Hypothetical influence of non-indexed Spanish medical journals on the impact factor of the Journal Citation Reports-indexed journals

Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent (), Juan Carlos Valderrama Zurián, Alberto Miguel-Dasit, Adolfo Alonso Arroyo and Miguel Castellano Gómez
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Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat de València
Juan Carlos Valderrama Zurián: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat de València
Alberto Miguel-Dasit: La Plana de Vila-Real Hospital
Adolfo Alonso Arroyo: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat de València
Miguel Castellano Gómez: Consellería de Sanitat. Generalitat Valenciana

Scientometrics, 2007, vol. 70, issue 1, No 4, 53-66

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze the hypothetical changes in the 2002 impact factor (IF) of the biomedical journals included in the Science Citation Index-Journal Citation Reports (SCI-JCR) by also taking into account cites coming from 83 non-indexed Spanish journals on different medical specialties. A further goal of the study is to identify the subject categories of the SCI-JCR with the largest increase in their IF, and to estimate the 2002 hypothetical impact factor (2002 HIF) of these 83 non-indexed Spanish journals. It is demonstrated that the inclusion of cites from a selection of non SCI-JCR-indexed Spanish medical journals in the SCI-JCR-indexed journals produces a slight increase in their 2002 IF, specially in journals edited in the USA and in the UK. More than half of the non-indexed Spanish journals has a higher 2002 HIF than that of the SCI-JCR-indexed journal with the lowest IF in the same subject category.

Date: 2007
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