English Translations of Papers by Winkmann G, Schlutius S,Schweim HG in DEUTSCHE MEDIZINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 127 (4): 131-143 JAN 25 2002
Eugene Garfield
garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU
Thu Apr 10 15:20:27 EDT 2003
Dear Colleagues:
The following two papers were posted to SIG-Metrics in June 2002.
This posting is to let you know that the authors and the journal - JOURNAL
DEUTSCHE MEDIZINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT - have very kindly provided English
translations for these two papers which were originally published in German.
The English versions are available at :
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Eugene Garfield
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Harald G. Schweim : schweim at dimdi.de
TITLE Publication languages of Impact Factor Journals and of medical
bibliographic databanks
AUTHOR Winkmann G, Schlutius S, Schweim HG
JOURNAL DEUTSCHE MEDIZINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 127 (4): 131-137 JAN 25 2002
Document type: Article Language: German
Cited References: 24 Times Cited: 1
Abstract:
Background and objective: A preference for English-language sources during
determination of journal Impact Factors (IF) was discussed, IF being
published in the annual journal Citation Reports OCR). The JCR are derived
from data in Science Citation Index (SCI). The aim of this study was,
therefore, (i) to review publication countries and languages in JCR, (ii)
publication languages in SCI in comparison to further recognised medical
bibliographic databanks.
Methods: Searching (i) countries and languages in JCR Science-Editions 1997
and 1998, (ii) language distributions in publication years 1995-2000 in
bibliographic databanks SCI, MEDLINE (ME) and EMBASE (EM).
Results: (i) Almost 70% journals in JCR 1997 and 1998 were published in
USA,
United Kingdom, or The Netherlands. Of two language options present, a
number of English-classified journals contained >90% articles in other
languages, whereas >90% publications in English could occur in
Multi-Language (ML) journals, thereby complicating statistical comparisons.
83,9% JCR-periodicals in 1997 and 85,6% in 1998 were classified English.
English/ML ratios increased exponentially with increasing IF. (ii) 95,5% of
the articles documented 1995-2000 in whole SCI and in our constructed SCI
segment "Medicine and related areas" were written in English, compared to
88,5% in ME and 89,8% in EM. The SCI Medicine segment was 15% more
comprehensive than either MEDLINE or EMBASE. Highly significant differences
of language distributions in SCI vs. MEDLINE and especially SCI vs. EMBASE
were observed. Retrieval rates in SCI of German-, French-, Japanese- and
Chinese-language medical papers published in 2000 were impressively
augmented by EMBASE and MEDLINE.
Conclusions: (i) Anglo-American publishers' countries and English-language
journals prevail in JCR with respect to numbers and IF levels. Publication
language English favours citation frequency. (ii) Of databanks studied, SCI
shows a maximum preference for English-language sources, thereby causing an
English Language Bias during IF derivation.
KeyWords Plus:
GERMAN, CITATION, SCIENCE, FUTURE
Addresses:
Schweim HG, DIMDI, Postfach 42 05 80, D-50899 Cologne, Germany
DIMDI, D-50899 Cologne, Germany
Publisher:
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG, STUTTGART
IDS Number:
516RC
ISSN:
0012-0472
Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page
Year
*DIMDI EINST DAT RECH
*ISI SCI CIT IND SCI CIT
BARILLOT MJ ANN PHARMACOTHER 31 45 1997
BARNABY DP ANN EMERG MED 31 78 1998
BELLER FK DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR 124 A18 1999
BELLER FK GYNAKOL GEBURT RUNDS 40 50 2000
BENITEZBRIBIESCA L ARCH MED RES 30 161 1999
DIETRICH GV ANASTH INTENSIV NOTF 35 543 2000
FINZEN A PSYCHIAT PRAX 23 1 1996
GALLAGHER EJ ANN EMERG MED 31 83 1998
GARFIELD E BRIT MED J 313 411 1996
GARFIELD E IMPACT FACTOR
GIESSLER A DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR 125 979 2000
GOLDER W ONKOLOGIE 23 73 2000
GOLDER W ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 169 220 1998
HALLER U GYNAKOL GEBURT RUNDS 37 117 1997
KLEIJNEN J PHARM WEEKBLAD 14 316 1994
MEENEN NM UNFALLCHIRURG 23 128 1997
MIDDEKE M DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR 125 1099 2000
SEGLEN PO ALLERGY 52 1050 1997
STEGMANN J J DOC 55 310 1999
STEGMANN J JAHRESTAGUNG 147 1999
WINKMANN G DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR 125 1133 2000
WOODS D BRIT MED J 316 1166 1998
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Subject: Winkmann G, Schlutius S,
Schweim HG "Citation rates of medical German-language
journals in
English-language papers - do they correlate with the Impact
Factor,
and who cites?" DEUTSCHE MEDIZINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 127 (4):
138-143 JAN 25 2002
Dr. Harald G. Schweim : e-mail : schweim at dimdi.de
TITLE Citation rates of medical German-language journals in
English-language papers - do they correlate with the Impact
Factor, and who cites?
