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Review of General Psychology Template

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About the Review of General Psychology format

Review of General Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Cultural Differences and Values, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Social and Intergroup Psychology.

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

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Publishes research inCultural Differences and Values Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology Social and Intergroup Psychology Social Representations and Identity Behavioral Health and Interventions
ISSN1089-2680
Citation impact (2-yr)3.65
h-index159
i10-index697
Total citations134,064
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Toronto
Journal websitejournals.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Review of General Psychology per year

27
2014
41
2015
37
2016
38
2017
42
2018
25
2019
32
2020
33
2021
30
2022
16
2023
34
2024
32
2025

Citation impact of Review of General Psychology by publication year

1.6K
2014
2.6K
2015
2.8K
2016
3.1K
2017
1.8K
2018
1.7K
2019
906
2020
1.1K
2021
498
2022
259
2023
190
2024
64
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Review of General Psychology

The Emerging Field of Emotion Regulation: An Integrative Review

James J. Gross · 1 Sep 1998

The emerging field of emotion regulation studies how individuals influence which emotions they have, when they have them, and how they experience and express them. This review takes an evolutionary perspective and characterizes emotion in terms of response tendencies. Emotion regulation is defined and distinguished from coping, mood regulation, defense, and affect regulation. In the…

9,095 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Bad is Stronger than Good

Roy F. Baumeister, Ellen Bratslavsky, Catrin Finkenauer et al. · 1 Dec 2001

The greater power of bad events over good ones is found in everyday events, major life events (e.g., trauma), close relationship outcomes, social network patterns, interpersonal interactions, and learning processes. Bad emotions, bad parents, and bad feedback have more impact than good ones, and bad information is processed more thoroughly than good. The self is…

7,395 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises

Raymond S. Nickerson · 1 Jun 1998

Confirmation bias, as the term is typically used in the psychological literature, connotes the seeking or interpreting of evidence in ways that are partial to existing beliefs, expectations, or a hypothesis in hand. The author reviews evidence of such a bias in a variety of guises and gives examples of its operation in several practical…

7,157 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
What Good Are Positive Emotions?

Barbara L. Fredrickson · 1 Sep 1998

This article opens by noting that positive emotions do not fit existing models of emotions. Consequently, a new model is advanced to describe the form and function of a subset of positive emotions, including joy, interest, contentment, and love. This new model posits that these positive emotions serve to broaden an individual's momentary thought-action repertoire,…

5,610 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Social and Psychological Resources and Adaptation

Stevan E. Hobfoll · 1 Dec 2002

Psychology has increasingly turned to the study of psychosocial resources in the examination of well-being. How resources are being studied and resource models that have been proffered are considered, and an attempt is made to examine elements that bridge across models. As resource models span health, community, cognitive, and clinical psychology, the question is raised…

4,239 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Review of General Psychology template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Review of General Psychology use?
Review of General Psychology 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', Review of General Psychology, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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