Covid-19 citation pandemic within the psychological knowledge domain

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21622822
AutoresDejan Pajić (0000-0002-6417-5382, University of Novi Sad, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume42
Fascículo24
Páginas20890-20904
Data de publicação2023-08-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCurrent Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1046-1310 • E-ISSN: 1936-4733
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12144-022-03146-3
PMID35607645
OpenAlexW4280586791
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas58

Presented study explores the knowledge domain of psychological research published in 2020 and 2021. Metadata from 156,942 psychology papers available in Scopus were analyzed using citation analysis and bibliographic mapping techniques. Having in mind the ubiquity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the numerous ways it has affected people's lives, the fact that COVID-19-related papers represent only 2% to 7% of the total academic production in psychology may seem rather low. However, these papers have attracted much more attention from the public than non-COVID papers. They were also cited two to eight times more frequently, depending on the measure used, and account for 16% to 19% of total citations to psychology papers. Results show that early-stage researchers and those who had fewer articles in Scopus have benefited more from publishing COVID papers. They have managed to boost their average citation rates to the level of their colleagues who were much longer active and previously had higher citedness. Results indicate that the authors citing behavior largely follows the cumulative advantage pattern. Psychological research in general is mainly focused on mental health, anxiety, depression, and stress. This trend is even more fostered due to the pandemic since some of these topics are often analyzed as typical emotional reactions to COVID-19. Other relevant issues are also very well covered, except for the question how scientific results are communicated to the public. The role of "hot" papers was elaborated from the perspective of research evaluation practice.

Anxiety · Bibliometrics · Citation · Citation analysis · Library science · MEDLINE · Mental health · Pandemic · Political science · Psychiatry · PsycINFO · Public domain · Publication · Publishing · Scopus · Social science · Sociology · Academic Publishing and Open Access · Computer Science · History · Medicine · Meta-analysis and systematic reviews · Psychology · scientometrics and bibliometrics research

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