AUTHOR Winkmann G, Schlutius S, Schweim HG
JOURNAL DEUTSCHE MEDIZINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 127 (4): 138-143 JAN 25 2002
Document type: Article Language: German
Cited References: 35 Times Cited: 1
Abstract:
Background and objective: Several publications are warning that the German
language is no longer needed for transmission of scientific data. One of
the
causes may be the Impact Factor (IF), which appears to be derived
predominantly from Anglo-American journals. The aim of this study was to
check actual international attention paid to German-language journals, i.e.
their citation frequencies in English-language papers. Are these citing
rates in English-language articles correlated to the IF, and from where do
citing articles originate?
Methods: Of 25 arbitrarily selected >85% German-language medical journals,
IF as well as language distributions of citing articles were determined by
searching publication years 1995-2000 in Science Citation Index (SCI).
MEDLINE and EMBASE were used as supplementary retrieval systems.
Results: (i) The sample journals displayed an average IF = 0.357. A 99%
correlation (Pearson factor r = 0.987; n = 25) was observed between our
"constructed" IF 2000 and IF published in journal Citation Report 2000.
This
proves Stegmann's IF determination method (31) to be valid. On the average,
53% German-language and 45% English-language articles between 1995-2000
cited the 1995-1999' contributions of the studied journals. No correlation
was observed between IF vs. rates of citing
articles in English (r < 0.1). 64% of citing English-language articles
showed corporate sources in many/Austria/Switzerland, and 13.5% authors'
institutions in USA.
Conclusions: (i) An IF greater than or equal to 1 is, obviously, very hard
to attain by German-language journals. ISI's differentiation between Citing
vs. Cited-only journals (the latter often serving as MEDLINE/EM BASE
sources) during derivation of IF appears unjustified. (ii) English now
serves as the predominant communication language in sciences in
German-speaking countries, but has not supplanted the German language. Our
study reveals remarkable international attention rates remaining.
KeyWords Plus:
SCIENCE, EVALUATE, QUALITY, BIAS, TOOL
Addresses:
Schweim HG, DIMDI, Postfach 42 05 80, D-50899 Cologne, Germany
DIMDI, D-50899 Cologne, Germany
Publisher:
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG, STUTTGART
IDS Number:
516RC
ISSN:
0012-0472
Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page
Year
*DIMDI EINST DAR RECH
*NAT LIB MED CREAT MEDLINE
AMMON U SPEKTRUM WISSENSCHAF 124 117 1992
AMMON U SPEKTRUM WISSENSCHAF 124 124 1992
BARNABY DP ANN EMERG MED 31 78 1998
BELLER FK GYNAKOL GEBURT RUNDS 40 50 2000
BENITEZBRIBIESCA L ARCH MED RES 30 161 1999
BOETTIGER LE ACTA MED SCAND 214 73 1983
BOOKSTEIN A SCIENTOMETRICS 46 337 1999
DIETRICH GV ANASTH INTENSIV NOTF 35 543 2000
FINZEN A PSYCHIAT PRAX 23 1 1996
FROEMTER E DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR 124 910 1999
GALLAGHER EJ ANN EMERG MED 31 83 1998
GARFIELD E BRIT MED J 313 411 1997
GARFIELD E IMPACT FACTOR
GIESSLER A DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR 125 979 2000
HALLER U CHIRURG S 70 39 1999
HALLER U GYNAKOL GEBURT RUNDS 37 117 1997
KEUL AG PSYCHOL RUNDSCH 44 159 1993
LEHRL S STRAHLENTHER ONKOL 175 141 1999
MEENEN NM RONTGENPRAXIS 51 266 1998
NAVARRO FA DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR 121 1561 1996
NAVARRO FA MED CLIN-BARCELONA 107 608 1996
NAVARRO FA NED TIJDSCHR GENEESK 140 1263 1996
NAVARRO FA PRESSE MED 33 1547 1995
NAVARRO FA SCHWEIZ MED WSCHR 127 1565 1997
NAVARRO FA WIEN KLIN WOCHENSCHR 108 363 1996
OJASOO T SCIENTOMETRICS 45 81 1999
SCHOONBAERT D TROP MED INT HEALTH 1 739 1996
SEGLEN PO ALLERGY 52 1050 1997
SEGLEN PO BRIT MED J 314 498 1997
STEGMANN J CONSTR IMP FACT CIF 1999
STEGMANN J J DOC 55 310 1999
STEGMANN J NATURE 390 550 1997
WINKMANN G DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR 38 1133 2000
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