Tellez-Zenteno JF, Morales-Buenrostro LE , Estanol B "Impact factor of Latin American medical journals " REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE 135 (4): 480-487 APR 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: jft084 at mail.usask.ca 

Title: Impact factor of Latin American medical journals 

Author(s): Tellez-Zenteno JF (Tellez-Zenteno, Jose F.), Morales-Buenrostro 
LE (Morales-Buenrostro, Luis E.), Estanol B (Estanol, Bruno) 

Source: REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE 135 (4): 480-487 APR 2007 

Document Type: Article 
Language: English 
Cited References: 25      Times Cited: 0        

Abstract: Background: Latin American medical journals have a low impact 
factor. Higher quality articles originated in Latin American countries are 
published in North American or European journals. Aim: To analyze the 
impact factor of Latin-American journals according to the language of 
publication. Material and methods: The data base of periodic journals of 
the Thomson ISI (journal of Citation Report) in the year 2004 was used for 
the analysis. Four countries with more than one journal in the data base of 
the Thomson ISI were included (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico). 
Results. Few Latin-American journals are included in the Thomson ISI data 
base. The mean impact factor was 0.76 (0-23-3.2) for eight Mexican 
journals, 0.66 (0.10-2.1) for eight Chilean journals, 0.39 (0.06-0.7) for 
five Argentinian journals and 0.41 (0.09-1. 1) for 16 Brazilian journals. 
7be mean impact factor for 11 journals written in English was 0.74 (0.12-
2.1), 0.53 (0.09-3.2)for 18 bilingual journals and 0.28 (0.06-0.56) for 
eight journals written in native language. The differences between 
countries and languages were not statistically significant. Conclusions: 
The journal impact factor was similar in the four countries studied. A non-
significant higher impact factor was observed in Latin-Ametican journals 
published in English. 


Addresses: Tellez-Zenteno JF (reprint author), Royal Univ Hosp, Dept Med, 
Div Neurol, 103 Hosp Dr,Box 26,Room 1622, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8 Canada
Inst Nacl Ciencias Med & Nutr Salvador Zubiran, Dept Neurol & Psiquiatria, 
Mexico City, DF Mexico
Inst Nacl Ciencias Med & Nutr Salvador Zubiran, Dept Nefrol, Mexico City, 
DF Mexico

E-mail Addresses: jft084 at mail.usask.ca 

Publisher: SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, BERNARDA MORIN 488 PROVIDENCIA, CASILLA 168 
CORREO 55, SANTIAGO 9, CHILE 
Subject Category: Medicine, General & Internal 
IDS Number: 175OM 

ISSN: 0034-9887 


cited references:
REV INVEST CLIN 46 : 167 1994   
 ALEIXANDRE BR
ARCH BRONCONEUMOL 40 : 563 2004   
 BENITEZBRIBIESCA L
The ups and downs of the impact factor: The case of Archives of Medical 
Research
ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH 33 : 91 2002   
 BENITEZBRIBIESCA L
The impact factor of medical journals: Its use and misuse
ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH 30 : 161 1999   
 BENITEZBRIBIESCA L
Starting a global scientific journal
SCIENCE 304 : 1595 2004   
 BRACHORIQUELME RL
Bibliometric repercussions of adopting English as the language of 
publication
REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA 49 : 369 1997   
 BUNOUT D
Biomedical papers by Chilean authors published in international journals 
during 1997. A selection from MEDLINE
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE 126 : 677 1998   
 COELHO PMZ
The use and misuse if the "impact factor" as a parameter for evaluation of 
scientific publication quality: a proposal to rationalize its application
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH 36 : 1605 2003   
 ELLARD JHT
The "omnipotent" Science Citation Index Impact Factor
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 179 : 120 2003   
 GAMBA G
La Revista de Investigacion Clinica in front of its new challenges and old 
conflicts
REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA 52 : 7 2000   
 GARCIA HH
A trial of antiparasitic treatment to reduce the rate of seizures due to 
cerebral cysticercosis
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 350 : 249 2004   
 GIBBS WW
LOST SCIENCE IN THE 3RD-WORLD
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 273 : 92 1995   
 GOIC A
Revista Medica de Chile and medical education
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE 130 : 719 2002   
 KELLY KA
SPECTRUM OF EXTRAINTESTINAL DISEASE DUE TO AEROMONAS SPECIES IN TROPICAL 
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES 16 : 574 1993   
 KURMIS AP
Current concepts review - Understanding the limitations of the journal 
impact factor
JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME 85 : 2449 2003   
 LORIA A
OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND TRIBULATIONS OF OUR JOURNAL
REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA 47 : 89 1995   
 LORIA A
The impact factor of the Revista de Investigacion Clinica.
REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA 47 : 427 1995   
 LORIA A
A BRIEF REVIEW OF OUR JOURNAL
REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA 45 : 433 1993   
 MACIASHERNANDEZ AE
PAPERS IN ENGLISH IN OUR JOURNAL
REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA 46 : 335 1994   
 MENDEZSANCHEZ N
More on Mexican medical journals.
REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA 47 : 507 1995   
 MURILLOGODINEZ G
The problems of medical journals written in Spanish.
REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA 50 : 177 1998   
 PEREZPADILLA R
THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF THE MEXICAN JOURNALS
REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA 47 : 165 1995   
 REYES H
Tradition and progress: now also a bilingual journal?
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE 128 : 1187 2000   
 WINKMANN G
Publication languages of Impact Factor Journals and of medical 
bibliographic databanks
DEUTSCHE MEDIZINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 127 : 131 2002   
 WINKMANN G
Citation rates of medical German-language journals in English-language 
papers - do they correlate with the Impact Factor, and who cites? 
(Reprinted from Dtsch Med Wochenschr, vol 127, pg 138-143)
KLINISCHE MONATSBLATTER FUR AUGENHEILKUNDE 219 : 72 2002