La investigación sobre la inteligencia emocional en los últimos 20 años (2001-2021)Un estudio bibliométrico

Abstract

Objective: This article reports the first science mapping analysis of the emotional intelligence research’s themes, which shows its conceptual structure and scientific evolution. Methods: Science Mapping Analysis Software Tool, a bibliometric science mapping tool based on co-word analysis was applied using a sample of 8.884 research documents published from 2001 to 2021 in the journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports of the Web of Science. Results: Published research in emotional intelligence concentrated in the following main themes: personality, academic and job performance, life satisfaction, stress and social cognition. These themes become more diversified through years. Adolescents and students were the main samples over the emotional intelligence were studied. Conclusions. The main research themes in emotional intelligence have been changing steadily over time in terms of importance and number of publications. This encourages us to maintain a positive view of the development of research field in emotional intelligence and call to monitoring by using meta-research techniques such as the present bibliometric study