ABS: Boldt, Changes in the impact factor of ane sthesia/critical care journals within the past 10 years

[Gretchen Whitney]

Changes in the impact factor of anesthesia/critical care journals
 within the past 10 years
Boldt J, Haisch G, Maleck WH
ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 44: (7) 842-849 AUG 2000

  Document type: Article    Language: English    Cited References: 19
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 Abstract:
 Background: The impact factor (IF) is published by the Institute for
 Scientific Information (ISI). There is a tendency to assess quality of
 scientific journals with the help of the IF. An analysis of the changes in
 the EF over time in the different specialities may help to further
 enlighten the worth and problems of the IF

 Methods: The Ifs listed under the subheadings Anethesiology and Emergency
 Medicine & Critical Care in the Science Citation Index - Journal Citation
 Report were descriptively analysed over the past 10 years. Additionally,
 IFs of some other important journals (subheadings Surgery, Cardiovascular,
 General Medicine) were analysed.

 Results: The IF of most of the journals showed a constant increase over
 the years (average in Anesthesiology: +65%; average in Emergency Medicine
 gr Critical Care: +145%). Ifs of the highest ranked journals of other
 specialities showed a similar increase over the years (average in surgical
 journals: +56%; average in cardiac journals: +59%; average in general
 journals: +40%). More Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine & Critical
 Care journals originated from the USA show an IF >2.0 over the past 10
 years than do European journals.

 Conclusion: Although the value of the IF is highly controversial, it is a
 frequently used tool to assess rating of a medical journal. Anesthesiology
 and Emergency Medicine & Critical Care journals showed a continuous
 increase in the IF over the past 10 years.

 Author Keywords:
 impact factor (IF), Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Report,
 anesthesiology, emergency medicine & critical care, scientific quality

 KeyWords Plus:
 MEDICAL JOURNALS

 Addresses:
 Boldt J, Klinikum Stadt Ludwigshafen, Dept Anesthesiol & Intens Care Med,
 Bremserstr 79, D-67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany.
 Klinikum Stadt Ludwigshafen, Dept Anesthesiol & Intens Care Med, D-67063
 Ludwigshafen, Germany.

 Publisher:
 MUNKSGAARD INT PUBL LTD, COPENHAGEN

 IDS Number:
 338YR
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> Cited Author            Cited Work                Volume      Page
> Year
>
>  *ISI                  C CIT REP
>
>  ABOTT A               NATURE                       398       740
> 1999
>  BOWKER RR             BOWKER INT SERIAL DA
> 1998
>  BRODY S               LANCET                       346      1300
> 1995
>  DEJONG JW             EUR HEART J                   17        35
> 1996
>  ELSTER AD             AM J ROENTGENOL              162       519
> 1994
>  FORSTER WR            LANCET                       346      1301
> 1995
>  GERVAIS HW            WIEN KLIN WOCHENSCHR         107       357
> 1995
>  GISVOLD SE            ACTA ANAESTH SCAND            43       971
> 1999
>  GREENE NM             ANESTH ANALG                  74       116
> 1992
>  HANSSON S             LANCET                       346       906
> 1995
>  LINK AM               JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC          280       246
> 1998
>  OPTHOF T              CARDIOVASC RES                33         1
> 1997
>  RYDHOLM A             ACTA ORTHOP SCAND             69       221
> 1998
>  SEGLEN PO             BRIT MED J                   314       498
> 1997
>  SEGLEN PO             J INTERN MED                 229       109
> 1991
>  SMITH G               BRIT J ANAESTH                76       753
> 1996
>  STEGMANN J            NATURE                       390       550
> 1997
>  ZETTERSTROM R         ACTA PAEDIATR                 88       793
> 1999
>
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