21st-century biomedical journals: failures and futures

Bibliometric assessment of publication output of child and adolescent psychiatric/psychological affiliations between 2005 and 2010 based on the databases PubMed and Scopus

“…Bibliometric evaluation is needed to measure scientific activities at individual, department, university, and national levels mainly by assessing statistics of publications provided by medical databases. For researchers it is of major interest, how their work is perceived by the scientific community, thus enabling development, discussions, and modifications of new ideas [10]. Relevant parameters include number of publications during a time period, the impact of those publications related to the impact factor of the respective journal (IPF) and the citation frequency of published articles [11,23].…”

The distribution of forensic journals, reflections on authorship practices, peer-review and role of the impact factor

“…Scientific publishing has become big business and seems to be dominated by a few large commercial publishing houses with Elsevier accounting for about 30% of all scientific journals [117]. Other well-known publishers, some with a strong interest in forensics, include Taylor & Francis, Blackwell Publishing, John Wiley, Springer, Kluwer and Humana Press.…”

The Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine and the College of Psychiatry of Ireland

“…Key changes relate to the evolution of electronic communication technologies, issues related to independent scientific peer review, and substantial changes in the broader publishing industry. 28,29 Further issues relate to the complex roles of journals in the developing world 30 and in the protection of human rights. 31 Issues of human rights are especially important in the context of mental health policy 32 and mental health law, [33][34][35] especially following recent changes in legislation, as is the case in Ireland.…”