A decade of the International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology (2001-2010)

The International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology was funded in 2001. It publishes three issues per year and its scope consists of promoting clinical and health psychology, focusing on the advancement of the science. The purpose of the current study consisted of conducting a bibliometric analysis of all the articles published between 2001 and 2010. Bibliometric studies are very useful to obtain information about journals' policies. They make possible gathering information on different parameters related to the articles. The analyzed data were the evolution of the articles throughout the ten years, languages of publication, percentages of articles per countries, collaboration among authors from different countries, authors, methods, topics, samples and numbers of citations. Results show that most of the documents are original articles, collaboration among authors from different countries is common and that the journal has published works of authors from 29 different countries. The highest percentages were found for ex post facto studies, works on test validation and adaptation and adult clinical samples. These results are in agreement with the journal's mission of promoting advancement in clinical and health psychology and show that it is a truly international journal.