Contribution of CEE authors to psychological science: is the growing trend of publishing in non-CEE journals still present 10 years after its inception?

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Marina Martinčević
• Author: Darja Maslić Seršić
• Author: Davor Jokić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Textile Technology
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences

Abstract (english)

Following the previous research on the contribution of Central and Eastern European (CEE) authors to psychological science, this study aims to expand the research scope by investigating the process of internationalization of science in CEE countries which is closely related. The CEE authors belong to the geopolitically sidelined group of European countries. Their presence in psychological journals can be one of the indicators of the success of internationalization in psychology. The aim of this study is to analyse the trends in the scientific productivity of authors from CEE countries in the field of psychology by comparing papers published in CEE journals (published in CEE countries) and non-CEE journals (published in non-CEE countries) for the period 2014–2020. Using a qualitative and quantitative approach, 13,388 scientific papers published in 2089 journals indexed in Scopus were analysed. The goal was to define differences in trends in the paper publication in CEE and non-CEE psychological journals by authors from CEE countries. The results showed that CEE authors mostly published their work in non-CEE journals (69%), with the trend accelerating since 2019. The papers in both types of journals deal with similar topics of which most represented are clinical and health psychology, social psychology and cognitive psychology. The papers published in non-CEE journals mostly have a more complex methodology and greater institutional and international collaboration, which, along with the Anglicanization of CEE journals and the increased presence of CEE authors in psychological publications, confirms the internationalization of psychology.

• Keywords (english): psychology; Central and Eastern Europe; internationalization; scientific productivity
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Scientometrics
• Numbering: vol. 128, pp. 3703-3721
• p-ISSN: 0138-9130
• e-ISSN: 1588-2861
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04695-5
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:201:389021
• Publication: 2023
• Document URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-023-04695-5
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-12-20 14:04:48