Abstract

MUSI-LECHUGA, Bertha et al. Scientific Production in Psychology of Members of the National Researchers System in Mexico. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.50, n.2, pp.117-125. ISSN 0120-0534.  https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2018.v50.n2.5.

The scientific research of higher education institutions and research centers has become increasingly important in recent decades, especially regarding the impact of its dissemination in Mexico. Given that the organisms that evaluate said research use the quality of the dissemination channels used as a criterion, the international criteria for publication used by journals included in the Web of Science (WoS) make them very appealing to publish in. This paper undertook to examine the scientific output of psychology in Mexico through a sample of 479 members of the SNI (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores) belonging to the field of psychology. This was done by examining by SNI level, gender and university through article records in the Web of Science. The results reveal that the number of articles from the most prolific researchers in Mexico ranges from 36 to 82, and that women, who happened to comprise 60% of the sample, outnumber men in each of the areas analyzed and show slightly greater productivity. The practical value of the study lies in gaining a quantitative overview of the scientific activity in the national field of psychology, as well as understanding its publication dynamics in the WoS, so that this information can serve as a reference with an objective criterion of quality.

Keywords : scientific production; Web of Science; psychology; SNI.

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