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When submitting research papers to international academic journals, we consider the aims and scope of the journals, readership, acceptance rate, impact factors, etc. to select which journal is most suitable for our studies. In this paper, the editorial board of Medical Education Japan analyzed articles published in international journals between 2009 and 2018 by first authors belonging to institutions in Japan. Pertaining to the number of articles, BMC Medical Education ranked first with forty-one articles (all were original research papers) and Medical Teacher ranked second with 22 (16 original research papers). There were 8 and 7 articles published by first authors from Japan in Academic Medicine and Medical Education, respectively. There are few articles published from Japan in Advances in Health Science Education and Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Some journals, like Advances in Physiology Education and Journal of Surgical Education, focus on specific fields of medicine. We will show characteristics of these major journals (e.g. area of interest, unique article categories, key points for submission, etc.). We hope that readers utilize this information for article submission.
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<p>On Web of Science, the number of papers published in 2010-2015 in 136 journals and Eigenfactor top 10 journals categorized as “Rehabilitation” was counted for each country. From Japan, there were 1,658 (2.71％) of 61,210 papers published in 136 journals and 303 (2.41％) of 12,584 papers published in Eigenfactor top 10 journals. The number of papers in journals categorized as “Clinical Neurology,” “Orthopedics,” “Otorhinolaryngology,” “Urology and Nephrology,” and “Gastroenterology and Hepatology” was counted and compared with the number of papers published under the category “Rehabilitation.” We found that the percentage of papers from Japan that were published under the category “Rehabilitation” was significantly smaller than that of any other categories, in both the 136 journals and Eigenfactor top 10 journals. The reason and countermeasures were discussed from the viewpoint of Japanese papers from the entire field of medical science and the field of rehabilitation.</p>
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ResumenEl estudio de la actividad de una revista resulta esencial para conocer la evolución de sus características a lo largo del tiempo. En este trabajo se realiza un análisis bibliométrico de la Revista de Biología Tropical, utilizando como fuente la base de datos Web of Science (ThomsonReuters), entre los años 2003-2012. El objetivo del trabajo es describir las principales características de la producción de la revista y analizar el desarrollo de la colaboración y el impacto en la última década. Se estudia la colaboración entre autores, instituciones y países y su vinculación con las citas recibidas. Se han obtenido indicadores de producción (número de documentos por año, institución y país), colaboración (índice de co-autoría, colaboración entre centros y países) e impacto (factor de impacto, posición en el Journal Citation Report, citas recibidas). Los resultados muestran que en el período estudiado la revista ha publicado 1 473 artículos. Predominan los documentos en inglés y español -por partes iguales- y los principales países de procedencia son México, Costa Rica, Venezuela y Colombia. La Universidad de Costa Rica es la institución que produce la mayor parte de los artículos, con un 17 % de los documentos, seguida de la Universidad Autónoma de México y la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Se evidencia que la colaboración entre autores, instituciones y países ha crecido constantemente en la última década. El índice de coautoría ha sido de 3.07 autores por documento. Un 63 % de las publicaciones se han realizado en colaboración entre 2 o más instituciones y un 22 % en colaboración internacional. Las relaciones de colaboración más frecuentes se producen entre Costa Rica y Estados Unidos. En cuanto al impacto de la revista, dentro de la categoría Biology el factor de impacto ha tenido oscilaciones, alcanzando su máximo valor en 2012 (FI JCR = 0.553). Se ha detectado que el 10 % de los documentos más citados concentra la mitad de las citas recibidas por la revista y tienen un porcentaje de colaboración internacional muy superior a la media de la revista. Los principales países usuarios fueron Estados Unidos, Brasil, México, Argentina y Costa Rica, de quienes proviene la mayor citación de la revista. Los datos muestran una tendencia creciente a la colaboración entre autores, instituciones y países y una relación directa entre el incremento de esta colaboración y el impacto recibido.
Abstract:The activity analysis of a scientific journal is relevant to know the evolution of its characteristics over time. In this paper, results of a bibliometric study of the Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation (Costa Rica) are presented. The goal of this study was to describe the main characteristics of its scientific production, and analyze its level of collaboration and its impact between the years 2003-2012. Data was derived from the Web of Science (Thomson-Reuters), and the relationship among authors and coauthors, institutions and countries, and their links with the citations received were analyzed for that period. Descriptive statistics about production (number of documents per year, institution and country), collaboration (authorship index, collaboration among institutions and countries) and impact (IF, position in JCR and number of citations received) were collected. Results showed that the journal has published 1 473 papers in this period, in similar proportions English and Spanish. Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Colombia are the most common countries of origin, with the Universidad of Costa Rica, Universidad Autónoma de Mexico and the University of Puerto Rico as the most common leader institutions. Collaboration between authors, institutions and countries has shown an increasing trend over the last decade. The co-author index was 3.07 per document, 63 % of publications included 2 or more institutions, and 22 % of the papers were product of international collaboration. The most common collaboration link was between Costa Rica and the United States of America. The impact factor has been oscillating during this last decade, reaching a maximum in 2012 (IF JCR = 0.553). Besides, 10 % of the most cited papers concentrated half of the citations received by the journal, and have a very high number of citations, compared with the journal mean. The main countries that cite the journal were USA, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Costa Rica. Data showed an increasing collaboration between authors, institutions and countries, and a direct relationship between the increase of this collaboration and the received impact.
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Humanos , Publicações Periódicas como Assunto/estatística & dados numéricos , Biologia/estatística & dados numéricos , Bibliometria , Autoria , Costa RicaRESUMO
O artigo consiste no depoimento pessoal do autor sobre sua participação no Comitê de Publicações da Associação Psicanalítica Internacional (IPA) no período de 2001 a 2009 e também como vice editor para a América Latina do International Journal of Psychoanalysis no período de 2008 a 2011
This article consists in the personal testimony of the authors participation in the Publications Committee of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) from 2001 to 2009, as well as vice-editor for the Latin American of International Journal of Psychoanalysis from 2008 to 2011
El artículo consiste en el testimonio personal del autor acerca de su participación en el Comité de Publicaciones de la Asociación Psicoanalítica Internacional (API) en el periodo de 2001 a 2009 y también como vice-editor para la América Latina del International Journal of Psychoanalysis en el periodo de 2008 a 2011