Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals

BACKGROUND: Journal impact factor (IF) is linked to the probability of a paper being cited and is progressively becoming incorporated into researchers' curricula vitae. Furthermore, the decision as to which journal a given study should be submitted, may well be based on the trend in the journal...

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Autores: Lopez-Abente, Gonzalo, Muñoz-Tinoco, Concha
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repositorio:Repisalud
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7077
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Databases, Bibliographic
Decision Making
Humans
Models, Statistical
Periodicals as Topic
Publishing
Research
Time Factors
Bibliometrics
Public Health
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spelling Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journalsLopez-Abente, GonzaloMuñoz-Tinoco, ConchaDatabases, BibliographicDecision MakingHumansModels, StatisticalPeriodicals as TopicPublishingResearchTime FactorsBibliometricsPublic HealthBACKGROUND: Journal impact factor (IF) is linked to the probability of a paper being cited and is progressively becoming incorporated into researchers' curricula vitae. Furthermore, the decision as to which journal a given study should be submitted, may well be based on the trend in the journal's overall quality. This study sought to assess time trends in journal IF in the field of public, environmental and occupational health. METHODS: We used the IFs of 80 Public Health journals that were registered by the Science Citation Index from 1992 through 2003 and had been listed for a minimum period of the previous 3 years. Impact factor time trends were assessed using a linear regression model, in which the dependent variable was IF and the independent variable, the year. The slope of the model and its statistical significance were taken as the indicator of annual change. RESULTS: The IF range for the journals covered went from 0.18 to 5.2 in 2003. Although there was no statistical association between annual change and mean IF, most of the fastest growing journals registered mean IFs in excess of 1.5, and some represented emerging areas of public health research. Graphs displaying IF trends are shown. CONCLUSION: In view of the delay between the publication of IFs and that of any given paper, knowing the trend in IF is essential in order to make a correct choice of journal.BioMed Central (BMC)Instituto de Salud Carlos III20192019-02-0120052005-03-1820052005-03-18journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7077reponame:Repisaludinstname:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)InglésengES C03 09open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/70772026-06-12T12:43:37Z
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title Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals
spellingShingle Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals
Lopez-Abente, Gonzalo
Databases, Bibliographic
Decision Making
Humans
Models, Statistical
Periodicals as Topic
Publishing
Research
Time Factors
Bibliometrics
Public Health
title_short Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals
title_full Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals
title_fullStr Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals
title_full_unstemmed Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals
title_sort Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals
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Muñoz-Tinoco, Concha
author Lopez-Abente, Gonzalo
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Muñoz-Tinoco, Concha
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Databases, Bibliographic
Decision Making
Humans
Models, Statistical
Periodicals as Topic
Publishing
Research
Time Factors
Bibliometrics
Public Health
topic Databases, Bibliographic
Decision Making
Humans
Models, Statistical
Periodicals as Topic
Publishing
Research
Time Factors
Bibliometrics
Public Health
description BACKGROUND: Journal impact factor (IF) is linked to the probability of a paper being cited and is progressively becoming incorporated into researchers' curricula vitae. Furthermore, the decision as to which journal a given study should be submitted, may well be based on the trend in the journal's overall quality. This study sought to assess time trends in journal IF in the field of public, environmental and occupational health. METHODS: We used the IFs of 80 Public Health journals that were registered by the Science Citation Index from 1992 through 2003 and had been listed for a minimum period of the previous 3 years. Impact factor time trends were assessed using a linear regression model, in which the dependent variable was IF and the independent variable, the year. The slope of the model and its statistical significance were taken as the indicator of annual change. RESULTS: The IF range for the journals covered went from 0.18 to 5.2 in 2003. Although there was no statistical association between annual change and mean IF, most of the fastest growing journals registered mean IFs in excess of 1.5, and some represented emerging areas of public health research. Graphs displaying IF trends are shown. CONCLUSION: In view of the delay between the publication of IFs and that of any given paper, knowing the trend in IF is essential in order to make a correct choice of journal.
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