| Title |
Scientometric trend analyses of publications on the history of psychology: Is psychology becoming an unhistorical science?
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| Published in |
Scientometrics, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11192-016-1834-4 |
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| Authors |
Günter Krampen |
| Abstract |
Examines scientometrically the trends in and the recent situation of research on and the teaching of the history of psychology in the German-speaking countries and compares the findings with the situation in other countries (mainly the United States) by means of the psychology databases PSYNDEX and PsycINFO. Declines of publications on the history of psychology are described scientometrically for both research communities since the 1990s. Some impulses are suggested for the future of research on and the teaching of the history of psychology. These include (1) the necessity and significance of an intensified use of quantitative, unobtrusive scientometric methods in historiography in times of digital "big data", (2) the necessity and possibilities to integrate qualitative and quantitative methodologies in historical research and teaching, (3) the reasonableness of interdisciplinary cooperation of specialist historians, scientometricians, and psychologists, (4) the meaningfulness and necessity to explore, investigate, and teach more intensively the past and the problem history of psychology as well as the understanding of the subject matter of psychology in its historical development in cultural contexts. The outlook on the future of such a more up-to-date research on and teaching of the history of psychology is-with some caution-positive. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 27% |
| Germany | 1 | 9% |
| Argentina | 1 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Scientists | 2 | 18% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 13% |
| Researcher | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 13 | 25% |
| Unknown | 8 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 16 | 30% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 13% |
| Computer Science | 5 | 9% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 23% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
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