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Blister , Pemphigoid, Bullous , Blister/etiology , Humans , Pemphigoid, Bullous/pathologySubject(s)
Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Tinea/diagnosis , Tinea/drug therapy , Terbinafine/therapeutic use , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic useSubject(s)
Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Tinea/diagnosis , Tinea/drug therapy , Terbinafine/therapeutic use , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic useABSTRACT
INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVOS: Para las revistas científicas el factor de impacto (FI) se ha convertido en un objetivo en sí mismo. El objetivo de nuestro estudio es describir la influencia de los distintos tipos de artículo en el FI de las revistas dermatológicas. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Empleando la base de datos Scopus hemos reproducido los cálculos del FI de 2015 de Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas y las principales revistas dermatológicas. Hemos eliminado artículos sin resumen, cartas al editor y actas de congresos. Los artículos incluidos se clasificaron en casos clínicos, artículos originales, revisiones narrativas y "otros". Calculamos el FI medio para cada tipo de artículo. Los datos obtenidos son comparados con los proporcionados por el Institute for Scientific Information. RESULTADOS: Las revistas tienen distribuciones diferentes en cuanto a tipos de artículos predominantes. Los originales son los artículos que más se publican en las revistas analizadas (BJD: 76,8%, Contact: 81,1%, JAAD: 63,4%, JAMA Dermatol: 63,7%), a excepción de Actas, en la que corresponden el 31,7% de los artículos publicados. Los tipos de artículo que se asocian con un FI medio menor al global son los casos clínicos y otros, mientras que revisiones y originales tienen un mayor FI. CONCLUSIONES: Los casos clínicos, al ser menos citados, disminuyen el FI medio de la revista. Revisiones y originales aumentan el FI. Las revistas centradas en mejorar el FI podrían publicar menos casos y más revisiones y originales. Los comités editoriales deben mantener un equilibrio entre la necesidad de aumentar su FI y el interés de los lectores clínicos
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: For scientific journals, achieving a high impact factor (IF) has become a goal in its own right. Our aim was to describe the influence of article type on the IF of dermatology journals. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We used the Scopus database to calculate an IF for Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas and the major dermatology journals, excluding articles without abstracts, letters to the editor, and conference proceedings. Included articles were classified into 4 categories: case reports, original articles, narrative reviews, and other. We also calculated the mean IF for each article type. We then compared our results with IFs published by the Institute for Scientific Information. RESULTS: The proportion of each type of article differed between journals. Original articles carried the greatest weight in the major journals (BJD, 76.8%; Contact, 81.1%; JAAD, 63.4%; JAMA Dermatol, 63.7%.) but not in Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, where only 31.7% were original research articles. A higher IF was associated with the publication of reviews and original articles; a lower IF was associated with the publication of case reports and other article types. CONCLUSIONS: Publishing case reports, which have lower citation rates, leads to a lower IF. Publishing reviews and original articles will lead to a higher IF. Journals that seek a higher IF should probably publish more reviews and original articles and fewer case reports. Editorial boards should seek a balance between the interests of their clinician readers and the journal's need for a higher IF
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Dermatology , Journal Impact Factor , Periodicals as Topic , Publishing/classification , BibliometricsABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: For scientific journals, achieving a high impact factor (IF) has become a goal in its own right. Our aim was to describe the influence of article type on the IF of dermatology journals. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We used the Scopus database to calculate an IF for Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas and the major dermatology journals, excluding articles without abstracts, letters to the editor, and conference proceedings. Included articles were classified into 4 categories: case reports, original articles, narrative reviews, and other. We also calculated the mean IF for each article type. We then compared our results with IFs published by the Institute for Scientific Information. RESULTS: The proportion of each type of article differed between journals. Original articles carried the greatest weight in the major journals (BJD, 76.8%; Contact, 81.1%; JAAD, 63.4%; JAMA Dermatol, 63.7%.) but not in Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, where only 31.7% were original research articles. A higher IF was associated with the publication of reviews and original articles; a lower IF was associated with the publication of case reports and other article types. CONCLUSIONS: Publishing case reports, which have lower citation rates, leads to a lower IF. Publishing reviews and original articles will lead to a higher IF. Journals that seek a higher IF should probably publish more reviews and original articles and fewer case reports. Editorial boards should seek a balance between the interests of their clinician readers and the journal's need for a higher IF.
