Cultivating the field of psychology: Psychological journals at the turn of the century and beyond.

Abstract

Prominent psychologists, including G. Stanley Hall, James Mark Baldwin, and James McKeen Cattell, cultivated the field of psychological publishing with privately owned and managed journals. Hall's journals, including the American Journal of Psychology and Pedagogical Seminary, reflected his view of psychology as the empirical study of human nature and his support for applied psychology. Baldwin and Cattell's periodicals, including Psychological Review and Psychological Monographs, reflected a narrower scientific and academic view of psychology. Baldwin and Cattell were more successful editors than Hall and strategically linked their journals to the American Psychological Association (APA). The Psychological Review journals were purchased by APA in 1925. The narrower vision represented in these journals may have contributed to applied psychologists' dissatisfaction with APA during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Sleeping Beauties in Psychology: Comparisons of "Hits" and "Missed Signals" in Psychological Journals.

“…Garfield (1979) admitted that journal self-citation rates "seem to say something about the newness, size, and isolation of the intellectual universe in which a journal operates" (p. 150). Given that far fewer psychological journals existed around 1900 (see Johnson, 2000, for more on this point), one can assume that the scientific response to publications was even more concentrated in the source journals at this time.…”

“…1See Johnson (2000) for a comparison of Psychological Review and the American Journal of Psychology. …”

Ciencia, comunicación y mercado: la condición mediática de la ciencia

“…Deborah Johnson (2000) ha señalado cómo la maquinaria de revistas científicas de la American Psychological Association se constituyó alrededor de las iniciativas privadas de Hall, Baldwin y Cattell, que aportaron las revistas fundadas por ellos a la APA. En general la historia de las disciplinas nos enseña dos cosas sobre ese proceso histórico: 1) el enorme y valioso papel de las iniciativas y las "creaciones particulares" de aquellas personas, grupos, y colectivos lúcidos y creadores, que posteriormente se van incorporando gradualmente, en los casos de una gestión eficaz y mantenida, a la gran maquinaria comunitaria de la comunicación de la ciencia; 2) la necesidad insustituible de esa maquinaria para alcanzar suficiente madurez y potencia investigadora en las disciplinas.…”

Núcleo de periódicos e periódicos periféricos na área de psicologia preventiva

“…Mantém periodicidade, estrutura e precisão de informação, o que garante a credibilidade do conteúdo veiculado bem como da instituição ou associação que o edita (OLIVEIRA, 1999a). Johnson (2000) realizou estudo levantando a história dos periódicos em Psicologia nos Estados Unidos, a partir de sua criação, destacando os principais contribuintes. Verificou que, no período de 1887 a 1917, a literatura psicológica divulgada em periódicos científicos nos Estados Unidos teve um grande aumento em extensão e diversidade.…”