maximizes psychological benefits and real-world positive impacts.
A tutorial on regularized partial correlation networks.
Psychological Methods · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 125.24 · 2,773 citations
This tutorial introduces regularized partial correlation networks, a popular method for modeling direct relationships between psychological variables, and demonstrates their estimation and interpretation.
The p Factor
Clinical Psychological Science · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 83.48 · 2,481 citations
A new 'p factor' dimension of general psychopathology explains mental disorder structures better than traditional models, reflecting a common underlying vulnerability.
Sleep Health: Can We Define It? Does It Matter?
SLEEP · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 43.40 · 2,466 citations · Open access
A proposed definition for 'sleep health' is presented, moving beyond the absence of sleep disorders to encompass positive attributes like wellness and performance, with measurable dimensions.
Recently added
Risk assessment of driver emotion using a data-driven Bayesian Network: Insights from a naturalistic driving study
Journal of Safety Research · 2026 · Q1
A data-driven Bayesian Network reveals that traffic flow directly influences driver emotion, and factors including traffic density, secondary tasks, emotion, and driving errors significantly increase the risk of safety-critical events (SCEs).
Lifetime exposure to atypical working hours among healthcare professionals compared with the workforce in other sectors: Nationwide cohort study
Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health · 2026 · Q2
Healthcare professionals in France experience a higher lifetime burden of atypical working hours (AWH) compared to other sectors, with nurses most exposed to irregular schedules and weekend/night work, and physicians to long hours and insufficient rest.
Recognition of noise-vocoded accented speech by non-native listeners
Phonetica · 2026 · Q1
Non-native English listeners performed worse recognizing spectrally degraded (6-channel noise-vocoded) speech and speech from moderately accented talkers compared to mildly accented talkers.
Development and Pilot Evaluation of a Chemistry Capital Questionnaire: Factor Structure and Internal Consistency
Journal of Chemical Education · 2026 · Q2
A new 62-item Chemistry Capital (ChemCap) Questionnaire, measuring students' social and cultural resources in chemistry, was developed and pilot-tested with 352 students, showing strong internal consistency across nine factors.
The effectiveness of CBT-based interventions for sleep outcomes in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
BMC Public Health · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) interventions show potential benefits in improving subjective sleep quality, reducing insomnia severity, and increasing sleep efficiency in people living with HIV.
How language conveys emotion through sound: A review of affective iconicity
Language Sciences · 2026 · Q1
Words can non-arbitrarily convey emotion through their sound (affective iconicity), with specific phonemes like /i/ often linked to positive emotions and sibilants to high emotional activation across languages.
Psychometric evaluation of the WAST in the Collao Quechua: an integrative multi-method approach based on CFA, IRT, and network analysis
BMC Psychology · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
The Collao Quechua version of the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) demonstrates robust psychometric properties, including a stable one-dimensional structure and high reliability (ω = 0.935), supporting its use for screening violence against women in this population.
The invisible pass: asynchronous e-learning and the enforcement of neurotypical identity performance in neurodivergent adults
Equality Diversity and Inclusion An International Journal · 2026 · Q1
Asynchronous e-learning platforms enforce neurotypical identity performance by eliminating opportunities for disclosure and accommodation, forcing neurodivergent adults to conceal their identities through invisible compensatory strategies.
Journals in this field
The journals that publish most of this field’s papers. Quartile (Q1–Q4), SJR and h-index are from SCImago Journal Rank; “in this field” is how many of the journal’s pooled papers belong here. What is a Q1 journal? · What is the h-index?
| Journal | Quartile | SJR | h-index | In this field | Summaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep | Q1 | 1.00 | 257 | 5 | 5 |
| Psychological Methods | Q1 | 4.00 | 204 | 3 | 9 |
| Psychonomic Bulletin and Review | Q1 | 1.00 | 193 | 3 | 4 |
| BMC Psychology | Q1 | 1.00 | 61 | 3 | 8 |
| Psychological Bulletin | Q1 | 8.00 | 396 | 2 | 22 |
| Journal of Statistical Software | Q1 | 3.00 | 199 | 2 | 11 |
| IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing | Q1 | 2.00 | 115 | 2 | 3 |
| World Psychiatry | Q1 | 20.00 | 170 | 1 | 12 |
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