Progress and current panorama of psychology journals in Peru: half a century of research

Miguez G.; Esteban K.; Salazar-Alvarez G.; Torres-Marruffo D.R.; Laborda M.; Quezada-Scholz V. · Interamerican Journal of Psychology (2024) · DOI: 10.30849/ripijp.v58i3.1981

Resumen

The objective of this paper is to present an analysis of the main bibliometric indicators of psychology journals in Peru. The method used was socio-bibliometrics, and the sample consisted of journals with the International Standard Serials Number (ISSN). The results of the analysis of the bibliometric indicators are the following: 1) Journals, 20 Psychology Journals in Peru have a physical and/or electronic ISSN code, 13 journals are published in the city of Lima, the capital of Peru, and 7 are published in the provinces. The highest growth occurred between 2011 and 2017, when 12 new journals were founded. 2) Periodicity, currently 13 journals are active, 12 of them are published biannually. 3) Editorial board, 17 journals have an editorial board, there is a predominance of males (55%) in the editorial committees of psychology journals in Peru. Fifty percent of the editorial board members have an international background. 4) Publication process, 13 journals have an open call for papers all year round and have publication standards for authors. 5) Content, empirical and theoretical articles are the most published by psychology journals in Peru, 11 journals publish only in Spanish. Most journals publish an average of 6 to 12.5 articles per issue. 6) Dissemination, 13 journals do not have any social network for the dissemination of their activities, 11 journals are indexed in Latindex, only one journal is indexed in Scopus and no journal is indexed in WOS.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; Universidad Continental