BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS AND CORE JOURNALS IN PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE

[Eugene Garfield]

BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS AND CORE JOURNALS IN PHYSICAL AND 
REHABILITATION MEDICINE

Author(s): Franchignoni, F (Franchignoni, Franco); Lasa, SM (Lasa, Susana 
Munoz)

Source: JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE  Volume: 43  Issue: 6  Pages: 
471-476  DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0821  Published: MAY 2011  

Abstract: Background and objective: The concept of the "standing" of scientific 
journals (in terms of influence, prestige, popularity, etc.) is multi-dimensional 
and cannot be captured adequately by a single indicator. The aim of this report 
is to compare and comment on different bibliometric indicators related to some 
leading journals in rehabilitation, in order to provide further insights regarding 
their practical usefulness for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 
Discussion: The commonly used Journal Impact Factor and the new SCImago 
Journal Rank indicator are measures of average "impact per paper". Other new 
measures show potentially useful complementarities with them and warrant 
further attention. For example, the Eigenfactor score represents a measure of 
total "citation impact" and seems sufficiently to express the "importance" of a 
journal. In fact, the information conveyed by the Eigenfactor score corresponds 
to a general consensus of journal status in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 
as expressed by the European Consensus Committee on "International 
Rehabilitation Journals" and captured by a survey among European Physical and 
Rehabilitation Medicine researchers.

Language: English
Document Type: Article
Author Keywords: bibliometric analysis; impact factor; Eigenfactor Score; 
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
KeyWords Plus: TOP-CITED ARTICLES; IMPACT FACTOR; GOOGLE-SCHOLAR; 
CITATION-REPORTS; WEB; SCIENCE; SCOPUS; EIGENFACTOR; METRICS; INDEX

Addresses: [Franchignoni, F] IRCCS, Fdn Salvatore Maugeri, Clin Lavoro & 
Riabil, Unit Occupat Rehabil & Ergon,Rehabil Inst Veruno, I-28010 Veruno, NO, 
Italy
[Lasa, SM] Univ Complutense, Dept Med Fis & Rehabil, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
Reprint Address: Franchignoni, F (reprint author), IRCCS, Fdn Salvatore 
Maugeri, Clin Lavoro & Riabil, Unit Occupat Rehabil & Ergon,Rehabil Inst Veruno, 
Via Revislate 13, I-28010 Veruno, NO, Italy

E-mail Address: franco.franchignoni at jsm.it
ISSN: 1650-1977
fulltext: http://www.medicaljournals.se/jrm/content/?doi=10.2340/16501977-
0821