Psicothema

José Muñiz, Olaya García & Roberto Secades

University of Oviedo, Spain

XXXII Asamblea General Ordinaria de la Unión de Editoriales

Universitarias Españolas. Málaga, 14-16 de Noviembre, 2013
 Main goals

• Overview of Psychological Journals in Spain

• Main features of Psicothema

• Authors
• Reviewers
• Manuscripts
• Visibility
• Perspectives
Epistemological level of
Psychology

Socio-Cultural
Psychology
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
 Complejidad Humana:
Grandes números
• Vida: 3.000 millones de años
• 10 millones de especies
• Homo Sapiens: 150.000 años
• 20.000 genes
• 7.000 millones de habitantes
• 6.000 Lenguas
• 100.000 millones de neuronas
• 100 billones de conexiones
 Leyendas Urbanas sobre la
condición Humana

• Somos seres racionales

• Sólo utilizamos el 10% de nuestro cerebro
• Las personas opuestas se atraen
• Los hombres son de Marte y las mujeres de
Venus
• La música de Mozart mejora la inteligencia de
los bebés
¿How many Journals of Psychology are
there nowdays in Spain?

a. 10
b. 24
c. 51
d. 71
e. 98
 Geographical Distribution

• Alicante 2 • Murcia 1
• Barcelona 13 • Navarra 1
• Badajoz 1 • Oviedo 2
• Bilbao 1 • Palma 1
• Coruña 4 • Sevilla 1
• Granada 1 • Tarragona 1
• Madrid 29 • Tenerife 1
• Málaga 1 • Valencia 11

Total 71
 Publishers

• Research Institutions 6
• Private Institutions 8
• Societies and
Professional Associations 37
• Universities 20

Total 71
 Total Spanish Journals

• Social Sciences and Humanities 1.332

• Biomedical 526

• Basic Sciences and Technology 365

Total 2.223
 Spanish Journals with
Impact Factor 2012

• Sciences 76

• Social Sciences 56

• Total 132
 Spanish Psychological Journals with
Impact Factor
Ancient History Modern History
Psicothema plus…
• 1995
• 2007
– Psicothema – Int. J. of Clin. Health Psychology
• 1996-1999 – The Spanish J. of Psychology
– Psicológica
– Psicothema
• 2008
– Psicología Conductual – Infancia y Aprendizaje
• 1999- 2007 • 2009
– Psicothema – Anales de Psicología
– Revista Psicodidáctica
– Psicología del Deporte
– Psicología Conductual
• 2010
– Estudios de Psicología
– Adicciones
– Revista de Psicología Social
• 2012
– European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal
Context
 13 Spanish Psychological Journals
with Impact Factor 2012
• Int. J. of Clin. Health Psychology ..... 2.10
• Revista Psicodidáctica …………………. 1.51
• Adicciones……………………………………. 1.01
• Psicothema …………………….............. 0.96
• Psicología del Deporte …………………. 0.89
• The Spanish J. of Psychology……….... 0.82
• Psicología Conductual…………………… 0.80
• European Journal of Psychology
Applied to Legal Context………………. 0.75
• Psicológica……………………………………. 0.70
• Anales de Psicología ……………………. 0.55
• Infancia y Aprendizaje …………………. 0.60
• Revista de Psicología Social…………… 0.42
• Estudios de Psicología………………….. 0.30
 Google Scholar Metrics:
Spanish Journals
1. Revista Española de Cardiologia
2. Psicothema
3. Salud Pública de México
4. International J. Clinical Health Psychology
5. Archivos de Bronconeumología
6. Nutrición Hospitalaria
7. Revista de Educación
8. Medicina Clínica
9. Emergencias
10. Gaceta Sanitaria
 IN-RECS Impact factor 2011: Q1
1 International journal of clinical and health psychology 2.327
2 Revista de psicodidáctica 2.256
3 Revista de psicopatología y psicología clínica: revista oficial de 1.311
la Asociación Española de Psicología Clínica y Psicopatología
AEPCP
4 Psicothema 1.244
5 Revista de psicología del deporte 1.216
6 Spanish journal of psychology 1.005
7 International journal of psychology and psychological therapy 0.979

8 Adicciones: Revista de socidrogalcohol 0.711

9 Papeles del psicólogo: revista del Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos 0.671
10 Ansiedad y estrés 0.667
11 Infancia y Aprendizaje: Journal for the Study of Education and 0.651
Development
12 Cuadernos de psicología del deporte 0.633
13 Anales de psicología 0.602
14 Psicología conductual = behavioral psychology: Revista 0.589
internacional de psicología clínica y de la salud
15 Actas españolas de psiquiatría 0.452
16 Cadernos de psicoloxía 0.444
 Percentage of Spanish Journals
with Impact Factor 2010

• Sciences 8%
• Social Sciences and Humanities 4%
• Psychology 16%
• Total 5%
Psicothema’s Radiography
 Identity Card
• Born: 1989
• Editor: 1989-2012: José Muñiz
2013: Roberto Secades Villa
• Authors’ Fees: 22 euros per page
• Open Access
• Published in paper and open access
• Sponsors
– Psychological Association of the Principalty of Asturias (COPPA)
– University of Oviedo
– Spanish Psychological Association (COP)
 Indexing
•Social Sciences Citation Index •Scopus
•Current Contents - Social and •Dialnet
Behavioural Sciences •IN-RECS
•MEDLINE/Index Medicus •Latindex
•Index Copernicus •Redalyc
•Psychological Abstracts •Google Scholar
•PsycLIT •European Reference Index For
•PsycINFO The Humanities
•Family Studies Database •Directory of Open AccessJournals
•Bases de datos ISOC–Psicología •REUNIDO
•Redinet •Pubpsych
•Psicodoc
JCR Impact factor evolution
Top 15 impact factor journals citing Psicothema
IMPACT FACTOR JOURNAL
0.552 AN PSICOL-SPAIN
0.827 SPAN J PSYCHOL
0.800 BEHAV PSYCHOL
0.897 REV PSICOL DEPORTE
0.544 UNIV PSYCHOL
2.102 INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC
0.854 TER PSICOL
1.514 REV PSICODIDACT
0.382 REV LAT AM PSICOL
0.426 REV PSICOL SOC
1.015 ADICCIONES
0.603 INFANC APRENDIZ
0.260 REV MEX PSICOL
REV INT MED CIENC AC
0.417 SALUD MENT
Publication language
 Top 10 cited articles (1996-2013)
Source: Scopus

