A Bibliometric Analysis of School Psychology International 2008-2013: What is the Prevalence of International Affairs in the Field of School Psychology?

Student's Name

Kristen Paulsen, Minnesota State University, MankatoFollow
Katie Westermayer, MInnesota State University, MankatoFollow

1st Student's Major

Psychology

1st Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Students' Professional Biography

Kristen Paulsen is an undergraduate student at Minnesota State University, Mankato. A native of Anoka, MN, she is a double major in Psychology and French, and is strongly involved in the University’s Honors Program. Her interests include cultural psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, and international relations of any kind. Katie Westermayer is an undergraduate student at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Originally from Mankato, MN, she is a double major in Psychology and Spanish, and is actively involved in the University’s Honors Program. Her interests include counseling psychology, cultural psychology, and children and adolescents.

Mentor's Name

Carlos Panahon

Mentor's Email Address

carlos.panahon@mnsu.edu

Mentor's Department

Psychology

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Other Mentors

Cassandra Schreiber

Abstract

In the current study, researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis on the topic of international school psychology in order to gauge how prominent international school psychology is in the world today, if there has been growth in the area, and if it is important for current researchers to begin more work in the field. This study updated and extended a previous bibliometric analysis conducted by Jennings, Ehrhardt, and Poling (2008). The following questions were used as the common interest questions to perform the extended bibliometric analysis: (1) which nations contributed articles to SPI? (2) how many SPI manuscripts involved multi-author (and multinational) collaboration? (3) which institutions were the most prolific contributors to SPI? (4) which first authors or editors were most frequently published in SPI? and (5) what nations are the studies being conducted in? After data analysis, researchers found there was in increase in international contribution to SPI, an increase in cross-national collaboration, and a prevalence of English speaking institutional contributors. Furthermore, the area of international school psychology appears to be emerging as a new and important facet of school psychology.

Recommended Citation

Paulsen, Kristen and Westermayer, Katie (2014) "A Bibliometric Analysis of School Psychology International 2008-2013: What is the Prevalence of International Affairs in the Field of School Psychology?," Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato: Vol. 14, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56816/2378-6949.1051
Available at: https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/jur/vol14/iss1/7

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