Salgado, JF; Paez, D Scientific productivity and Hirsch's h index of Spanish social psychology: Convergence between productivity indexes and comparison with other areas Source: PSICOTHEMA, 19 (2): 179-189 MAY 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: psjesal at usc.es 

Author(s): Salgado, JF (Salgado, Jesus F.); Paez, D (Paez, Dario) 

Title: Scientific productivity and Hirsch's h index of Spanish social 
psychology: Convergence between productivity indexes and comparison with 
other areas 

Source: PSICOTHEMA, 19 (2): 179-189 MAY 2007 

Language: Spanish 

Document Type: Article 

Keywords Plus: INTEGRATED EVALUATION; HUMAN-SCIENCES; JOURNALS; RANKING; 
UNIVERSITIES; EXPERIENCE; IMPACT; WORK 
Abstract: Scientific productivity and Hirsch's It Index of Spanish social 
psychology: Convergence between productivity indexes and comparison with 
other areas. This article describes Hirsch's h index as a measure of 
researchers' scientific productivity and quality, examining its convergent 
validity with other productivity and quality measures (total citations, 
maximum citation, sexennials, years since earning Ph.D., and years as a 
full professor). It shows the distribution of the index among Spanish 
Social Psychology professors, and a comparison is made among the ten 
professors with highest h index of the six knowledge areas into which 
academic Psychology is divided in Spain. The results show that the index 
largely correlates with the citations but only very modestly with the 
number of sexennial investigations. The distributions by areas show that 
Psychobiology and Basic Psychology, as a whole, have a higher It index 
than the other areas, with Social Psychology in fourth place, Lastly, we 
discuss the implications of these results and we offer some 
recommendations for using the index in academic and research decision 
making. 

Addresses: Univ Santiago de Compostela, Fac Psicol, Santiago De Compostela 
15782, Spain; Univ Pais Vasco, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain 

Reprint Address: Salgado, JF, Univ Santiago de Compostela, Fac Psicol, 
Santiago De Compostela 15782, Spain. 

E-mail Address: psjesal at usc.es 

Cited Reference Count: 34 

Times Cited: 4 

Publisher: COLEGIO OFICIAL DE PSICOLOGOS DE ASTURIAS 

Publisher Address: ILDEFONSO S. DEL RIO, 4-1 B, 33001 OVIEDO, SPAIN 

ISSN: 0214-9915 

29-char Source Abbrev.: PSICOTHEMA 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Psicothema 

Source Item Page Count: 11 

Subject Category: Psychology, Multidisciplinary 

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