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Pautas para el desarrollo científico y profesional de la neuropsicología forense

Publicated to:REVISTA DE NEUROLOGIA. 39 (1): 60-73 - 2004-07-01 39(1), DOI: 10.33588/rn.3901.2004229

Authors: Verdejo A; Alcázar-Córcoles MA; Gómez-Jarabo GA; Pérez-García M

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Aims. The principal aims of this review are: (a) to offer a perspective of the principal challenges that forensic neuropsychology handles in its scientific and professional development, and the empirical advances that have been developed to deal with these challenges; and (b) analyze the potential effects of these advances on the application of the discipline in the Spanish legal system. Development. With the purpose of reaching these challenges, a series of methodological strategies and instruments, along with specific recommendations about the use of currently available procedures and the development of new procedures, have been generated within the context of forensic neuropsychology. In this paper, we will review: the advances carried out in the different issues of interest that currently handles the development of the discipline, including: the estimation of premorbid functioning, the development of base rates and norms for forensic populations, the detection of malingerers, the ecological validity of instruments, and the creation of professional practices; we will analyze the potential application of these advances to the assessment of the Spanish forensic population; and we will study the principal application areas of forensic neuropsychology within the Spanish legal context. Conclusions. Forensic neuropsychology is an emergent discipline that is placed in a key moment of its scientific and professional development. This development should be anchored in the application of specific scientific, professional, and academic strategies.

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Clinical psychologyForensic neuropsychologyForensic populationForensic psychologyMalingering

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The work has been published in the journal REVISTA DE NEUROLOGIA, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q4 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Clinical Neurology, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.4, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-05, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 9
  • Scopus: 6
  • OpenCitations: 2

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  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 33 (PlumX).