Abstract

GARCIA MARTINEZ, ANA TERESA; GUERRERO-BOTE, VICENTE; MONTERO, YUSEF HASSAN  and  MOYA-ANEGON, FÉLIX. Psychology in Spanish Science Through Journal Cocitation Analysis. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2009, vol.8, n.1, pp.13-26. ISSN 1657-9267.

The intention in this article is to represent the ongoing intellectual structure of Psychology research (as domain of scientific knowledge) in Spain. To this end within the domain analysis the most suitable bibliometric method to reveal the intellectual structure of the discipline in Spain has been selected. This method is cocitation analysis, which is characterized by its objectivity, and in this case, with journals as the unit of measurement. Therefore the resulting representation permits us to group the journals according to the similarity of subject matter marked by the uses of Spanish researcher. This shows different research lines or fronts that shape the intellectual structure of Spanish Psychology.

Keywords : Information Visualization; Psychology Research; Spain; Science Maps; Cocitation Analysis; Intellectual Structure; Information Visualization; Psychology Research-España; Citation Analysis..

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