Structure of the impact factor of academic journals in the field of Education and Educational Psychology: Citations from editorial board members

2006 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Miguel Campanario ◽  
Lidia González ◽  
Cristina Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The h-Index of Editorial Board Members Correlates Positively With the Impact Factor of Sports Medicine Journals

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 232596711769402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Kay ◽  
Muzammil Memon ◽  
Darren de SA ◽  
Nicole Simunovic ◽  
Andrew Duong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Sports Medicine ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Faculty Position ◽  
H Index ◽  
The Impact

Background: The h-index is a metric widely used to present both the productivity and impact of an author’s previous publications. Purpose: To evaluate and observe any correlations among the h-indices of 2015 editorial board members from 8 top sports medicine journals. Study Design: Systematic review. Methods: The sex, country of residence, degree, and faculty position of the editorial board members were identified using their respective scientific publication profiles. The h-index and other bibliometric indicators of these editorial board members were obtained using both the Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar (GS) databases. Nonparametric statistics were used to analyze differences in h-index values, and regression models were used to assess the ability of the editorial board member’s h-index to predict their journal’s impact factor (IF). Results: A total of 422 editorial board members were evaluated. The median h-index of all editors was 20 (interquartile range [IQR], 19) using GS and 15 (IQR, 15) using WoS. GS h-index values were 1.19 times higher than WoS, with significant correlation between these values ( r2 = 0.88, P = .0001). Editorial board members with a PhD had significantly higher h-indices than those without (GS, P = .0007; WoS, P = .0002), and full professors had higher h-indices than associate and assistant professors (GS, P = .0001; WoS, P = .0001). Overall, there were significant differences in the distribution of the GS ( P < .0001) and WoS ( P < .0001) h-indices of the editorial board members by 2014 IF of the journals. Both the GS h-index (β coefficient, 0.01228; 95% CI, 0.01035-0.01423; P < .0001) as well as the WoS h-index (β coefficient, 0.01507; 95% CI, 0.01265-0.01749; P < .0001) of editorial board members were significant predictors of the 2014 IF of their journal. Conclusion: The h-indices of editorial board members of top sports medicine journals are significant predictors of the IF of their respective journals.

scholarly journals Looking back and moving forward: a bibliographic survey of the Hungarian-language Orvosi Hetilap

2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (48) ◽  
pp. 1905-1917
Author(s):  
Anna Berhidi ◽  
Zsuzsa Margittai ◽  
Lívia Vasas
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Scientific Journal ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
Hungarian Language ◽  
Number Of Citations

Introduction: The first step in the process of acquisition of impact factor for a scientific journal is to get registered at Thomson Reuters Web of Science database. Aim: The aim of this article is to evaluate the content and structure of Orvosi Hetilap with regards to selection criteria of Thomson Reuters, in particular to objectives of citation analysis. Methods: Authors evaluated issues of Orvosi Hetilap published in 2011 and calculated the unofficial impact factor of the journal based on systematic search in various citation index databases. Number of citations, quality of citing journals and scientific output of the editorial board members were evaluated. Adherence to guidelines of international publishers was assessed, as well. Results: Unofficial impact factor of Orvosi Hetilap has been continuously rising every year in the past decade (except for 2004 and 2010). The articles of Orvosi Hetilap are widely cited by international authors and high impact factor journals, too. Further, more than half the articles cited are open access. The most frequently cited categories are original and review articles as well as clinical studies. Orvosi Hetilap is a weekly published journal, which is covered by many international databases such as PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Embase, and BIOSIS Previews. As regards to the scientific output of the editorial board members, the truncated mean of the number of their publications was 497, citations 2446, independent citations 2014 and h-index 21. Conclusions: While Orvosi Hetilap fulfils many criteria for getting covered by Thomson Reuters, it is worthwhile to implement a method of online citation system in order to increase the number of citations. In addition, scientific publications of all editorial board members should be made easily accessible. Finally, publications of comparative studies by multiple authors are encouraged as well as papers containing epidemiological data analyses. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 1905–1917.

