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NAVARRETE-CORTES, José et al. Global Psychology: a bibliometric analysis of Web of Science Publications. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.2, pp.553-567. ISSN 1657-9267.

In this study, we carried a classification by country based on the analysis of the scientific production of psychology journals. We analyzed a total of 108,741 documents, published in the Web of Science. The indicators used were the Weighted Impact Factor, the Relative Impact Factor, the Citation Rate per article and the articles published in the top five journals of the Journal Citation Report (JCR). The results indicate that Spain has the highest percentage of articles in the top five journals in the JCR and Colombia is the second latin american, Spanish - speaking country that has more citations per article. Countries like Hungary, Italy and USA, had a higher Impact Factor and Citation Rate.

Palavras-chave : Descriptive study through document analysis; Scientific productivity; Bibliometrics indicators; Country ranking; Scientific productivity; Bibliometrics indicators; Psychology.

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