An analysis of the status of journals and research in psychology from Latin America/Analise do status de periodicos e pesquisas em psicologia na America Latina

Little is known about the breadth and depth of scholarly publishing within the field of psychology and its related disciplines originating from Latin American authors. To better define the subject area, we underwent a data analysis to examine the trends (e.g., status, quantity, and quality of publications) of scholarly publications emanating from Latin America origin (i.e., the location of the primary author). Our findings suggest that there has been a swift and steady increase in the quantity of scholarly publications published by Latin American authors. This increase is marked as 880% between 2001 and 2013, with a slight increase in the number of International as opposed to Regional publications. This study reveals that scholarly publications originating from Latin America are on the rise, with anticipated future growth. Keywords: psychology, publication, Latin America, South America, Brazil Pouco se sabe sobre a amplitude e a profundidade da publicacao academica no campo da psicologia e de suas disciplinas afins, provenientes de autores latino-americanos. Para melhor definir as variances entre as subarea, realizamos uma analise para examinar as tendencias (por exemplo, status, quantidade e qualidade) de publicacoes academicas produzidas na America Latina, tomando como referenda o primeiro autor. Os resultados sugerem que houve um aumento rapido e constante na quantidade de publicacoes academicas produzidas por autores latino-americanos. A pronducao aumentou 880% entre 2001 e 2013, com tendencia para aumento na publicacao internacional. Os dados indicaram que as publicajoes academicas originarias da America Latina estao em ascensao e com boas perspectivas para o futuro. Palavras-chave: psicologia, publicajao, America Latina, America do Sul, Brazil