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Current Directions in Psychological Science Template

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Current Directions in Psychological Science is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Child and Animal Learning Development, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Social and Intergroup Psychology. Over its lifetime it has published 2,232 papers, which have received 325,284 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inChild and Animal Learning Development Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Social and Intergroup Psychology Cultural Differences and Values Behavioral Health and Interventions
ISSN0963-7214
Citation impact (2-yr)5.9
h-index284
i10-index1,932
Top institutions publishing hereHarvard University
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Current Directions in Psychological Science per year

76
2014
74
2015
75
2016
93
2017
78
2018
94
2019
77
2020
72
2021
68
2022
69
2023
51
2024
54
2025

Citation impact of Current Directions in Psychological Science by publication year

13.6K
2014
10.1K
2015
6.9K
2016
10.7K
2017
7.2K
2018
6.7K
2019
5.2K
2020
4.2K
2021
2.6K
2022
1.2K
2023
537
2024
191
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Current Directions in Psychological Science

Statistical Power Analysis

Jacob Cohen · 1 Jun 1992

pression, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 51, 61-69 (1990). 11. L.R. Baxter, Jr., J.M. Schwartz, B.H. Guze, J.C. Mazziotta, M.P. Szuba, K. Bergman, A. Alazraki, C.E. Selin, H.K. Freng, P. Munford, and M.E. Phelps, Obsessive-compulsive disorder vs. Tourette's disorder: Differential function in subdivi sions of the neostriatum, paper presented at the an nual meeting of the…

5,743 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Nature and Organization of Individual Differences in Executive Functions

Akira Miyake, Naomi P. Friedman · 31 Jan 2012

Executive functions (EFs)-a set of general-purpose control processes that regulate one's thoughts and behaviors-have become a popular research topic lately and have been studied in many subdisciplines of psychological science. This article summarizes the EF research that our group has conducted to understand the nature of individual differences in EFs and their cognitive and biological…

3,766 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Strength Model of Self-Control

Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. Vohs, Dianne M. Tice · 21 Nov 2007

Self-control is a central function of the self and an important key to success in life. The exertion of self-control appears to depend on a limited resource. Just as a muscle gets tired from exertion, acts of self-control cause short-term impairments (ego depletion) in subsequent self-control, even on unrelated tasks. Research has supported the strength…

3,495 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Exercise of Human Agency Through Collective Efficacy

Albert Bandura · 1 Jun 2000

Social cognitive theory adopts an agentic perspective in which individuals are producers of experiences and shapers of events. Among the mechanisms of human agency, none is more focal or pervading than the belief of personal efficacy. This core belief is the foundation of human agency. Unless people believe that they can produce desired effects and…

2,902 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Working Memory Capacity as Executive Attention

Randall W Engle · 1 Feb 2002

Performance on measures of working memory (WM) capacity predicts performance on a wide range of real-world cognitive tasks. I review the idea that WM capacity (a) is separable from short-term memory, (b) is an important component of general fluid intelligence, and (c) represents a domain-free limitation in ability to control attention. Studies show that individual…

2,513 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Current Directions in Psychological Science template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Current Directions in Psychological Science use?
Current Directions in Psychological Science uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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