Yue, WP (Yue, Weiping); Wilson, CS (Wilson, Concepcion S.); Boller, F (Boller, Francois) Peer assessment of journal quality in clinical neurology Source: JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 95 (1): 70-76 JAN 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: weipingyue at gmail.com; c.wilson at unsw.edu.au; 
fboller at broca.inserm.fr 

Author(s): Yue, WP (Yue, Weiping); Wilson, CS (Wilson, Concepcion S.); 
Boller, F (Boller, Francois)
 
Title: Peer assessment of journal quality in clinical neurology 

Source: JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 95 (1): 70-76 JAN 2007 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Keywords Plus: MANAGEMENT JOURNALS; IMPACT FACTOR; PERSPECTIVE 

Abstract: Objective: To explore journal quality as perceived by clinicians 
and researchers in clinical neurology.
Methods: A survey was conducted from August 2003 to January 2004. Ratings 
for 41 selected clinical neurology journals were obtained from 254 members 
of the World Federation of Neurology (1,500 solicited; response rate 17%). 
Participants provided demographic information and rated each journal on a 
5-point Likert scale. Average ratings for all journals were compared with 
the ISI's journal impact factors. Ratings for each journal were also 
compared across geographic regions and respondent publication productivity.

Results: The top 5 journals were rated much more highly than the others, 
with mean ratings greater than 4. Mean journal ratings were highly 
correlated with journal impact factors (r = 0.67). Most of the top 10 
journal ratings were consistent across the subgroups of geographic regions 
and journal paper productivity. However, significant differences among the 
different geographical regions and respondent productivity groups were 
also found for a few journals.

Conclusions: The results provide valuable insight on how neurological 
experts perceive journals in clinical neurology. These results will likely 
aid researchers and clinicians in identifying potentially desirable 
research outlets and indicate journal status for editors. Likewise, 
biomedical librarians may use these results for serials collection 
development. 

Addresses: Univ New S Wales, Sch Informat Syst Technol & Management, 
Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; INSERM, U549, Paris, France 

Reprint Address: Yue, WP, Univ New S Wales, Sch Informat Syst Technol & 
Management, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. 

E-mail Address: weipingyue at gmail.com; c.wilson at unsw.edu.au; 
fboller at broca.inserm.fr 

Cited Reference Count: 21 

Times Cited: 1 

Publisher: MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOC 

Publisher Address: 65 EAST WACKER PLACE, STE 1900, CHICAGO, IL 60601-7298 
USA
 
ISSN: 1536-5050 

29-char Source Abbrev.: J MED LIBR ASSOC 

ISO Source Abbrev.: J. Med. Libr. Assoc. 

Source Item Page Count: 7 

Subject Category: Information Science & Library Science 

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