La psicopedagogía en la literatura científica española (1970-1992). Un acercamiento histórico-bibliométrico

Authors

Alejandro García ÁlvarezSalto de línea Universidad de Salamanca.

Abstract

Psychopedagogy in Spanish academic literature(1970-1992). A historical bibliometrical approachSalto de línea Salto de línea This article tries, from quantitative methodology, to make a practical study of educational psychology in scientific literature. The methodology which has been used is the bibliometric and statistic ones, which both have been sufficiently tested in a good number of interesting works about various fields of knowledge. Therefore, we modestly intend to get in touch with the contemporary evolution of educational psychology in the most significant Spanish periodical reviews and magazines, related to psychology and science of education, attending to the topic selected, in both aspects of psychopedagogical counsel and vocational guidance.

Keywords

Psychopedagogy, bibliometric analysis, Price Law, Lotka Law, documentary unit, exponential growing, articles/author distribution.