Buela-Casal G, Carretero-Dios H,de los Santos-Riog M "Comparative study of the Psychology journals with impact factor written in Spanish" PSICOTHEMA 14 (4): 837-852 NOV 2002

[Eugene Garfield]

G. Buela-Casal - e.mail - gbuela at ugr.es

This paper was posted earlier.  The author has  informed us that full text
of the article is   available in Spanish at :
http://www.psicothema.com/psicothema.asp?id=300

 Gualberto Buela-Casal has pointed out that there has been a special issue
of  this journal, Psicothema, published on the Assessment and Evaluation of
 Research in Psychology.  This journal has been published for 30 years and
is claimed to be the most prodigious in the field of psychology in Spain.


 Title Comparative study of the Psychology journals with impact
         factor written in Spanish
 Author Buela-Casal G, Carretero-Dios H, de los Santos-Riog M
 Journal PSICOTHEMA 14 (4): 837-852 NOV 2002

  Document type: Review    Language: Spanish
  Cited References: 364      Times Cited: 0

 Abstract:
 Comparative study of the Psychology journals with impact factor written in
 Spanish. This study presents a comparative analysis among four psychology
 journals published in Spanish that have an impact factor (Psicothema,
 Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia, Revista Mexicana de Psicologia, and
 Revista Interamericana de Psicologia). These journals are compared in terms
 of several bibliometric indices such as impact factor, weighted impact
 factor, mean impact factor of the periodicals where citations appear,
 immediate citation factor, and mean duration of citations. Additionally, a
 content analysis is made of the four periodicals considering the different
 academic fields of psychology and the methods of the published studies. The
 analysis shows that Psicothema obtains a better score in most bibliometric
 indices and that little interaction of citations among the four periodicals
 takes place. Regarding the comparison of methods, and academic fields, this
 study offers the number of papers according to the method of application
 (theoretical, descriptive by surveys, descriptive by observation, case
 studies, experimental, quasi-experimental, single case studies,
 instrumental, and others) and field (Personality, Psychological Assesment
 and Treatment, Social Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Psychobiology,
 Methodology, Developmental and Education Psychology, and Inter-field
 Psychology). Finally, some considerations are made on bibliometric indices,
 and the relationship between methods and academic fields.

 KeyWords Plus:
 HYPERACTIVITY-DISORDER SCALE, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES,
 SELF-CONCEPT, EATING DISORDERS,
 VIRGIN-ISLANDS, PUERTO-RICO, SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGY, ACADEMIC GOALS,
 LATIN-AMERICAN

 Addresses:
 Buela-Casal G, Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, E-18071 Granada, Spain
 Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, E-18071 Granada, Spain

 Publisher:
 COLEGIO OFICIAL DE PSICOLOGOS DE ASTURIAS, OVIEDO

 IDS Number:
 607FX

 ISSN:
 0214-9915

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