Journals in surgery and gastroenterology: indexing in databases and bibliometric indicators

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Publishing research results as journal articles is the most common format used by researchers for dissemination of advancements in science. To select where to publish, authors must know how to identify the most recognized journals in each field, adopting quality criteria. PURPOSE: To discuss journal selection criteria and bibliometric indicators for evaluation of scientific production and to analyze the status of indexing of Brazilian and international journals in health science databases, mainly for journals in surgery and gastroenterology fields. RESULTS: The totals of journals indexed in health science databases are presented, highlighting the relative participation of journals in surgery and gastroenterology in each database. CONCLUSION: The decision to publish in a national or international journal should be based on bibliometric indicators and status of indexing in databases, but the objectives of the research must be the main point considered by authors.

Surgery and Cardiovascular Surgery Journals Analysis

“…A valuable publication and originality in national journal may not have an impact and meritorious recognition. The editorial ethics can be subverted by substantial financial contribution paying for publication, often in the face of its media potential 8 . So, it is necessary to discuss about the impact factor.…”

“…Obviously in the basic sciences the percentage of regular A1 rises considerably (around 25-30%) and the surgeon is able to publish in this niche and/or multidisciplinary journals such as in the areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, endocrinology and metabolism, transplantation, biochemistry and molecular biology. Of course, interests the academic surgeon and researcher disclose the article among their peers, but this intention cause permanent conflict, given that, in most cases, or it publishes in journals with lower impact on his area, or ignore it and search for journals with more impact, whose visibility is reduced in his specialty [8][9] . It is clear that, with the search engine on the internet, including PubMed, it is possible to screen the choice of text.…”

Bridging knowledge translation gap in health in developing countries: visibility, impact and publishing standards in journals from the Eastern Mediterranean

“…Although our results cannot be generalized outside of the Eastern Mediterranean, they illustrate common problems of journals from developing areas of the world in reaching the mainstream scientific community. We are not aware of similar comprehensive studies of all journals indexed in large regional index in the developing world, although there are studies of single journals [ 25 ] or studies of research outputs from countries [ 7 ] in the Eastern Mediterranean; other world regions [ 9 ] or individual medical fields [ 26 ]; general publication output from countries [ 27 ], continents such as Africa [ 9 , 10 ], or developing countries in general [ 11 , 12 ].…”

Disponibilidad en Abierto De Los Artículos en Web of Science Y Scopus Que Publican Y Citan Los Profesores Universitarios De Educación Física: El Caso De España

“…Algunos investigadores consideran que un proyecto finaliza cuando se obtienen los resultados y se presentan en un congreso (MARTÍNEZ-FUENTES; MEROÑO-GALLUT; RÍOS-DÍAZ, 2010). Sin embargo, la investigación debe terminar cuando los resultados son publicados en una revista científica, porque es entonces cuando pasan a formar parte de los circuitos de generación y difusión del conocimiento científico (CASTRO, 2006;CORTES, 2008). La publicación de un artículo es una parte crucial del proceso científico pero, otra parte igualmente importante, es el uso y la citación de estos artículos por otros investigadores (CALLAHAM; WEARS; WEBER, 2002).…”