Abstract
Scientific quality of journals of psychology published in Spain. The aim of this study is focused on the current topic about the scientific quality of journals of psychology published in Spain. Alcain's work (Alcain y Román, 2005), whose aims were to analyze Spanish journals of Psychology in order to determine their scientific quality and to obtain the great quality journals' impact factor indexes, is analyzed in detail and comment. The commentaries are ordered in three structured blocks: a) Methodological comments about sample selection and Alcain's results; b) Journals' assessment procedures; and c) Alcain's results limitations and considerations. It is considered that of Alcain's work results are inappropriate to determine either quality or impact of Spanish journals.