Editorial boards of 45 journals devoted to school and educational psychology: International characteristics and publication patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-136
Author(s):  
Jiayi Wang ◽  
John C. Begeny ◽  
Rahma M. Hida ◽  
Helen O. Oluokun
Keyword(s):  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions

To assess and promote internationally representative scholarship, several past studies have examined the geographic affiliation of journals’ editorial board members and authors. The present study is the first known to examine this with journals devoted to school and educational psychology. After systematically identifying all peer-reviewed scholarly journals around the globe that are specifically devoted to school or educational psychology ( N = 45), the goals of this study were to (a) report key characteristics about each journal’s editorial board, and (b) examine the extent to which geographic affiliation (country where one is employed) is consistent among a journal’s editorial board members and recent authors. One key finding revealed that editorial boards of the discipline’s journals represent individuals from all global regions, but many global regions (e.g. Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America) are underrepresented. Another finding showed that the vast majority of journals evidence strong similarities in geographic affiliation between editorial board members and authors. Findings, implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed in the context of internationalization.

scholarly journals Editorial

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Evan Simpson ◽  
Anna Spada
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Official Journal ◽  
Endocrine Disorders ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Molecular Endocrinology ◽  
The Impact

Dear Readers, Having served as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Molecular Endocrinology for seven years, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have contributed to the journal's success – the Editorial Board, authors and referees.Following a great increase in the journal's impact factor in the early part of my term of office, submissions to the journal began to increase significantly, approaching a remarkable 250% of what they had been previously. This gave us the opportunity to build upon the journal's established reputation by improving its high quality standards even further. One of the ways of achieving this was to increase the rejection rate. Prior to 2000, the acceptance rate of the journal had typically been around 60% for many years. In recent years, this percentage has often been in the thirties. Despite this, the number of papers published in a year has frequently been more than it was historically, and rapid growth from one year to the next has sometimes had the effect of temporarily decreasing the journal's impact factor compared with the heights we had previously achieved, because of the way it is calculated. We have also increased the journal's online frequency to monthly, ensuring that the journal is poised ready for the rapid publication of greater numbers of higher quality papers.With this legacy, I am pleased to hand over the reins of the journal to Professor Anna Spada, and I wish her well in taking the journal to new heights.As the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, I feel proud to be associated with a major international journal dedicated to publishing excellent science in the field of molecular endocrinology. Together with the new members of the Editorial Board, we are committed to continue the tradition of excellence established by our predecessors. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing Editor-in-Chief, Professor Evan Simpson, who contributed greatly to the development and prestige of the journal during his tenure. We would also like to acknowledge with gratitude the efforts of all the other members of the Editorial Board who are retiring.As we enter the year 2008, the journal begins its 20th year of serving the global endocrine community as a vital forum for research on molecular endocrinology. Moreover, the journal recently became an official journal of the European Society of Endocrinology, a fact that confirms its increasing significance and importance. The journal has an active Editorial Board who represent both the global reach of the journal and the breadth of expertise needed to build upon its current subject coverage.Journal of Molecular Endocrinology has undergone substantial developments recently, including full migration to an electronic manuscript handling system and monthly online publication, together with immediate publication of authors' accepted manuscripts. These changes, together with the hard work of the staff of the Society for Endocrinology, the journal's publisher, have had a major impact on the efficiency of manuscript handling, with rapid and careful decisions on submitted manuscripts. High-profile review articles are freely available to all on the web and the improved features of the new platform, including toll-free reference linking and ‘This article has been cited by…’ links to and from other major journals, have increased JME's online visibility.We are committed to publishing the best endocrine research at the molecular level, and we believe that the journal has a particular role in integrating basic molecular mechanisms towards understanding the physiological and pathological processes of the endocrine system. We want to encourage the submission of manuscripts that expand our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying hormone action; examples of potential topics include proteomics, structural features of RNA and the impact on mRNA regulation and processing, DNA repair mechanisms underlying endocrine disorders and cancers, DNA–protein complexes and chromatin structures and the accessibility of promoter–regulatory regions, molecular chaperones, etc. Articles on molecular endocrinology with potential translational/clinical significance, methodology and bioinformatics tools are especially welcome. We also want to attract papers from leaders in other fields who are investigating endocrine-related aspects but do not traditionally publish in our journal. A series of mini-reviews will address a wide range of provocative and updated topics that we believe will extend our range of interest and will aim to anticipate the future direction of many specific research areas. As many of the mini-reviews will be invited, we welcome suggestions of topics and authors as well as outlines of potential mini-reviews from interested authors.It is with a good deal of humility that I take over the reins of the journal. It is my intention to ensure that it remains at the forefront of endocrine research and, along with the Editorial Board, we are hopeful that we can raise JME's standards even higher.

