Porta, M; Fernandez, E; Bolumar, F Commentary: The 'bibliographic impact factor' and the still uncharted sociology of epidemiology INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 35 (5): 1130-1135 OCT 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

In October 2006 the International Journal of Epidemiology reprinted my 
1955 article in Science and invited comments from several authors.  
Unfortunately, we failed to post the following commentary by Porta et al.  
We have also listed below the other relevant commentaries from the journal 
issue -- all of which are now freely available.


E-mail Address: mporta at imim.es 

URL: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/5/1130

Author(s): Porta, M (Porta, Miquel); Fernandez, E (Fernandez, Esteve); 
Bolumar, F (Bolumar, Francisco) 

Title: Commentary: The 'bibliographic impact factor' and the still 
uncharted sociology of epidemiology 

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 35 (5): 1130-1135 OCT 2006 

Language: English 

Document Type: Editorial Material 

Keywords Plus: GENERAL MEDICAL JOURNALS; CITATION ANALYSIS; PUBLIC-HEALTH; 
QUALITY; SCIENCE; INDICATORS; FREQUENCY; TOOL 

Addresses: Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Sch Med, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain; 
Inst Municipal Invest Med, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain; Univ N Carolina, Sch 
Publ Hlth, Chapel Hill, NC USA; Hosp Llobregat, Inst Catala Oncol, 
Barcelona, Spain; Univ Pompeu Fabra, Catalonia, Spain; Univ Alcala de 
Henares, Sch Med, Madrid, Spain 

Reprint Address: Porta, M, Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Sch Med, Carrer Dr 
Aiguader 80, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain. 

E-mail Address: mporta at imim.es 

Cited Reference Count: 33 

Times Cited: 4 

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS 

Publisher Address: GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND 

ISSN: 0300-5771 

29-char Source Abbrev.: INT J EPIDEMIOL 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Int. J. Epidemiol. 

Source Item Page Count: 7 

Subject Category: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 097EI 

PLOS MED 3 : E291 2006 

AMSTERDAMSKA O
Demarcating epidemiology 
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & HUMAN VALUES 30 : 17 DOI 10.1177/0162243904270719 
2005 

BOLUMAR F
Epidemiologic methods: Beyond clinical medicine, beyond epidemiology 
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 19 : 733 2004 

DEALMEIDA N
ENSAYOS DECONSTRUCCI : 2000 

FERNANDEZ E
GAC SANIT 17 : 179 2003 

GARFIELD E
CC/LIFE SCI 38 : 3 1987 

GARFIELD E
IS SHORTHAND THE ROUTE TO SUCCESS IN SCIENCE OR ANYTHING ELSE .1. HISTORY 
AND EVOLUTION OF STENOGRAPHIC LANGUAGES 
CURRENT CONTENTS 43 : 3 1985 

GARFIELD E
CURR CONTENTS 45 : 5 1983 

GARFIELD E
CURR CONTENTS 44 : 5 1983 

GARFIELD E
NEW YEAR, NEW BUILDING 
CURRENT CONTENTS 35 : 5 1980 

GARFIELD E
CHRONOBIOLOGY - AN INTERNAL CLOCK FOR ALL SEASONS .1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS 
CURRENT CONTENTS : 3 1988 

GARFIELD E
LAUNCHING THE ISI ATLAS OF SCIENCE - FOR THE NEW-YEAR, A NEW GENERATION OF 
REVIEWS 
CURRENT CONTENTS 5 : 3 1987 

GARFIELD E
ESSAYS INFORMATION S : 

GARFIELD E
INT J EPIDEMIOL 35 : UNSP 112327 2006 

GARFIELD E
The history and meaning of the journal impact factor 
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 295 : 90 2006 

GARFIELD E
SIGNIFICANT JOURNALS OF SCIENCE 
NATURE 264 : 609 1976 

GARFIELD E
CITATION ANALYSIS AS A TOOL IN JOURNAL EVALUATION - JOURNALS CAN BE RANKED 
BY FREQUENCY AND IMPACT OF CITATIONS FOR SCIENCE POLICY STUDIES 
SCIENCE 178 : 471 1972 

GARFIELD E
CITATION INDEXES FOR SCIENCE - NEW DIMENSION IN DOCUMENTATION THROUGH 
ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS 
SCIENCE 122 : 108 1955 

GARFIELD E
IS CITATION ANALYSIS A LEGITIMATE EVALUATION TOOL 
SCIENTOMETRICS 1 : 359 1979 

GARFIELD E
TRENDS BIOCHEM SCI 2 : 84 1977 

JOSEPH KS
Quality of impact factors of general medical journals 
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 326 : 283 2003 

MORABIA A
HIST EPIDEMIOLOGIC M : 2004 

PORTA M
Quality of impact factors of general medical journals - Quality matters - 
and the choice of indicator matters too 
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 326 : 931 2003 

PORTA M
CAD SAUDE PUBLICA 19 : 1847 2003 

PORTA M
Things that kept coming to mind while thinking through Susser's South 
African memoir 
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH 60 : 559 DOI 
10.1136/jech.2005.043661 2006 

PORTA M
Epidemiology: bridges over (and across) roaring levels 
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH 52 : 605 1998 

PORTA M
The bibliographic ''impact factor'' of the Institute for Scientific 
Information: How relevant is it really for public health journals? 
Comments 
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH 50 : 606 1996
 
PORTA M
Book citations: influence of epidemiologic thought in the academic 
community 
REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA 40 : 50 2006 

PORTA M
REVISIONES SALUD PUB 3 : 313 1993 

PORTA M
Commentary I - The bibliographic "impact factor", the total number of 
citations and related bibliometric indicators: the need to focus on 
journals of public health and preventive medicine 
SOZIAL-UND PRAVENTIVMEDIZIN 49 : 15 DOI 10.1007/s00038-003-0031-4 2004 

SARACCI R
TEACHING EPIDEMIOLOG : 1 2001 

SEGLEN PO
CITATION FREQUENCY AND JOURNAL IMPACT - VALID INDICATORS OF SCIENTIFIC 
QUALITY? 
JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 229 : 109 1991 

SEGLEN PO
RES EVALUAT 2 : 143 1992 

Partial Contents of the Issue

SHAH EBRAHIM 
Entelechy, citation indexes, and the association of ideas 
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1117-1118; 
doi:10.1093/ije/dyl201
URL: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/5/1117

John Lynch 
It's not easy being interdisciplinary  
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1119-1122; 
doi:10.1093/ije/dyl200
URL: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/5/1119

Eugene Garfield 
Citation indexes for science. A new dimension in documentation through 
association of ideas 
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1123-1127;
doi:10.1093/ije/dyl189
URL: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/5/1123


Eugene Garfield 
Commentary: Fifty years of citation indexing 
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1127-1128; 
doi:10.1093/ije/dyl190
URL: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/5/1127

Richard Smith 
Commentary: The power of the unrelenting impact factor—Is it a force for 
good or harm? 
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1129-1130; 
doi:10.1093/ije/dyl191 
URL: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/5/1129