Bibliometric analysis of The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context between 2009-2018

Abstract

The aim of this study was to carry out a bibliometric analysis of "The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context", which recently reached the 96th percentile in its category. A database was built to analyze authors, institutions, countries, gender, themes and impact on the databases of the Web of Science. The results allowed us to observe the increase in the international collaboration in the period 2009-2018. In this sense, it has been found that there is a small group of very productive researchers, linked to consolidated research groups, close to the editorial team and the Spanish Society of Legal and Forensic Psychology, from which the journal constitutes an expression body. Furthermore, an institutional backbone, that includes a small group of Spanish universities, and also links foreign universities, especially Mexican and Northern European universities, was found. There is a high presence of female authors, many of them very productive, with a good positioning in the order of signature and differential impact among the scientific community, although not to the date in the Editorial Board. Likewise, it was found that the largest number of published works was focused on the areas of psychological evaluation, credibility and testimony. 95% of the articles have been currently cited, and only seven of them explain a quarter of the total number of citations received by the journal. The journal occupies a very prominent place in the field and is being consolidated as a key source for the dissemination of research in legal psychology.