Papers of interest to Sig Metrics readers

[Eugene Garfield]

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TITLE:          Evidence-based editing: factors influencing the number of
                citations in a national journal (Article, English)
AUTHOR:         Ruano-Ravina, A; Alvarez-Dardet, C
SOURCE:         ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 22 (9). SEP 2012. p.649-653
                ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK

SEARCH TERM(S):  
                 
                 GARFIELD E         JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC   295:90    2006;
                 GARFIELD E         BRIT MED J            313:411   1996

KEYWORDS:       Publishing; Editorial policies; Journalism; Citation
                analyses
KEYWORDS+:       IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; ARTICLES; LANGUAGE; ORIGIN;
                RATES; BIAS

ABSTRACT:       Purpose: Citations received by papers published within a
journal serve to increase its bibliometric impact. The objective of this
paper was to assess the influence of publication language, article type,
number of authors, and year of publication on the citations received by
papers published in Gaceta Sanitaria, a Spanish-language journal of
public health.

Methods: The information sources were the journal website and the Web of
Knowledge, of the Institute of Scientific Information. The period
analyzed was from 2007 to 2010. We included original articles, brief
original articles, and reviews published within that period. We extracted
manually information regarding the variables analyzed and we also
differentiated among total citations and self-citations. We constructed
logistic regression models to analyze the probability of a Gaceta
Sanitaria paper to be cited or not, taking into account the
aforementioned independent variables. We also analyzed the probability of
receiving citations from non-Spanish authors.

Results: Two hundred forty papers fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The
included papers received a total of 287 citations, which became 202 when
excluding self-citations. The only variable influencing the probability
of being cited was the publication year. After excluding never cited
papers, time since publication and review papers had the highest
probabilities of being cited. Papers in English and review articles had a
higher probability of citation from non-Spanish authors.

Conclusions: Publication language has no influence on the citations
received by a national, non-English journal. Reviews in English have the
highest probability of citation from abroad. Editors should decide how to
manage this information when deciding policies to raise the bibliometric
impact factor of their journals. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights
reserved.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Ruano-Ravina, Univ Santiago, Area Prevent Med & Publ
                Hlth, C San Francisco S-N, Santiago De Compostela 15782,
                Spain

 
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TITLE:          Acquisition of economic journals in literature databases
                (Article, German)
AUTHOR:         Clermont, M; Dyckhoff, H
SOURCE:         BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNG UND PRAXIS 64 (3).
                MAY-JUN 2012. p.324-346 VERLAG NEUE WIRTSCHAFTS-BRIEFE,
                HERNE

SEARCH TERM(S):  GARFIELD E  rauth;  

KEYWORDS+:       COVERAGE; SCOPUS

ABSTRACT:       Recently, literature- and citation-databases have been
used to acquire data for the analysis of research quantity and quality of
German-speaking researchers in business administration by means of
bibliometric indicators. Authors of such bibliometric analyses usually
don't question the content of the applied database. The first
researchers, who pick up this relevant question by checking the
acquisition of (VHB-) JOURQUAL1 rated economic journals in the ISI-
databases and Scopus, are Clermont/Schmitz (2008). The present paper
enlarges these analyses by using the JOURQUAL2 as a standard for
comparison and by including the literature-databases WISO and EconLit.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Clermont, Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Lehrstuhl
                Unternehmenstheorie, Aachen, Germany

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TITLE:          The Impact of Advances in Skin & Wound Care (Editorial
                Material, English)
AUTHOR:         Salcido, R
SOURCE:         ADVANCES IN SKIN & WOUND CARE 25 (9). SEP 2012. p.392
                LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, PHILADELPHIA

SEARCH TERM(S):  PENDLEBURY DA  rauth; EDITORIAL  doctype


AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Salcido, Univ Penn Hlth Syst, Dept Rehabil Med,
                Philadelphia, PA USA
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TITLE:          Assessing research activity on priority interventions for
                non-communicable disease prevention in low- and middle-income countries:
                a bibliometric analysis (Article, English)
AUTHOR:         Jones, AC; Geneau, R
SOURCE:         GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION 5. 2012. p.1-13 CO-ACTION
                PUBLISHING, JARFALLA

SEARCH TERM(S):  BIBLIOMETR*  item_title

KEYWORDS:       bibliometrics; chronic disease; developing countries;
                intervention; non-communicable disease; population;
                prevention; public health; research; risk factors
KEYWORDS+:       PUBLIC-HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE; NATURAL EXPERIMENT;
                COST-EFFECTIVENESS; EXPORTING FAILURE; RISK-FACTORS;
                ALCOHOL; TRANSITION; REDUCTION; NUTRITION

ABSTRACT:       Introduction: Action is urgently needed to curb the
rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-
income countries (LMICs) and reduce the resulting social and economic
burdens. There is global evidence about the most cost-effective
interventions for addressing the main NCD risk factors such as tobacco
use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and alcohol misuse. However,
it is unknown how much research is focused on informing the local
adoption and implementation of these interventions.

Objective: To assess the degree of research activity on NCD priority
interventions in LMICs by using bibliometric analysis to quantify the
number of relevant peer-reviewed scientific publications.

Methods: A multidisciplinary, multi-lingual journal database was searched
for articles on NCD priority interventions. The interventions examined
emphasise population-wide, policy, regulation, and legislation
approaches. The publication timeframe searched was the year 2000-2011. Of
the 11,211 articles yielded, 525 met the inclusion criteria.

Results: Over the 12-year period, the number of articles published
increased overall but differed substantially between regions: Latin
America & Caribbean had the highest (127) and Middle East & North Africa
had the lowest (11). Of the risk factor groups, 'tobacco control' led in
publications, with 'healthy diets and physical activity' and 'reducing
harmful alcohol use' in second and third place. Though half the
publications had a first author from a high-income country institutional
affiliation, developing country authorship had increased in recent years.

Conclusions: While rising global attention to NCDs has likely produced an
increase in peer-reviewed publications on NCDs in LMICs, publication
rates directly related to cost-effective interventions are still very
low, suggesting either limited local research activity or limited
opportunities for LMIC researchers to publish on these issues. More
research is needed on high-priority interventions and research funders
should re-examine if intervention research is enough of a funding
priority.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: AC Jones, Int Dev Res Ctr, 150 Kent St, Ottawa, ON K1P 0B2,
                Canada