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dc.contributor.authorLopez-Abente, Gonzalo 
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz-Tinoco, Concha
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-01T19:18:21Z
dc.date.available2019-02-01T19:18:21Z
dc.date.issued2005-03-18
dc.identifier.citationBMC Public Health. 2005 Mar 18;5:24.es_ES
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7077
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Journal impact factor (IF) is linked to the probability of a paper being cited and is progressively becoming incorporated into researchers' curricula vitae. Furthermore, the decision as to which journal a given study should be submitted, may well be based on the trend in the journal's overall quality. This study sought to assess time trends in journal IF in the field of public, environmental and occupational health. METHODS: We used the IFs of 80 Public Health journals that were registered by the Science Citation Index from 1992 through 2003 and had been listed for a minimum period of the previous 3 years. Impact factor time trends were assessed using a linear regression model, in which the dependent variable was IF and the independent variable, the year. The slope of the model and its statistical significance were taken as the indicator of annual change. RESULTS: The IF range for the journals covered went from 0.18 to 5.2 in 2003. Although there was no statistical association between annual change and mean IF, most of the fastest growing journals registered mean IFs in excess of 1.5, and some represented emerging areas of public health research. Graphs displaying IF trends are shown. CONCLUSION: In view of the delay between the publication of IFs and that of any given paper, knowing the trend in IF is essential in order to make a correct choice of journal.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipStudy supported in part by ISCIII-RCESP C03/09 (Spanish Network for Cooperative Research in Epidemiology and Public Health).es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherBioMed Central (BMC) es_ES
dc.type.hasVersionVoRes_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.meshDatabases, Bibliographic es_ES
dc.subject.meshDecision Making es_ES
dc.subject.meshHumans es_ES
dc.subject.meshModels, Statistical es_ES
dc.subject.meshPeriodicals as Topic es_ES
dc.subject.meshPublishing es_ES
dc.subject.meshResearch es_ES
dc.subject.meshTime Factors es_ES
dc.subject.meshBibliometrics es_ES
dc.subject.meshPublic Health es_ES
dc.titleTime trends in the impact factor of Public Health journalses_ES
dc.typejournal articlees_ES
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional*
dc.identifier.pubmedID15777471es_ES
dc.format.volume5es_ES
dc.format.number1es_ES
dc.format.page24es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2458-5-24es_ES
dc.contributor.funderInstituto de Salud Carlos III 
dc.description.peerreviewedes_ES
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-5-24es_ES
dc.identifier.journalBMC public healthes_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIII::Centro Nacional de Epidemiologíaes_ES
dc.repisalud.institucionISCIIIes_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/C03/09es_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses_ES


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