Visibilidad internacional e impacto de la producción científica española en Sanidad Penitenciaria (2002-2011)

Abstract

The Spanish research production on Prison Health represents a similar share of the world output similar to that of other disciplines (1.9%), although slightly lower (General Medicine represents 3.05%; Public Health, 2.38%; Psychiatry, 2.29%; Toxicology, 2.46%). It seems likely that this share will increase as a result of the inclusion of its main journal in Medline along with an increasing number of researchers working on this discipline at an international level. However, inclusion has not yet led to integration into high-impact journals or a larger number of citations. The average Journal Impact Factor is relatively low (2.062) and few papers are published in first-class journals (Q1). There are few articles with a good citation average according to the discipline's standard. Likewise, the collaboration pattern still shows a poor state for Spanish research on Prison Health.

Twenty five years of the Spanish Journal of Prison Health

“…También el CE, en su afán de mejorar la calidad de la revista, y este es un hecho que entiendo muy remarcable, sometió el trabajo editorial y sus resultados a la crítica externa especializada, como forma de conocer déficits, posibles limitaciones y opciones de mejora. Ejemplo de ello son las valoraciones y evaluaciones solicitadas al Departamento de Información y Comunicación de la Universidad de Granada, que fueron editadas en la propia revista en forma de editorial o artículo especial 8,9 .…”

“…We believe that in this period the RESP has positioned itself as a vehicle for scientific transmission to become a good journal and one of the best on pathologies in the prison setting. Its creation was a response - as mentioned on other occasions 8 to the demand from a collective that was looking for an instrument that would socially and professionally articulate and institutionalise the discipline that it represented. That was its strength.…”

“…Another part of its work to improve the quality of the journal, and one that I find truly remarkable, is the decision by the Editorial Board to submit the editorial work and its results to specialised external criticism in an effort to discover any deficits, potential limitation and options for improvement. An example of this is the request made to the Department of Information and Communication of the University of Granada to appraise and evaluate the journal, the results of which were published in the journal in the form of a leader or special article 8 , 9 .…”

Esquemas disfuncionales tempranos, consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y reincidencia delictiva en adolescentes en conflicto con la ley penal

“…Asimismo, un inicio temprano de consumo de SPA correlaciona con el ingreso penitenciario a más corta edad, siendo el tipo de delito el que se caracteriza por atentar contra la propiedad y ser reiterativo en su comportamiento, esto es, reincidente. A su vez, este inicio temprano aumentará la probabilidad de una frecuencia mayor de consumo, lo que conlleva a una conducta delictiva cuyo objetivo es al mismo tiempo la obtención de la droga (Rodríguez-Díaz et al, 1997;Rodríguez et al, 2002). En la misma línea, la reincidencia entre los menores de edad que ya han sido sancionados penalmente, siendo por tanto infractores, va asociada del mismo modo con un mayor consumo de drogas, al mismo tiempo que su actividad delictiva se vincula a dicho consumo (López et al, 2007).…”

Internacionalización de la Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria: De Medline a Web of Science

“…In addition to this, demands related to theme coverage and international representation indicate suitable results according to a recent report depicting the extent of international representation of Spanish published research. Assessed through citation behavior and the journals taken into consideration, it makes it possible to assert that, generally speaking, the match between intellectual references used by RESP's usual contributors and their international counterpart is adequate 12 . Without any doubt, it will improve in time due to the correct open access policy put into practice by RESP, along with the English version containing its research work.…”