Benavent, RA; Zurian, JCV; Gomez, MC; Melendez, RS; Molina, CN "Archivos de Bronconeumologia: Among the 3 Spanish medical journals with the highest national impact factors" ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA 40 (12). DEC 2004. p.563-569

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: R.A. Benavent :  aleixand at uv.es

TITLE:          Archivos de Bronconeumologia: Among the 3 Spanish medical
                journals with the highest national impact factors (Article,
                Spanish)

AUTHOR:         Benavent, RA; Zurian, JCV; Gomez, MC; Melendez, RS;
                Molina, CN

SOURCE:         ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA 40 (12). DEC 2004.
                p.563-569 EDICIONES DOYMA S/L, BARCELONA


ABSTRACT:       OBJECTIVE: Citation analysis elucidates patterns of
information consumption within professional communities. The aim of this
study was to analyze the citations of 87 Spanish medical journals by
calculating their impact factors and immediacy indices for 2001, and to
estimate the importance of ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGiA within the
framework of Spanish medicine.

MATERIAL AND METHOD: Eighty-seven Spanish medical journals were included.
All were listed in the Spanish Medical Index (Indice Medico Espanol) and
in at least one of the following databases: MEDLINE, BIOSIS, EMMASE, or
Science Citation Index. References to articles from 1999 through 2001 in
citable articles from 2001 were analyzed. Using the method of the
Institute for Scientific Information,we calculated the national impact
factor and immediacy index for each journal.

RESULTS: The journals with the highest national impact factors were
Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia (0.894), Medicina Clinica (0.89), and
ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGiA (0.732). The self-citation percentage of
ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA was 18.3% and the immediacy index was 0.033.

CONCLUSIONS: The impact factor obtained by ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGiA
confirms its importance in Spanish medicine and validates its inclusion
as a source journal in Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Report.


Addresses: Benavent RA (reprint author), Univ Valencia, Fac Med, Inst Hist
Ciencia & Documentac Lopez Pinero, CSIC, Avda Blasco Ibanez 15, Valencia,
46010 Spain
Univ Valencia, Fac Med, Inst Hist Ciencia & Documentac Lopez Pinero, CSIC,
Valencia, 46010 Spain
Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria Sanitat, Valencia, Spain

Publisher: EDICIONES DOYMA S/L, TRAV DE GRACIA 17-21, 08021 BARCELONA, SPAIN
Subject Category: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
IDS Number: 883KD
ISSN: 0300-2896


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