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Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia: Their performance from 2007-2014
OBJECTIVES: To compare the journal impact factor (JIF) and Eigenfactor score (ES) of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)-indexed biomedical journals published from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) over the last 8 years. METHODS: This is a retrospective study, conducted at Alfaisal University...
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Saudi Medical Journal
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5303804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761565 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.11.15740 |
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author | Rohra, Dileep K. Rohra, Vikram K. Cahusac, Peter |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To compare the journal impact factor (JIF) and Eigenfactor score (ES) of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)-indexed biomedical journals published from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) over the last 8 years. METHODS: This is a retrospective study, conducted at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA from January to March 2016. The Journal Citation Reports of ISI Web of Knowledge were accessed, and 6 Saudi biomedical journals were included for analysis. RESULTS: All Saudi journals have improved their IF compared with their baseline. However, the performance of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Neurosciences has been exceptionally good. The biggest improvement in percent growth in JIF was seen in the Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal (approximately 887%) followed by Neurosciences (approximately 462%). Interestingly, the ES of all biomedical journals, except Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology and Saudi Medical Journal, increased over the years. The greatest growth in ES (more than 5 fold) was noted for Neurosciences and Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the overall quality of all Saudi biomedical journals has improved in the last 8 years. |
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spelling | pubmed-53038042017-02-16 Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia: Their performance from 2007-2014 Rohra, Dileep K. Rohra, Vikram K. Cahusac, Peter Saudi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: To compare the journal impact factor (JIF) and Eigenfactor score (ES) of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)-indexed biomedical journals published from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) over the last 8 years. METHODS: This is a retrospective study, conducted at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA from January to March 2016. The Journal Citation Reports of ISI Web of Knowledge were accessed, and 6 Saudi biomedical journals were included for analysis. RESULTS: All Saudi journals have improved their IF compared with their baseline. However, the performance of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Neurosciences has been exceptionally good. The biggest improvement in percent growth in JIF was seen in the Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal (approximately 887%) followed by Neurosciences (approximately 462%). Interestingly, the ES of all biomedical journals, except Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology and Saudi Medical Journal, increased over the years. The greatest growth in ES (more than 5 fold) was noted for Neurosciences and Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the overall quality of all Saudi biomedical journals has improved in the last 8 years. Saudi Medical Journal 2016-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5303804/ /pubmed/27761565 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.11.15740 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Rohra, Dileep K. Rohra, Vikram K. Cahusac, Peter Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia: Their performance from 2007-2014 |
title | Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia: Their performance from 2007-2014 |
title_full | Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia: Their performance from 2007-2014 |
title_fullStr | Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia: Their performance from 2007-2014 |
title_full_unstemmed | Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia: Their performance from 2007-2014 |
title_short | Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia: Their performance from 2007-2014 |
title_sort | institute for scientific information-indexed biomedical journals of saudi arabia: their performance from 2007-2014 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5303804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761565 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.11.15740 |
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