Scientific Reports
Fields
Formatting for submission
Citation styles vary by journal — always check the author guidelines. A common choice in this field is Vancouver.
Recent articles
Validated scales in this field
Selected from this journal's OpenAlex fields; unmatched topics are left out.
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
A 10-item screening tool developed by the WHO to identify hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption and possible dependence over the past year.
Beck Anxiety Inventory
A 21-item self-report measure of the severity of anxiety symptoms over the past week, designed to discriminate anxiety from depression.
Beck Depression Inventory-II
A 21-item self-report measure of depression severity over the past two weeks, aligned with DSM criteria; each item presents four statements of increasing severity (0-3).
Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale
A 6-item scale applying the components model of addiction (salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict, relapse) to social-media use over the past year.
Data from OpenAlex. Metrics shown are open (citation counts, h-index, 2-year mean citedness) — not the licensed Journal Impact Factor.