Hypothetical influence of non-indexed Spanish medical journals on the impact factor of the Journal Citation Reports-indexed journals

Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent; Juan Zurián; Alberto Miguel-Dasit; Adolfo Arroyo; Miguel Gómez

doi:10.1007/s11192-007-0104-x

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 70: Issue 1

Hypothetical influence of non-indexed Spanish medical journals on the impact factor of the Journal Citation Reports-indexed journals

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Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent

Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat de València Instituto de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación López Piñero Avda Blasco Ibáñez, 15 46010 Valencia Spain

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Juan Zurián

Juan Zurián Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat de València Instituto de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación López Piñero Avda Blasco Ibáñez, 15 46010 Valencia Spain

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Alberto Miguel-Dasit

Alberto Miguel-Dasit La Plana de Vila-Real Hospital MR Section Castellón Spain

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Adolfo Arroyo

Adolfo Arroyo Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat de València Instituto de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación López Piñero Avda Blasco Ibáñez, 15 46010 Valencia Spain

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Miguel Gómez

Miguel Gómez Consellería de Sanitat. Generalitat Valenciana Valencia Spain

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Pages:: 53–66

Online Publication Date:: 15 Jan 2007

Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2007

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-0104-x

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the hypothetical changes in the 2002 impact factor (IF) of the biomedical journals included in the Science Citation Index-Journal Citation Reports (SCI-JCR) by also taking into account cites coming from 83 non-indexed Spanish journals on different medical specialties. A further goal of the study is to identify the subject categories of the SCI-JCR with the largest increase in their IF, and to estimate the 2002 hypothetical impact factor (2002 HIF) of these 83 non-indexed Spanish journals. It is demonstrated that the inclusion of cites from a selection of non SCI-JCR-indexed Spanish medical journals in the SCI-JCR-indexed journals produces a slight increase in their 2002 IF, specially in journals edited in the USA and in the UK. More than half of the non-indexed Spanish journals has a higher 2002 HIF than that of the SCI-JCR-indexed journal with the lowest IF in the same subject category.

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