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Resumen La bibliometría consiste en el tratamiento matemático y estadístico de la información científica y, por ello, se la concibe como la cuantificación de la información bibliográfica susceptible de ser analizada. Más allá de que algunos autores la conciban como una metodología y otros como una técnica, la bibliometría facilita la organización, selección y categorización de la información para un tratamiento cuantitativo y cualitativo. Desde hace más de tres décadas, los estudios bibliométricos han comenzado a proliferar con diferentes usos, orientaciones y aplicaciones en el campo de la psicología iberoamericana. En este trabajo se analizan los estudios bibliométricos en el campo de la psicología iberoamericana recuperados de tres bases de datos: Dialnet (España), Redalyc (México) y SciELO (Brasil). A partir de una muestra de 81 trabajos seleccionados, se realizó una categorización según las diferentes líneas de investigación, los autores más frecuentes, los países de los autores, el rango de años de las publicaciones, el idioma de las publicaciones, el género en la redacción de los trabajos, las revistas que más estudios bibliométricos publicaron y las más analizadas desde la perspectiva bibliométrica. También se analizó el contexto histórico de aparición de los estudios bibliométricos en el campo de la psicología de Iberoamérica. Se concluye que los estudios bibliométricos son un importante recurso metodológico para la evaluación de la disciplina y profesión psicológica, siempre que logren ir más allá de la mera descripción de datos cuantitativos y puedan complementarse con análisis cualitativos, lo que brindaría mayor potencialidad interpretativa y explicativa.
Abstract Bibliometry consists on the mathematical and statistical treatment of published scientific information. This methodology, or technique (following some authors), includes the quantification of bibliographic information that can be analyzed. Bibliometric and qualitative data reviews can be combined in order to offer high-quality conclusions. For more than three decades, bibliometric studies have proliferated with different uses, orientations, and applications in Ibero-American psychology. All the classic areas of psychology (basic psychological processes, clinical and health psychology, organizational and work psychology, educational psychology), as well as new areas, such as sports psychology, traffic psychology, consumer psychology, and others have been subject of bibliometric works. Several productions can be recognized where bibliometry is used for historical analysis, review of specialized literature, scientific journals analysis, and the recognition of different areas of research. The goal of this work is to provide a metabibliometric analysis, that is, a bibliometry of bibliometric studies. It is a descriptive study in which different documentary sources are retrieved, classified, and analyzed based on the proper procedure of bibliometric studies. This study examined the scientific and scholarly productions in the field of Ibero-American psychology, using three specific databases: Dialnet (Spain), Redalyc (Mexico), and SciELO (Brazil). The choice of such databases was because they provide the indexation of a large number of psychology journals and also allow free access to their contents, which gives some coverage to the psychological production of the Ibero-American region. The search was guided by the following general descriptors: "Bibliometric" and "Psychology", present in any of the search fields of these databases. These two words are functionally equivalent to detect items in Spanish and Portuguese (because all articles have abstracts in English). Interdisciplinary studies were ruled out, and those clearly outside of psychological science or the profession of psychology. The final refined sample of 81 articles were classified according to the following indicators: a) lines of research; b) more frequent authors; c) countries of the authors; d) range of years of publications; e) language of the publications; f) gender in the writing of the works; g) the journals that published the most bibliometric studies; and h) the most analyzed journals from the bibliometric perspective. The vast majority of articles are from the present century (70), which highlights the recent explosion of work in the field. For reference only, eight articles were published in the 1990s, 34 articles were published in the 2000s, and 36 articles were published in the current half-decade. The language of the articles is distributed as follows: 71 in Spanish (88 %), 5 in English (6 %), and 5 in Portuguese (6 %). The proportion by gender of correspondence authors reflects that 40 % are women (33 articles), and 60 % are men (48 articles), always considering the first signatory in cases of multiple authorship. The countries according to the correspondence author, taking the first author in the cases of multiple authorships, are: Spain (45), Colombia (15), Argentina (6), Brazil (5), Mexico (4), Chile (3), Peru (2) and Costa Rica (1). Results confirm that the bibliometric research design is a consistent methodological approach to evaluate the field of psychology as a discipline and a professional practice in Ibero-America. These results do not reflect the entire set of bibliometric research in Ibero-American psychology. However, they can also be considered as a representative map of bibliometric studies in the region. The most significant criticism that can be indicated for these bibliometric studies is the abusive descriptive perspective that appears in them. It would be desirable for this kind of research to incorporate other analytical perspectives to go beyond the purely descriptive, which could obtain greater interpretative and explanatory potential regarding what was investigated.
