Kelen Gabor, Sauer Lauren M
Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Am J Disaster Med. 2008 Nov-Dec;3(6):369-76.
The aim of this study was to determine which journals publish medical disaster-related work, their individual focus, and publication volume pre- and post-9/11.
PubMed and Google Scholar were searched using key words to identify peer-review journals (print or electronic) publishing medical and public health disaster-related manuscripts. All medical journals with an average volume of at least five disaster-related publications per year over the 11-year study period (1996-2006) were selected. Identified journals were categorized as either general or specialty medical, or disaster health dedicated. All disaster-related articles in each journal were identified and classified according to 11 subtopics.
Of 16 journals meeting entry criteria, 10 were disaster dedicated. Of these, only six existed pre-9/ 11. Only six general journals (JAMA, American Journal of Public Health, The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine) had sufficient publications for analysis. Of the 2899 disaster articles identified, 1769 (61 percent) were from the dedicated journals. Publications increased by 320 percent in the general/subspecialty journals and 145 percent for disaster-specific journals in the 5-year period post-9/11 (2002-2006) versus the previous 5-year period (1996-2000). Among the dedicated journals, Journal of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine published the most (21 percent), followed by Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal (18 percent). Among the general/subspecialty journals, The Lancet published the most (33 percent), followed by JAMA (28 percent) and Annals of Emergency Medicine (18 percent). These journals published the most pre- and post-9/11. Bioterrorism (36 percent) and Preparedness (18 percent) were the most frequent topic areas for the general/subspecialty journals, while General Disasters (38 percent) and Preparedness (27 percent) were of the highest interest for the dedicated journals. The greatest increase in the proportion of publications pre- and post-9/11 was by the New England Journal of Medicine (2340 percent) and Academic Emergency Medicine (1275 percent). Individual journals appear to emphasize particular subtopic areas.
Interest in publishing medical disaster-related articles has increased tremendously since 9/11 in both general/subspecialty journals as well as disaster-dedicated medical journals. Some journals focus on certain topics. Details of this study should help authors identify appropriate journals for their manuscript submissions.
本研究旨在确定哪些期刊发表与医学灾难相关的作品、它们各自的侧重点以及“9·11”事件前后的发文量。
使用关键词在PubMed和谷歌学术上进行检索，以识别发表与医学和公共卫生灾难相关手稿的同行评审期刊（纸质或电子）。选取在11年研究期（1996 - 2006年）内每年平均至少有五篇与灾难相关出版物的所有医学期刊。将识别出的期刊分为综合或专科医学期刊，或灾难健康专刊。对每种期刊中所有与灾难相关的文章进行识别，并根据11个子主题进行分类。
在符合入选标准的16种期刊中，10种为灾难专刊。其中，只有6种在“9·11”事件之前就已存在。只有6种综合期刊（《美国医学会杂志》《美国公共卫生杂志》《柳叶刀》《新英格兰医学杂志》《急诊医学年鉴》《学术急诊医学》）有足够的出版物用于分析。在识别出的2899篇灾难文章中，1769篇（61%）来自专刊。与前一个5年时期（1996 - 2000年）相比，在“9·11”事件后的5年时期（2002 - 2006年），综合/专科期刊的发文量增加了320%，灾难特定期刊的发文量增加了145%。在专刊中，《院前与灾难医学杂志》发表的文章最多（21%），其次是《灾害预防与管理：国际期刊》（18%）。在综合/专科期刊中，《柳叶刀》发表的文章最多（33%），其次是《美国医学会杂志》（28%）和《急诊医学年鉴》（18%）。这些期刊在“9·11”事件前后发表的文章最多。生物恐怖主义（36%）和防备（18%）是综合/专科期刊中最常见的主题领域，而一般灾难（38%）和防备（27%）是专刊中最受关注的领域。“9·11”事件前后发文比例增幅最大的是《新英格兰医学杂志》（2340%）和《学术急诊医学》（1275%）。个别期刊似乎侧重于特定的子主题领域。
自“9·11”事件以来，综合/专科期刊以及灾难医学专刊对发表与医学灾难相关文章的兴趣大幅增加。一些期刊专注于特定主题。本研究的细节应有助于作者确定适合提交稿件的期刊。
