Scientific Study of Middle East countries in Psychology (1996-2010)

Abstract

Introduction

A bibliometric analysis was conducted to explore the scientific activities in the field of psychology from Middle East countries in contrast to the leading countries in the world throughout 1996-2010.

Methodology

All row data was extracted from the SCImago. The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus database.

Results

total number of 5,186 citable publications in the field of psychology came from the Middle East countries. Israel with producing 82.2% of total citable publications is the most productive country in the region. The following countries are Iran (5.5%), Kuwait (3.0%), Lebanon (2.4%), and United Arab Emirates (2.3%). The fraction of other countries (Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen) in the region was 4.3%.

Conclusion

The most majority of publications came from North America (48%) and Western Europe (32%). Regarding to the subject categories 47% of total publications was in the subject area of miscellaneous Psychology, 12% in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, 10% in Clinical Psychology, 10% in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 8% in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 7% in Social Psychology and 6% in Applied Psychology.

Keywords:

• Scientometrics
• Bibliometrics
• Scientific Profile
• Psychology
• Middle East