• Sandín, B., Chorot, P., Lostao, L., Joiner, T.E., Santed, M.A., Valiente, R.M. The PANAS Scales of Positive and Negative Affect:
Factor Analytic Validation and Cross-cultural Convergence [Escalas PANAS de afecto positivo y negativo: Validacion factorial
y convergencia transcultural].(1999) Psicothema, 11 (1), pp. 37-51. Cited 112 times.
• Sanz, J., Vázquez, C. Reliability, validity, and normative data of the beck depression inventory [Fiabilidad, validez y datos
normativos del inventario para la depresión de beck].(1998) Psicothema, 10 (2), pp. 303-318. Cited 106 times.
• Bar-On, R. The Bar-On model of emotional-social intelligence (ESI). (2006) Psicothema, 18 (SUPPL.1), pp. 13-25. Cited 104
times.
• Atienza, F.L., Pons, D., Balaguer, I., García-Merita, M. Psychometric properties of the satisfaction with life scale in
adolescents.[Propiedades Psicométricas de la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida en Adolescentes].(2000) Psicothema, 12
(2), pp. 314-319. Cited 76 times.
• Buela-Casal, G. Evaluating quality of articles and scientific journals. Proposal of weighted impact factor and a quality index?
Evaluación de la calidad de los artículos y de las revistas científicas: Propuesta del factor de impacto ponderado y de un
índice de calidad].(2003) Psicothema, 15 (1), pp. 23-35. Cited 67 times.
• Brackett, M.A., Salovey, P. Measuring emotional intelligence with the Mayer-Salovery-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test
(MSCEIT). (2006) Psicothema, 18 (SUPPL.1), pp. 34-41. Cited 59 times.
• Byrne, B.M. Testing for multigroup equivalence of a measuring instrument: A walk through the process.(2008)
Psicothema, 20 (4), pp. 872-882. Cited 52 times.
• Lopes, P.N., Grewal, D., Kadis, J., Gall, M., Salovey, P. Evidence that emotional intelligence is related to job performance and
affect and attitudes at work.(2006) Psicothema, 18 (SUPPL.1), pp. 132-138. Cited 52 times.
• Musitu, G., García, J.F. Consequences of the family socialization in the Spanish culture [Consecuencias de la socialización
familiar en la cultura española].(2004) Psicothema, 16 (2), pp. 288-293. Cited 49 times.
• Díaz, D., Rodríguez-Carvajal, R., Blanco, A., Moreno-Jiménez, B., Gallardo, I., Valle, C., Van Dierendonck, D.Spanish adaptation
of the Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWBS) [Adaptación española de las escalas de bienestar psicológico de Ryff].(2006)
Psicothema, 18 (3), pp. 572-577. Cited 45 times.
 Website visibility:
Number of visits

• 2008: 1.193.237
• 2009: 1.361.656
• 2010: 1.658.443
• 2011: 1.798.192
• 2012: 1.550.218
• 2013: 1.168.158
 Website visibility
www.psicothema.com
Histórico Mensual 2013
 Website visibility:
Top 10 Visitors nationality

2011 2012 2013

1. Spain 1. USA 1. USA
2. USA 2. Spain 2. Spain
3. Mexico 3. Mexico 3. Mexico
4. Chile 4. Chile 4. Chile
5. Argentina 5. Argentina 5. Colombia
6. Peru 6. Peru 6. Great Britain
7. Colombia 7. Colombia 7. Peru
8. Venezuela 8. Venezuela 8. Venezuela
9. Ecuador 9. Canada 9. Argentina
10. Puerto Rico 10. Great Britain 10. Netherlands
 Website visibility: Sources
www.psicothema.com

• Direct entries (favorites) 31,3 %

• Search engines (google…) 53,5%

• Links 14,9%

• Unknown 0,3%
Website visibility
www.psicothema.com
Supply and demand
Rejection rates
 Diagram flow 2013

Rejected
without
Submitted Peer-reviewed
external
295 review 107 (36%)
188 (64%)

Rejected after
Peer-
external Accepted
reviewed
review 80 (27%)
107
27
 Publication schedule

PHASES MEAN RANGE

(months) (months)
Reception – Acceptation 5.5 1-13

Acceptation – Publication 4.3 3-8

Recepción – Publication 10.1 6-18

 Reviewers
• Increase in the data base
– January 2007: 912
– October 2013: 2054 (20% non-Spanish)

• Active reviewers per year  +/- 200

• Each paper is reviewed by at least two peers
 Reviewers Quality
(Scale 0-10)

• Quality of the last two years’ reviewers (N=415)

• Ratings are based on the Editors-in-charge's opinion
 Open Issues and the Future of
Scientific Journals
• Fees for publication
• Publishers
• Universities
• Others
• Language: English versus Spanish
• Paper versus electronic
• Open access
• Retarded access
• Should the reviewers know the authors?
• Papers’s deposits
• Wikipedia Philosophy
Thank you very much for your attention
jmuniz@uniovi.es