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Argentina cuenta con una importante tradición en psicología y, si bien las carreras universitarias comenzaron a mediados de la década del 50, el proceso de evaluación y acreditación voluntario se inició después de la aprobación de los estándares ocurrido en 2009. En este trabajo se presentan y analizan distintos aspectos sobre dicho proceso tanto para las carreras de grado como para las de posgrado. También se exponen los aspectos pertinentes para la práctica profesional. Se revisan las normativas legales vigentes del ejercicio profesional de la psicología clínica, primer área que cuenta con el reconocimiento oficial como especialidad otorgado por el Ministerio de salud de la Nación.
Argentina has an important tradition in psychology and although university careers began in the mid 50's, the process of voluntary evaluation and accreditation, was initiated after the approval of the standards in 2009. In this article different aspects of this process both for the undergraduate and graduate careers are presented and analyzed. Relevant aspects of professional practice are also outlined. Current legal regulations of the professional practice of clinical psychology are reviewed. This is the first area having official recognition as a specialty awarded by the National Ministry of Health.
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Humans , Professional Practice , Psychology, Clinical/education , Certification , Accreditation , ArgentinaABSTRACT
Este estudio bibliométrico se realizó con el objeto de conocer el estado del arte en el campo de la psicología clínica en Hispanoamérica. Se analizaron 16 de un total de 18 revistas de la región que se encuentran indexadas en Scopus bajo el descriptor Psicología. Dos fueron excluidas de la muestra: una por no encontrarse en ella ningún artículo sobre psicología clínica y otra por haber sido discontinuada. Se procesaron los volúmenes correspondientes al período entre 2012 y 2014. Se clasificaron 769 artículos pertinentes a psicología clínica de un total de 1534. Los resultados mostraron la siguiente distribución: psicopatología (38 por ciento), evaluación (24 por ciento), promoción y prevención (17 por ciento), psicoterapia (10 pordciento), epidemiología (4 pordciento), otras intervenciones (3 pordciento), formación (1 por ciento) y otros (3 por ciento). Se concluye señalando fortalezas y debilidades de los resultados y las implicancias que éstos tienen en la práctica clínica.
This bibliometric study was performed with the aim of surveying the state-of-the-art of clinical psychology in Hispanic America. Sixteen out of eighteen Hispanic America journals, indexed in Scopus under the Psychology descriptor, were analyzed. Two journals had to be discarded for different reasons: one of them did not have any articles about clinical psychology and the other had been discontinued. The volumes considered for the survey spanned a two-year period, from 2012 to 2014. There are a total of 1534 original articles, out of which 769 were related to clinical psychology. Results showed the following distribution: psychopathology (38 percent), assessment (24 percent), promotion and prevention (17 percent), psychotherapy (10 percent), epidemiology (4 percent), others interventions (3 percent), training (1 percent), others (3 percent). It concludes by pointing out strengths and weaknesses of the results and the implications that these have in clinical practice.
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Bibliometrics , Psychology, Clinical , Periodicals as Topic , Americas , Spain , Caribbean RegionABSTRACT
Entrevista al Jan Prasko, presidente saliente de la European Association of Behavior and cognitive therapy. Director del Psychiatricke centrum of Praha
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy , Psychiatry , Mental DisordersABSTRACT
Psicoterapeuta especialista en abuso sexual. Directora asociada del entrenamiento internacional y comunitario del Ackerman Institute for the Family of New york. Participa del proyecto Making families safe for children