Sambunjak, D; Huic, M; Hren, D; Katic, M; Marusic, A; Marusic, M National vs. international journals: views of medical professionals in Croatia LEARNED PUBLISHING, 22 (1): 57-+ JAN 2009

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: dsambunj at mef.hr; mhuic at mef.hr; dhren at mef.hr; 
mkatic at snz.hr; ana.marusic at agram.mef.hr; mmarusic at mef.hr 

Author(s): Sambunjak, D (Sambunjak, Dario); Huic, M (Huic, Mirjana); Hren, 
D (Hren, Darko); Katic, M (Katic, Milica); Marusic, A (Marusic, Ana); 
Marusic, M (Marusic, Matko) 

Title: National vs. international journals: views of medical professionals 
in Croatia 

Source: LEARNED PUBLISHING, 22 (1): 57-+ JAN 2009 

Language: English 

Document Type: Proceedings Paper 

Conference Title: Council-of-Science-Editors Annual Meeting 2008 

Conference Date: MAY 16-20, 2008 

Conference Location: Vancouver, CANADA 

Conference Sponsors: Council Sci Editors. 

KeyWords Plus: IMPACT FACTOR; LANGUAGE; COUNTRIES; ENGLISH; SCIENCE 

Abstract: Scholarly journals, especially in 7 non-English-speaking 
countries, may perform very different functions depending on whether they 
are published for national or international audiences. Four hundred and 
sixty-six academic physicians and non-academic general practitioners in 
Croatia were surveyed on their knowledge about two Croatian medical 
journals: Lijecnicki vjesnik (published in Croatian) and Croatian Medical 
Journal (published in English). The physicians were also surveyed about 
the importance of all national and international journals published in 
Croatia, and the types of articles they thought should be published in 
these journals. More respondents rated national (n = 329, 72.6%) than 
international journals (n = 275, 63.5%, P < 0.001, Wilcoxon test) very 
important for the medical profession. On the other hand, publishing in 
international journals was more often rated as important than publishing 
in national journals (n = 184, 42.5% vs. n = 125, 27.8%; P < 0.001, 
Wilcoxon test). Guidelines for clinical practice were rated as the most 
important publication item in national journals, and original scientific 
articles in international journals. 

Addresses: [Sambunjak, Dario; Katic, Milica] Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Andrija 
Stampar Sch Publ Hlth, Zagreb 10000, Croatia 

Reprint Address: Sambunjak, D, Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Andrija Stampar Sch 
Publ Hlth, Salata 3b, Zagreb 10000, Croatia. 

E-mail Address: dsambunj at mef.hr; mhuic at mef.hr; dhren at mef.hr; 
mkatic at snz.hr; ana.marusic at agram.mef.hr; mmarusic at mef.hr 

Cited Reference Count: 36 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ASSOC LEARNED PROFESSIONAL SOC PUBL 

Publisher Address: SOUTH HOUSE, THE STREET WORTHING, W SUSSEX BN13 3UU, 
ENGLAND 

ISSN: 0953-1513 

DOI: 10.1087/095315108X378785 

29-char Source Abbrev.: LEARN PUBL 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Learn. Publ. 

Source Item Page Count: 13 

Subject Category: Information Science & Library Science 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 389TM 

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