ABSTRACT
Nine Brazilian scientists with an outstanding profile of international publications were invited to publish an original article in the same issue of a Brazilian Journal (Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências). The objective was to measure the impact of the papers on the number of citations to the articles, the assumption being that these authors would carry their international prestige to the Brazilian periodical. In a 2-year period there was a larger number of citations of these articles compared to others published in the same journal. Nevertheless, the number of citations in Brazilian journals did not equal the number of citations obtained by the other papers by the same authors in their international publications within the same 2-year period. The reasons for this difference in the number of citations could be either that less significant invited articles were submitted or that it was due to the intrinsic lack of visibility of the Brazilian journals, but this could not be fully determined with the present data. Also relevant was a comparison between the citations of Brazilian journals and the publication in Brazilian journals by these selected authors. A clear imbalance due to a remarkable under-citation of Brazilian authors by authors publishing in Brazilian journals raises the possibility that psychological factors may affect the decision of citing Brazilian journals.
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Humans , Internationality , Journal Impact Factor , Periodicals as Topic/statistics & numerical data , Research Personnel/statistics & numerical data , Authorship/standards , BrazilABSTRACT
Apresenta-se apreciação crítica da Psicologia da Religião no Brasil, no período de 1956 a 2005, realizada com base em artigos publicados principalmente em periódicos nacionais de Psicologia. Avaliaram-se 125 artigos, segundo o tema, a teoria e a metodologia. Observou-se tendência de aumento gradativo do número de publicações. Os temas preferidos foram saúde, experiência religiosa, vocação, identidade e relações entre psicologia e religião. A produção revela utilização de teorias, conceitos e métodos da linha-mestra da Psicologia. A apreciação crítica é contextualizada em termos da origem da Psicologia da Religião no Brasil, da sua institucionalização acadêmica e dos eventos que resultaram numa literatura científica específica.
A critical evaluation of Psychology of Religion in Brazil, from 1956 to 2005, based mainly on articles published in Brazilian journals of Psychology, is presented. One hundred and twenty five articles were evaluated according to their subject matter, and their theoretical and methodological dimensions. It was observed an increasing trend in the number of publications. The subject matters most studied were health, religious experience, vocation, identity and relationship between psychology and religion. The production demonstrates preference for theories, concepts and methods of Psychology mainstream. The critical evaluation is placed in the context of the history of Psychology of Religion in Brazil, its academic institutionalization and the events that resulted in a specific scientific literature.