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Giti A, Jafari D, Bahrami M. Scientific Mapping of Papers in the Field of Psychology Indexed in the Scopus Database. JMIS 2024; 9 (4) :340-351
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MSc Student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran.
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Objective The science of psychology, by examining behaviors and evaluating internal states, seeks the best method to provide appropriate life patterns. The analysis of scientific publications in psychology can show the scientific performance of scholars in this field. Therefore, this study aims to analyze and evaluate the scientific publications in psychology in the world and Iran.
Methods This scientometrics study with bibliometric and visualization methods was conducted in the Scopus database on papers in psychology published until the end of 2022, searched using keywords based on the MesH terms. Then, the relevant papers were extracted in a CSV file, and were analyzed using citation analysis techniques in Excel and VOSviewer software.
Results A total of 26,194 documents in psychology were found to be indexed by the Scopus database. The average citation per paper was 2.40, and the average h-index of the retrieved papers was 12. Most of the papers were original articles in English, and most of the articles were published by international scholars in the American Psychologist magazine (n=204). National Institute of Mental Health was the most productive organization (n=1186), and Deleon PH and Kaslow NJ were the most prolific authors with 29 papers. The most co-authorships were with the scholars from the United States. Psychology was the subject with the largest number of published papers.
Conclusion At the international level, the number of published papers in psychology indexed in Scopus databases has an increasing trend. The results of this study can be useful for scholars and experts in the field of psychology.
Methods This scientometrics study with bibliometric and visualization methods was conducted in the Scopus database on papers in psychology published until the end of 2022, searched using keywords based on the MesH terms. Then, the relevant papers were extracted in a CSV file, and were analyzed using citation analysis techniques in Excel and VOSviewer software.
Results A total of 26,194 documents in psychology were found to be indexed by the Scopus database. The average citation per paper was 2.40, and the average h-index of the retrieved papers was 12. Most of the papers were original articles in English, and most of the articles were published by international scholars in the American Psychologist magazine (n=204). National Institute of Mental Health was the most productive organization (n=1186), and Deleon PH and Kaslow NJ were the most prolific authors with 29 papers. The most co-authorships were with the scholars from the United States. Psychology was the subject with the largest number of published papers.
Conclusion At the international level, the number of published papers in psychology indexed in Scopus databases has an increasing trend. The results of this study can be useful for scholars and experts in the field of psychology.
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Received: 2023/06/3 | Accepted: 2023/07/4 | Published: 2024/01/1
Received: 2023/06/3 | Accepted: 2023/07/4 | Published: 2024/01/1
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