25 years of journal suma psicológica. A bibliometric analysis
- Katherine Morgado-Gallardo(corresponding author),
- Gonzalo Salas,
- María José Faúndez,
- Wilson López-López,
- José Ventura-León,
- Miguel Barboza-Palomino
- Universidad Católica del Maule,
- Universidad de Talca,
- Universidad Javeriana,
- Universidad Privada del Norte,
- ,
- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
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Original language
SpanishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 90-101 (12 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Suma Psicologica (Volume 25, Issue 2)Publication milestones
- Published - 01/07/2018
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ISSN
0121-4381Publication IDs
- Scopus: 85067960421
Abstract
The study aimed was to make a bibliometric analysis of the journal Suma Psicologica, in order to know the evolution of the journal and its scientific production. In this paper historical elements of the trajectory of the journal as well as its chronological evolution are described; and from a database that considered 336 scientific articles on its final sample, an analysis of the collaboration indexes (Lawani & Subramanyam) and productivity (Lotka) was conducted, as well as the relationships between the authors in respect to signing countries, themes studied and methodologies used. On the results is highlighted the increase of the international collaboration in the period 2006-2017. In the same way, it was found a higher proportion of papers focused on the areas of clinical and health psychology and experimental psychology. The analysis made allows to show what the journal made becoming itself on a diffusion media of the psychological production in Latin America.