Analysis of Ibero-American Journals of Psychology and Education indexed in the Journal Citation Reports of 2013

Abstract

A literature review was performed on Ibero-American journals of Psychology and Education indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) of 2013. In order to determine their situation, use was made of the indicators provided by the JCR (Impact Factor of 2013, of the last five years, and their progression, as well as the Immediacy Index of 2013, journal country of origin country, and position and quartile of each journal in its category). Data was also obtained from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) (h index, g index, mean citations per article, total citations, indexing year of the WoS, and author country of origin). A total of 29 journals from both disciplines were found indexed in the JCR of 2013. Spain is the Ibero-American country with more indexed journals (12 of Psychology and 7 of Education). For Psychology, the International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology is the only Ibero-American journal in the first quartile, and has the highest IF of the Ibero-American journals (2.915). For Education, the journal Cultura y Educación has the highest IF (.375), a higher hindex (6) and a higher g index (7) shared with the journal Comunicar.