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Scientometric trend analyses of publications on the history of psychology: Is psychology becoming an unhistorical science?

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  • Günter Krampen

    (Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID)
    University of Trier
    University of Luxembourg)

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Examines scientometrically the trends in and the recent situation of research on and the teaching of the history of psychology in the German-speaking countries and compares the findings with the situation in other countries (mainly the United States) by means of the psychology databases PSYNDEX and PsycINFO. Declines of publications on the history of psychology are described scientometrically for both research communities since the 1990s. Some impulses are suggested for the future of research on and the teaching of the history of psychology. These include (1) the necessity and significance of an intensified use of quantitative, unobtrusive scientometric methods in historiography in times of digital “big data”, (2) the necessity and possibilities to integrate qualitative and quantitative methodologies in historical research and teaching, (3) the reasonableness of interdisciplinary cooperation of specialist historians, scientometricians, and psychologists, (4) the meaningfulness and necessity to explore, investigate, and teach more intensively the past and the problem history of psychology as well as the understanding of the subject matter of psychology in its historical development in cultural contexts. The outlook on the future of such a more up-to-date research on and teaching of the history of psychology is—with some caution—positive.

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  • Günter Krampen, 2016. "Scientometric trend analyses of publications on the history of psychology: Is psychology becoming an unhistorical science?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 106(3), pages 1217-1238, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:106:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-016-1834-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-1834-4
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    1. Günter Krampen & Alexander Eye & Gabriel Schui, 2011. "Forecasting trends of development of psychology from a bibliometric perspective," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 87(3), pages 687-694, June.
    2. Günter Krampen, 2008. "The evaluation of university departments and their scientists: Some general considerations with reference to exemplary bibliometric publication and citation analyses for a Department of psychology," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 76(1), pages 3-21, July.
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    History of psychology; Scientometry; Methodology; Publication genre; Psychology; Psychology education;
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