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http://dx.doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2022.10.2.5

Assessing Publication Productivity of the Top 10 Countries Across Medical Specialties: Prolific Versus Prestigious Journals  

Kim, Eungi (Department of Library and Information Science, Keimyung University)
Lee, Yong-Gu (Department of Library and Information Science, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice / v.10, no.2, 2022 , pp. 74-85 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate publication productivity in various medical specialties in the top 10 countries with the highest number of published journal articles, considering the distinction between prolific and prestigious journals. For this study, we selected 10 specialties from the Scientific Journal Rankings (SJR) and used journals listed in both SJR and PubMed. Bibliographic details of these journals' articles published from 2017 to 2019 were downloaded from PubMed. The results showed that various aspects of medical publication output were influenced by country characteristics such as specialty, journal type, population size, wealth, and healthcare expenditure. China showed the greatest variability in terms of specialty, as its publications in Oncology (ONCGY) were exceptionally high compared with the specialties of other countries. China's publications in ONCGY exceeded even those of the United States in ONCGY. Furthermore, the western countries, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States in particular published more articles in prestigious journals than the other top 10 countries, where the East Asian countries published more articles in prolific journals than in prestigious journals.
Keywords
prolific journals; prestigious journals; h-index; medical specialties; journal types; PubMed;
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