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Some considerations on the use of the impact factor of scientific journals as a tool to evaluate research in psychology

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  • Julia Osca Lluch

    (Instituto de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación López Piñero, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC)

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Summary This paper identifies and presents some characteristics of the psychology journals included in each of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) categories in 2002. The study shows that most of the journals belong to the categories of Multidisciplinary Psychology (102) and Clinical Psychology (83). Their ranking is seen to vary depending on the category, and the same journal may occupy different positions in different JCR categories. Journals included in the categories of Biological Psychology, Experimental Psychology and Multidisciplinary Psychology had the highest impact factor (IF).

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  • Julia Osca Lluch, 2005. "Some considerations on the use of the impact factor of scientific journals as a tool to evaluate research in psychology," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 65(2), pages 189-197, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:65:y:2005:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-005-0267-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-005-0267-2
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    1. Julia Osca-Lluch & Pedro Blesa & José Manuel Barrueco & Elena Velasco & Thomas Krichel, 2008. "Some aspects of citation indexes in Spain: A comparative analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 75(2), pages 313-318, May.
    2. Francisco González Sala & Julia Osca Lluch & Francisco Tortosa Gil & María Peñaranda Ortega, 2017. "Characteristics of monographic special issues in Ibero-American psychology journals: visibility and relevance for authors and publishers," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 112(2), pages 1069-1077, August.
    3. Rob Law & Daniel Leung, 2020. "Journal impact factor: A valid symbol of journal quality?," Tourism Economics, , vol. 26(5), pages 734-742, August.

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