Bibliometric indicators of the nursing journals according to the index databases

Avena, Magdalena José; Barbosa, Dulce Aparecida

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE • Rev. esc. enferm. USP 51 • 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-220X2017014603262 copy

Bibliometric indicators of the nursing journals according to the index databases

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ABSTRACT

Objective

To analyze the bibliometric indicators of the national and international journals in the area of nursing from the perspective of index databases.

Method

A historical cohort referring to the period of 2014 to 2016. National nursing journals indexed in the SciELO database and classified in the Qualis as A1, A2 and B1, and international nursing journals with impact factor above 1.0 and below 1.8, indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus Bases, were selected. Nursing specialty periodicals were excluded. The bibliometric indicators were collected from the index databases and imported into Ms Excel for analysis and data tabulation.

Results

The bibliometric indicators of the different index databases are divergent and cannot be compared. Lower title coverage and shorter calculation periods amplify the distortions between the indicators of national and international journals.

Conclusion

The internationalization criteria imposed on national journals do not contribute to obtaining or increasing the impact factor. A broader coverage of indexed titles and a longer calculation period for citations represent a significant difference in results. The h-index and CiteScore appear to be better impact indicators for national nursing research.

Bibliometrics; Impact Factor; Journal Impact Factor; Periodicals; Nursing Research

	National Journals										International Journals
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Average (SD)	Median	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Average (SD)	Median
WoS-FI-JCR	0.433	N/A	N/A	0.573		0.634	N/A	0.547 (0.10)	0.573	1.605	1.379	1.517	1.117	1.347	1.141	1.638	1.392 (0.21)	1.38
Scimago-SJR	0.250	N/A	0.211	0.257	0.210	0.394	0.319	0.293 (0.08)	0.28	0.295	0.483	0.661	0.602	0.760	0.504	0.702	0.572 (0.16)	0.60
SciELO-CI	0.497	0.339	0.512	0.456	0.375	0.569	0.390	0.448 (0.08)	0.46	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cuiden-RIC	1.479	2.226	1.931	2.006	1.499	2.368	1.870	1.911 (0.33)	1.93	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Database		National Journals									International Journals
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Average (SD)	Median	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Average (SD)	Median
WOS	H	20	14	21	25	11	32	23	20.86 (6.96)	21	40	36	29	33	23	23	80	37.71 (19.70)	33
Scimago	H	17	0	15	21	9	28	13	14.71 (8.88)	15	42	39	33	35	33	38	62	40.29 (10.13)	38
GS	h5-i	21	23	27	30	24	30	27	26.00 (3.46)	27	22	19	26	22	21	20	24	22.00 (2.38)	22

		National									International
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Average (SD)	Median	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Average (SD)	Median
Web Of Science	Cites per item	0.81	0.52	0.92	0.85	0.60	1.07	0.56	0.76 (0.21)	0.81	2.85	1.64	2.26	2.91	1.84	2.08	2.78	2.34 (0.52)	2.78
	Imediatez	0.04	N/A	N/A	0.02	N/A	0.05	N/A	0.04 (0.01)	0.04	0.11	0.21	0.12	0.12	0.06	0.18	0.28	0.15 (0.07)	0.12
	IF 5 years	0.35	N/A	N/A	0.52	N/A	0.73	N/A	0.53 (0.19)	0.52	1.62	1.74	1.72	1.19	1.49	1.38	2.33	1.64 (0.36)	1.49
	Half life	4.90	N/A	N/A	4.80	N/A	5.70	N/A	5.13 (0.49)	4.90	9.10	8.20	6.10	7.20	5.60	8.50	>10.0	7.45 (1.39)	6.60
Scopus Scimago	CiteScore	0.56	0.00	0.45	0.48	0.42	1.01	0.56	0.50 (0.30)	0.29	1.35	1.44	1.28	1.81	1.16	1.56	0.29	1.27 (0.48)	1.35
	Cites per Doc	0.51	0.00	0.28	0.44	0.31	0.98	0.40	0.42 (0.30)	0.77	1.35	1.58	1.24	1.26	1.16	1.65	0.77	1.29 (0.29)	1.26
	SNIP	0.56	0.00	0.00	0.41	0.00	0.59	0.59	0.31 (0.17)	0.69	0.79	1.18	0.98	1.38	0.90	0.95	0.69	0.98 (0,23)	0.95
Scielo	CI-3 anos	0.51	0.57	0.56	0.60	0.53	0.82	0.52	0.59 (0.11)	0.56	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Imediatez	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.08	0.04	0.04	0.04 (0.02)	0.04	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A
	Half life	5.40	5.24	6.50	5.19	4.97	6.11	5.16	5.51 (0.57)	5.24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Classification	Required condition	OR
A1	WoS/JCR with impact factor ≥ 0,900	Scopus/SCImago with h-index ≥ 18
A2	WoS/JCR with impact factor between 0,400 and 0,899	Scopus/SCImago with h-index between 8 and 17
B1	WoS/JCR with impact factor ≤ 0,399	Scopus/SCImago with h-index ≤ 7 OR CUIDEN with RIC index ≥ 1,1400
B2	CUIDEN with RIC index between 0,2300 and 1,0999	Medline, SciELO, CINAHL, REV@ENF da BVS-Enfermagem
B3	CUIDEN with RIC index ≤ 0,2299	Lilacs
B4	BDENF	Latindex
B5	Indexed in other databases	Belonging to other associations/ societies
C	Periodicals with ISNN	and /or unsuitable

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[1] Corresponding author: Magdalena José Avena. Rua Promissão, 19 – Vila Carrão CEP 03448-130 – São Paulo, SP, Brazil. madah@terra.com.br