Utility of the classification of journals in «Dermatology» category of Index Medicus and to detect publications of Spanish dermatologists (1987 and 2000)

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Abstract:The objective is to compare the utility of the classifications of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (category «Dermatology & Venereal Diseases» (D&VD)) and Index Medicus (IM) (category «Dermatology» («D»)) in order to locate the publications of Spanish dermatologists during the period 1987-2000 covered by MedLine database. We found 1,517 documents in dermatology journals, in which 1,130 (74.5%) the first author was a dermatologist, in 122 (8%) a dermatologist was not the first author, and in 265 (17.5%) there was no dermatologist as author. Those journals included in section «D&VD» of JCR and not included in section «D» of IM presented the majority of documents without dermatologist (91.5%). On the other hand, only 8.8% of documents published in journals included in section «D&VD» of JCR and «D» of IM were not signed by a dermatologist (p < 0.001). In documents non-signed by dermatologists, the first author belongs to Allergy in 122 documents (8%) followed byPathology in 78 cases.