Abstract
Comparative study o f the Psychology journals with impa ct fa ctor written in Sp anish. This study presents a comparative analysis among four psycholog y journals published in Spanish that have an impact facto r (Psicothema, Revista Latinoamericana de Psicolog ía, Revista Mexicana de Psicología, and Revista Interamericana de Psicología). These journals are compared in terms of several bibliometric indices such as impact factor, weighted impact factor, mean impact factor of the periodicals where citations appear, immediate citation factor, and mean d uratio n of citations. Additionally, a con ten t analy sis is made of the fo ur period icals co nsidering the different academic fields o f psychology and the meth ods of the published studies. The analy sis shows that Psicothema obtains a better score in most bibliometric indices and that little interaction of citations among the fo ur periodicals takes place. Regarding the comparison of methods, and academic fields, this study offers the number of papers according to the method of application (theoretical, descriptive by surveys, descriptive by observation, case studies, experimental, quasi-experimental, single case studies, instrumental, and others) and field (Personality, Psychological Assesmen t and Treatment, Social Psy chology, Experimen tal Psychology, Psychobiology, Methodology, Developmental and Edu cation Psy chology, and Inter-field Psychology ). Final y, some co nsiderations are made on bibliometric ind ices, and the relationship between methods and academic fields.