scholarly journals Report of the Editors of the American Political Science Review, 2008–2009

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (02) ◽  
pp. 383-385
Author(s):  
Ronald Rogowski
Keyword(s):  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
American Political Science Review ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Senior Editor ◽  
Good Advice ◽  
Dedicated Service ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
The Impact

We report here on the journal's operations during the year from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. In doing so, we want first to express our thanks to the APSA: its staff, Council, and Publications Committee, both for good advice and for important material support. The impact of both is documented, albeit only partially, in the following article. TheAPSREditorial Board and its Executive Committee have also been invaluable, and we have benefited particularly from the concentrated counsel that a subcommittee provided during a two-day site visit to UCLA in July. Editorial Board members have also given unstintingly of their time to serve as guest editors on UCLA-connected submissions that might otherwise raise conflicts of interest. We owe very special debts of gratitude to our Senior Editor, Joseph Riser, whose serene and wise disposition seems never to falter; our graduate editorial assistants (EAs), Megan Gallagher, Diana Ichpekova, Rebekah Sterling, and Matt Spence; two of our original co-editors, Kathleen Bawn and Michael Chwe, who gave extraordinarily dedicated service but decided to leave the group effective July 1, 2009; and Gary Cox (UCSD) and Arthur Lupia (Michigan), who agreed to join our weekly meetings via videoconference—in Gary's case, for the long term; in Skip's, temporarily. Finally, we thank the authors of the nearly 700 papers submitted to us and the over 2,000 referees who gave, unremunerated and anonymously as always, their astute and often admirably detailed counsel.

scholarly journals Current Status and Future Direction of Interventional Neuroradiology, the Official Journal of the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.K. Kim ◽  
S.H. Yang ◽  
P.S. Young ◽  
D.C. Suh
Keyword(s):  
Interventional Neuroradiology ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Official Journal ◽  
World Federation ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Research Standards ◽  
The Impact

Interventional Neuroradiology (INR) is an international journal devoted to a highly sub-specialized field with international editorial board members and a representative journal through which the specialty of neurointervention has continuously evolved, especially through the efforts and passion of Professor Pierre Lasjaunias. Articles in INR are submitted by authors in many countries worldwide and are peer reviewed by international referees. Considering that interventional neuroradiology is the highly specialized field that INR pursues, the impact factor or the Eigenfactor score of INR is still very low partly because the LinkOut services, including PubMed, are not yet provided in a sufficiently open way. Ethical research standards should also be emphasized in INR.

scholarly journals A96 GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY AUTHORSHIP AND EDITORIAL BOARDS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 70-71
Author(s):  
N Jawaid ◽  
K Leung ◽  
N Bollegala
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Journal Citation Report ◽  
Senior Author ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Gender Distribution ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Male Dominated

