Analysis of the Scientific Productivity of Mexican Researchers on the Topic of Gifted Students
Maria de los Dolores Valadez Sierra
Centro University Health Sciences, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Angel Alberto Valdés Cuervo *
Department of Education, Departmento de Psicología Aplicada, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Sonora, Mexico.
Monica Galan Leyte
Centro University Health Sciences, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Gabriela López Aymes
Faculty of Human Communication, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Morelos, Mexico.
Teodoro Rafael Wendlandt Amezaga
Departamento de Psicología, Department of Management, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Sonora, Mexico.
Ana Carolina Reyes Rodríguez
Department of Education, Departmento de Psicología Aplicada, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Sonora, Mexico.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to conduct a critical analysis of the scientific literature by Mexican researchers about the topic of the gifted students for the period 2003-2013. Within the analysis were included research articles, book chapters and/or books in which a Mexican researcher participated. A bibliometric, thematic and methodological analysis of the literature was conducted. The results indicated the existence of Mexican researchers with sustained productivity in the thematic analyses. However, the results also showed limitations on a high geographic, institutional and authorship concentration of the publications, few empirical studies, few publications in journals with high-quality indexing a narrow range of methodological approaches and the predominance of descriptive scope research.
Keywords: Gifted, student, research, Mexico, scientific productivity.