Title
Two decades of acta colombiana de psicología: A bibliometric analysis
Other title
Duas décadas de acta colombiana de psicología: Uma análise bibliométrica Dos décadas de acta colombiana de psicología: Un análisis bibliométrico
Date Issued
01 July 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Catolica de Colombia
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the journal Acta Colombiana de Psicología, by virtue of its two decades of uninterrupted work (1998-2017). Initially, historical elements are described in the trajectory of the journal and its chronological evolution is revealed from a database that in its final sample took into account 388 scientific articles. Subsequently, the appraisal of the productivity indices (Lotka) as well as of the topics and methodologies used was carried out. Likewise, an appraisal of the collaboration indicators and the relationships between the authors with respect to the signatory countries was performed. The results highlight the large number of papers from Mexican institutions, a sustained increase in collaboration is visualized-which is evident in the Lawani and Subramanyam indices-, and it is found that the largest amount of papers focused on the areas of clinical and health psychology. The analysis undertaken allows showing what the journal has achieved throughout two decades of scientific work during which it contributed fundamentally to the development of psychology in Latin America.
Start page
13
End page
38
Volume
21
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85051717195
Source
Acta Colombiana de Psicologia
ISSN of the container
01239155
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