Abstract Background Women are numerically under-represented in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology. Aims To characterize the gender distribution of first and senior authors and editorial board members of the highest impact factor journals in gastroenterology and hepatology. Methods Using Clarivate Journal Citation Report 2019, the 28 highest ranked journals within gastroenterology and hepatology were selected for review, along with the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. Publications between January 1 to December 31, 2019 were included. Gender of board members and authors was identified using publicly available data. Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated using SPSS to assess for a relationship between editorial board, first author, and senior author gender as well as impact factor. Results Of 29 journals assessed with a median impact factor of 5.55 (IQR 3.72–9.10), 357 journal issues and 8036 articles were reviewed. Three journals were headed by female chief editors, constituting 7.7% of all editors-in-chief (3/39). In total, females made up 17.1% of editorial board members (n=584). Of 8036 first authors, 2547 (31.7%) were female. Of 7335 senior authors, 1390 (19.3%) were female. There were no statistically significant correlations between impact factor and gender. Chief editor gender did not significantly correlate with gender distribution of editorial boards, first or senior authors. There was a significant positive correlation between male-dominated editorial boards and male first and senior authorship, versus a significant negative correlation between male-dominated editorial boards and female first and senior authorship. A positive correlation exists for the same gender between first and senior authors. Conclusions Although gender distribution of female first and senior authorship approaches current distributions in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, editor-in-chief positions and editorial board membership on journals continue to be occupied by men in higher proportions. Future endeavors such as diversity statements and mentorship may help to balance these distributions in the future. Funding Agencies None

scholarly journals The “throwaways”. Conflicts of interest in dermatology publications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Roman ◽  
David J. Elpern
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Financial Conflict ◽  
News Magazines ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Open Payments ◽  
Clinical Dermatology

AbstractImportanceConflict of interest as it relates to medical education is a topic of concern. Dermatology journals, periodicals, editorials, and news magazines are influential resources that are not uniformly regulated and subject to influence from the pharmaceutical industry.ObjectiveThis study evaluates industry payments to physician editorial board members of common dermatology publications, including “throwaway” publications.DesignA list of editorial board members was compiled from a collection of clinical dermatology publications received over a 3-month period. To analyze the nature and extent of industry payments to this cohort, payments data from the Open Payments database from 2013 to 2019 were collected. Analysis of the total payments, number of transactions, categories of payments, payment sources, and physician specific characteristics was performed.ResultsTen publications were evaluated, and payments data for 466 physicians were analyzed. The total compensation across all years was $75,622,369.64. Services other than consulting, consulting, and travel/lodging payments comprised most of the payments. A faction of dermatologists received the majority of payments. The top payers were manufacturers of biologic medications. Payment amounts were higher for throwaway publications compared to peer-reviewed journals.ConclusionsEditorial board members of dermatology publications received substantial payments from the pharmaceutical industry. A minority of physicians receive the lion’s share of payments from industry. “Throwaway” publications have more financial conflict of interest than peer-reviewed journals. The impact of these conflicts of interest on patient care, physicians practice patterns, and patient perception of physicians is noteworthy.

scholarly journals Academic tweeting in #ObGyn. Where do we stand?

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 867-870
Author(s):  
Ghanshyam S. Yadav ◽  
Nupur R. Nagarkatti ◽  
Sagar O. Rohondia ◽  
Hadi Erfani ◽  
Charles C. Kilpatrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
New England ◽  
Median Number ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynecology ◽  
Physician Leaders ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Twitter Activity

Abstract Objective To describe the scenario of academic tweeting and utilization of Twitter by editorial board members of the leading journal in obstetrics and gynecology. Methods The Twitter presence of an editorial board members of obstetrics and gynecology journal with an impact factor greater than 4 was determined. Details of their Twitter activity, year of graduation from medical school and gender were analyzed. Median SparkScore™, an online influence measure, of journals was compared to the highest impact factor journals in medicine (New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The British Medical Journal and Journal of the American Medical Association). Results In the six highest impact factor journals in obstetrics and gynecology, 92 of 240 (38.3%) editorial board members had an active Twitter account. The Twitter presence of editorial members of Obstetrics and Gynecology was statistically less when compared to all other journals (P < 0.01). The median number of tweets in the last 24 h and 7 days were 0. Median SparkScore™ for the highest impact factor obstetrics and gynecology journals (24) were lower compared to the highest impact journals in medicine (66) (P = 0.03). Conclusion Editorial board members of the six highest impact factor journals in obstetrics and gynecology are not capitalizing on the dynamic nature of Twitter and its instant convenient access from our smartphones to further academia, when compared to specialties in medicine. There is a need for increased adoption of Twitter among physician leaders in the specialty.

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