Evidence-based editing: factors influencing the number of citations in a national journal


Autoria(s): Ruano Ravina, Alberto; Álvarez-Dardet, Carlos
Contribuinte(s)

Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia

Salud Pública

Data(s)

05/09/2012

05/09/2012

20/07/2012

Resumo

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.

Identificador

RUANO-RAVINA, Alberto; ÁLVAREZ-DARDET, Carlos. "Evidence-based editing: factors influencing the number of citations in a national journal". Annals of Epidemiology. Vol. 22, No. 9 (Sept. 2012). ISSN 1047-2797, pp. 649-653

1047-2797 (Print)

1873-2585 (Online)

http://hdl.handle.net/10045/23820

10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.06.104

A6109837

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Elsevier

Relação

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.06.104

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Publishing #Editorial policies #Journalism #Citation analyses #Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article