Kovacic N, Misak A "What can be learned from impact factor of Croatian Medical Journal, 1994-2003?" CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL 45 (1): 13-17 FEB 2004

[Eugene Garfield]

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Title    : What can be learned from impact factor of Croatian Medical
Journal, 1994-2003?

Author(s): Kovacic N, Misak A

Source: CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL 45 (1): 13-17 FEB 2004

Document Type: Editorial Material  Language: English
Cited References: 10               Times Cited: 1

Abstract:
We calculated the impact factor (IF) of the Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ)
for the 1994-2003 period, ie, including the years before its inclusion into
the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) database in 1999. There was a
latency period of several years from the inclusion of the Journal in
indexing databases to the IF increase. According to the ISI Journal of
Citation Report, IF of the CMJ in 2001 and 2002, was 0.43 and 0.71 and
journal was ranked 70 and 56, respectively, out of 107 journals under the
category "Medicine, general and internal". The analysis of distribution and
type of citations that contributed to the IF of the CMJ revealed that its
increase mainly resulted from the increase in the number of fully
independent citations and author auto-citations in journals other than CMJ.
The factors that probably accounted for the IF increase were better
international visibility, full-text free-of-charge online availability, and
large number of international contributions, especially in some thematic issues.

Author Keywords: Croatia; impact factor; publications

Addresses: Kovacic N (reprint author), Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Dept Anat,
Salata 3B, Zagreb, 10000 Croatia
Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Dept Anat, Zagreb, 10000 Croatia
Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Croatian Med Journal, Zagreb, 10000 Croatia


Publisher: MEDICINSKA NAKLADA, VLASKA 69, HR-10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
Subject Category: MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
IDS Number: 780EL
ISSN: 0353-9504