Analysis of Spanish publications in the Educational Psychology category of the Web of Science for the period 2004-2013

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse productivity and visibility of the Spanish scientific production in educational psychology during the period 2004-2013, using bibliometric techniques. The selected papers were all published in journals that included the subject category, Educational Psychology, in the Web of Science, from the years 2004 to 2013, written in a Spanish institution. The results show an increase in production from 2006, with articles being the most representative type of document, with a total of 456. Of the 1,001 authors, there were more females than males, even though men have the greatest number of signed articles and are the most represented as medium and large producers. The most used journals are Infancia y Aprendizaje and Revista de Psicodidáctica. The university is the sector most represented, and 11 researchers sign half of the total production.