The 5/95 gap in the indexation of psychiatric journals of low- and middle-income countries

Mari JJ, Patel V, Kieling C, Razzouk D, Tyrer P, Herrman H. The 5/95 gap in the indexation of psychiatric journals of low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between science production and the indexation level of low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC) journals...

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Autores principales: Mari, J J, Patel, V, Kieling, C, Razzouk, D, Tyrer, P, Herrman, H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19764927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01476.x
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author Mari, J J
Patel, V
Kieling, C
Razzouk, D
Tyrer, P
Herrman, H
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description Mari JJ, Patel V, Kieling C, Razzouk D, Tyrer P, Herrman H. The 5/95 gap in the indexation of psychiatric journals of low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between science production and the indexation level of low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC) journals in international databases. METHOD: Indicators of productivity in research were based on the number of articles produced over the 1994–2004 period. A survey in both Medline and ISI/Thomson was conducted to identify journals according to their country of origin. A WPA Task Force designed a collaborative process to assess distribution and quality of non-indexed LAMIC journals. RESULTS: Twenty LAMIC were found to present more than 100 publications and a total of 222 indexed psychiatric journals were found, but only nine were from LAMIC. The Task Force received 26 questionnaires from editors of non-indexed journals, and concluded that five journals would meet criteria for indexation. CONCLUSION: Barriers to indexation of journals contribute to the difficulties in achieving fair representation in the main literature databases for the scientific production in these countries.
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spelling pubmed-34949722012-11-14 The 5/95 gap in the indexation of psychiatric journals of low- and middle-income countries Mari, J J Patel, V Kieling, C Razzouk, D Tyrer, P Herrman, H Acta Psychiatr Scand Brief Communication Mari JJ, Patel V, Kieling C, Razzouk D, Tyrer P, Herrman H. The 5/95 gap in the indexation of psychiatric journals of low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between science production and the indexation level of low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC) journals in international databases. METHOD: Indicators of productivity in research were based on the number of articles produced over the 1994–2004 period. A survey in both Medline and ISI/Thomson was conducted to identify journals according to their country of origin. A WPA Task Force designed a collaborative process to assess distribution and quality of non-indexed LAMIC journals. RESULTS: Twenty LAMIC were found to present more than 100 publications and a total of 222 indexed psychiatric journals were found, but only nine were from LAMIC. The Task Force received 26 questionnaires from editors of non-indexed journals, and concluded that five journals would meet criteria for indexation. CONCLUSION: Barriers to indexation of journals contribute to the difficulties in achieving fair representation in the main literature databases for the scientific production in these countries. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3494972/ /pubmed/19764927 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01476.x Text en © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation.
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Herrman, H
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19764927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01476.x
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