Abstract
What contributions do researchers in the social sciences and humanities in Turkey make to science internationally? In an attempt to answer this question, this conducts a bibliometric analysis of the Journal of Psychology (Turk Psikoloji Dergisi [TPD]) as indexed in the Social Science Citation Index Multidisciplinary Psychology since 1995, volume 10, issue 35. Descriptive data showed that TPD published a total of 215 articles, about 11 per year, in (84.65%) and English (15.35%). On an average, an article was authored by 2 (2.01) authors and the article/unique author ratio was about 1:1 (.98). Apart from Turkey, authors were affiliated with the USA, Canada, The Netherlands, Australia, Cyprus, England, and Germany. Most of the publications were products of authors affiliated with universities in Ankara, Turkey. TPD was ranked 115 out of 126 journals in the category of Multidisciplinary Psychology in the Journal Citation Reports-Social Sciences Edition, with an impact factor of 0.214 in 2012 and a 5-year impact factor of 0.154. Aside from the most common words such as the, in, and so on, Turkish ( n = 30), followed by study and memory, were the most frequently used words in titles; study, ( n = 325) memory, ( n = 206) and between ( n = 201) were the most frequently used words in abstracts. On an average, articles had about five keywords, including about four keywords unique to the article. These findings suggest that TPD is an extremely local, but highly impactful journal publishing articles on very diverse topics from self to culture, and from memory to depression to scale development.
Highlights
Citation indices offering bibliometric indicators about scientific publications are very important for storing, accessing, and disseminating information in previous and current scientific research
In this study, I focus on the journal Turkish Journal of Psychology (Turk Psikoloji Dergisi [TPD]), published twice a year by the Turkish Psychological Association
The journal is highly respectable in Turkey because it is one of the fourteen journals, and the only psychology journal from Turkey, indexed in Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
Summary
Citation indices offering bibliometric indicators about scientific publications are very important for storing, accessing, and disseminating information in previous and current scientific research. What are the main bibliometric characteristics of national journals? To answer these questions, in this study, I focus on the journal Turkish Journal of Psychology (Turk Psikoloji Dergisi [TPD]), published twice a year by the Turkish Psychological Association. The rationale behind the focus of this study was because TPD is one of the main ways for Turkish psychologists to contribute to the field of psychology as represented in SSCI. TPD is the only psychology journal indexed in SSCI with a Turkish address. This journal has published a total of 215 articles indexed in SSCI since 1995, of a total of 2152 articles indexed in psychology indices in SSCI with an address in Turkey.
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