Nemery B "What happens to the manuscripts that have not been accepted for publication in Occupational and Environmental Medicine?" Occupational and Environmental Medicine 58(9):604-607, September 2001

[Eugene Garfield]

Dr. B. Nemery : ben.nemery at med.kuleuven.ac.be

TITLE     : What happens to the manuscripts that have not been accepted for
publication in Occupational and Environmental Medicine?

AUTHOR     : Nemery B

JOURNAL    : OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE 58 (9): 604-607 SEP
2001

 Document type: Article    Language: English     Cited References: 4
Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
Objectives-To evaluate the fate of manuscripts rejected by Occupational and
Environmental Medicine (OEM).

Methods-A Medline search was conducted, up to March 2001, to find out
whether and where articles submitted to OEM in
1995, 1996, and 1997, but not accepted for publication, were published. The
articles were matched by authors and title,
sometimes using the abstract to help decide whether the published article
was the one that had been previously submitted to
OEM.

Results-Out of 405 manuscripts rejected (44% of those submitted), 218
articles (54%) were traced in 72 different journals,
with more than half being published in seven other major journals dealing
with occupational and environmental health (rather
than in specialty journals). Most papers were published within 2 years of
their initial submission to OEM. Only a small
proportion (10%) were published in a journal with a higher impact factor
than OEM (1.96 in 1999).

Conclusion-More than half the articles rejected by OEM found their way into
the scientific literature covered by Medline. This
figure is comparable with the few available data from other journals. It
would be interesting to know the fate of articles
published by OEM before they were submitted to our journal.

Author Keywords:
journalology, bibliometry, impact factor

KeyWords Plus:
FATE

Addresses:
Nemery B, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Lab Longtoxicol, Herestr 49, B-3000
Louvain, Belgium
Katholieke Univ Leuven, Lab Longtoxicol, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium

Publisher:
BRITISH MED JOURNAL PUBL GROUP, LONDON

IDS Number:
464UQ

ISSN:
1351-0711

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