Salvador A, Serrano MA, Gonzalez-Bono E "Research trends in the journal Hormones and Behavior (1987-2000)" Hormones & Behavior 43(3):375-380 March 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

Alicia Salvador : alicia.salvador at uv.es

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Title     :    Research trends in the journal Hormones and Behavior
               (1987-2000)
Author    :    Salvador A, Serrano MA, Gonzalez-Bono E
Journal   :    HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR  43 (3): 375-380 MAR 2003


 Document type: Article     Language: English
 Cited References: 9        Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
As a continuation of the study carried out by Svare more than 15 years ago
(Horm. Behav. 22 (1988), 139) and to determine the tendencies of the
evolution of behavioral endocrinology since then, our aim was to extend his
work until 2000, assuming that the journal Hormones and Behavior would be
representative of the field at large. To study this 14-year period and
compare it with Svare's data, we kept the same criteria and categories,
behavioral patterns, and species. Our results show that "sexual behavior" in
"rodents" is still the most extensive field studied by behavioral
endocrinologists, although frequency of other topics is increasing, above
all "aggressive and emotional responses," and especially the
interrelationships between them. Interestingly, studies dedicated to humans
are slowly becoming more common. In addition to these analyses, we obtained
the several citations received by a randomly selected sample of articles
during the period that was divided by the number of years when the articles
can be potentially cited. These ratios revealed that research on "humans,"
within the category of species, and on "memory, learning, and conditioning"
and "aggressive and emotional responses," within the behavioral categories,
present the highest visibility in the literature. Furthermore, this
analysis was complemented with information about the main receptor journals
of the papers published in Hormones and Behavior, classified by the same
categories. All these data, although limited by the analysis of only one
journal, permitted us to reflect on whether the evolution tendencies
formulated by Beach (Horm. Behav. 15 (1981), 325) for this discipline were
applicable to the period studied, thus confirming its status as a mature
discipline for the last quarter of the 20th century. (C) 2003 Elsevier
Science (USA). All rights reserved.

Author Keywords:
behavioral endocrinology, historical analysis, bibliometry, species,
behavioral patterns, research trends, citations

Addresses:
Salvador A, Univ Valencia, Fac Psicol, Area Psicobiol, Dept Psicobiol &
Psicol Social, Apartado 22109, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
Univ Valencia, Fac Psicol, Area Psicobiol, Dept Psicobiol & Psicol Social,
E-46071 Valencia, Spain

Publisher:
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA
92101-4495 USA

IDS Number:
674VH

ISSN:
0018-506X



 Cited Author            Cited Work                Volume      Page  Year
    ID

 BEACH FA              AM PSYCHOL                     5       115      1950
 BEACH FA              HORM BEHAV                    15       325      1981
 BERTHOLD AA           ARCH ANAT PHYSL WISS          16        42      1849
 BRUSH FR              PSYCHOENDOCRINOLOGY                             1989
 DAVIDSON RJ           CURR OPIN NEUROBIOL            5       221      1995
 GANDELMAN R           AGGRESSIVE BEHAV              10       123      1984
 SALVADOR A            REV PSICOLOGIA GEN A          55       285      2002
 SVARE B               HORM BEHAV                    22       139      1988
 WILSON JD             ANNU REV PHYSIOL              62       947      2000
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