Clin Endosc.  2015 Jul;48(4):317-321. 10.5946/ce.2015.48.4.317.

Evidence of the Internationalization of Clinical Endoscopy Based on Journal Metrics

• Huh S

• KMID: 1964275
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2015.48.4.317

Abstract

BACKGROUND/AIMS
This study aims to verify the internationalization of Clinical Endoscopy based on journal metrics after the change to English-only in 2011. The results of this study serve as a starting point for developing strategies to develop Clinical Endoscopy into a top-tier international journal.
METHODS
The following journal metrics were analyzed from the journal's homepage or the Web of Science: the number of citable articles, number of countries of affiliation of the contributors, the number of articles supported by research grants, total citations, impact factor, citing journals, countries of citing authors, and the Hirsch index.
RESULTS
The number of citable articles in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 was 22, 81, 120, and 95, respectively. The authors were from 11 countries. Twenty-one out of 55 original articles were supported by research grants. The total citations in 2012, 2013, and 2014 were 2, 85, and 213, respectively. The impact factor was 0.670 in 2013 and 0.940 in 2014. The number of countries citing authors were from was 61. The Hirsch index was 6.
CONCLUSIONS
The above results demonstrate that Clinical Endoscopy became an international journal, contributing to the propagation of valuable research results through an open access publishing model.

Keyword

Access to information; Journal impact factor; Language; Publishing; Research

MeSH Terms

Access to Information
Endoscopy*
Financing, Organized
Journal Impact Factor

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Citable and non-citable articles in Clinical Endoscopy from 2011 to 2014.

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  Fig. 2 Number of countries of affiliation of contributors to Clinical Endoscopy from 2014 to 2015.

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  Fig. 3 Number of original articles in Clinical Endoscopy published from 2011 to January 2015 that were funded by research grants (as of April 18, 2015).

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  Fig. 4 Total citations of Clinical Endoscopy from the Web of Science (as of April 18, 2015).

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  Fig. 5 The national affiliation of authors who cited Clinical Endoscopy in the Web of Science (as of April 18, 2015).

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