Sanz EJ "Pharmacoepidemiology and the "Impact Factor" European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 60 (11): 765-772 JAN 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: esanz at ull.es


Title:     Pharmacoepidemiology and the "Impact Factor"

Author(s): Sanz EJ

Source   : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
           60 (11): 765-772 JAN 2005

Document Type: Article    Language: English
Cited References: 13      Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
The field of "Pharmacoepidemiology/Drug Utilization" research has been
analysed by studying published research articles under the medical subject
headings (MeSH terms) "Pharmacoepidemiology", "Drug Utilization" and "Drug
Utilization Review". There were 1822 articles published, and stored in
Medline, during the 32-month period between I January 2001 and 31 August
2003; these papers might represent a field of research, due to the
similarity of MeSH terms used for coding and the set of journals in which
the articles were published. A total of 457 articles, representing 25% of
all articles in the field, were published in 14 different journals, and 50%
of all articles (948) were collected in only 64 different journals. The two
main journals publishing research in "Pharmacoepidemiology/ Drug
Utilization" are Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf and the Eur J Clin Pharmacol.
These two publications are the official journals of the three main
societies in the field and are at least partially focused on this subject,
with 45.7% of all articles in Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf and 11.1% of all
articles in Eur J Clin Pharmacol included under the studied MeSH terms;
other journals only occasionally publish papers in this line of research.
These two journals are the leaders in pharmacoepidemiology and drug
utilization research, having impact factors (IFs) in 2002/2003 above
(1.955/1.972 for EJCP) and a bit below (1.092/1.257 for PDS) the middle of
the ranking of publications, according to the IF, in the "Pharmacology and
Pharmacy" list of the Science Citation Index (SCI).

Addresses: Sanz EJ (reprint author), Univ La Laguna, Sch Med, Dept
Pharmacol, Tenerife, 38071 Spain
Univ La Laguna, Sch Med, Dept Pharmacol, Tenerife, 38071 Spain

E-mail Addresses: esanz at ull.es

IDS Number: 889TX

ISSN: 0031-6970

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