Gonzalez de Dios J, Valderrama-Zurian J C, Gonzalez-Alcaide G, Sempere A P, Bolanos-Pizarro M, Aleixandre-Benavent R
Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital de Torrevieja, Profesor Manuel Sala 6, Torrevieja, Spain.
Rev Neurol. 2009;48(3):117-28.
Neurological sciences form a multidisciplinary field that produces a wide range of scientific journals. The aim of this study was to perform a scientometric analysis of neurological science journals in the 2006 Journal Citation Reports-Science Citation Index (JCR-SCI) edition.
We study the three areas dedicated to neurological sciences (Neurosciences, Clinical Neurology and Neuroimaging) in the 2006 JCR-SCI edition. Bibliometric indicators used are: journals, articles, citations, impact factor (IF), immediacy index, half life and journals with the greatest IF in each specialty. We also perform a special analysis of Spanish neurological journals in JCR-SCI.
In the area of Neurosciences we find a total of 200 journals, 27.157 articles, 1.109.784 citations and an average IF of 2,446, the greatest IF belonging to Annu Rev Neurosci (28,533) and Nat Rev Neurosci (23,054); Spanish journals: Neurocirugia and Acta Esp Psiquiatr. The area of Clinical Neurology contains 147 journals, 18.114 articles, 540.364 citations and an average IF of 1,848, the greatest IF belonging to Lancet Neurol (9,479) and Ann Neurol (8,051); Spanish journals: Neurologia and Rev Neurol. The area of Neuroimaging contains 13 journals, 1.747 articles, 49.210 citations and an average IF of 1,298, the greatest IF belonging to Neuroimage (5,559) and Hum Brain Mapp (4,888).
We found out a broad representation of neurological journals from the 6,166 journals included in the 2006 JCR-SCI edition. Bibliometric characteristics differ in accordance to the clinical (Clinical Neurology) or experimental (Neurosciences) nature of the area. Even though bibliometric indicators for the four Spanish neurological journals have gradually improve over the previous 5 years, they are still proportionally ranked low in JCR-SCI. Due to significant limitations observed in the IF, we suggest conducting its analysis from a multidimensional bibliometric perspective, and always within its contextual research area.
神经科学是一个多学科领域，产生了大量的科学期刊。本研究的目的是对2006年《期刊引证报告 - 科学引文索引》（JCR - SCI）版中的神经科学期刊进行科学计量分析。
我们研究了2006年JCR - SCI版中致力于神经科学的三个领域（神经科学、临床神经病学和神经影像学）。所使用的文献计量指标包括：期刊、文章、引文、影响因子（IF）、即时指数、半衰期以及各专业中影响因子最高的期刊。我们还对JCR - SCI中的西班牙神经科学期刊进行了专项分析。
在神经科学领域，我们共发现200种期刊、27157篇文章、1109784次引文，平均影响因子为2.446，影响因子最高的是《神经科学年度评论》（28.533）和《自然神经科学评论》（23.054）；西班牙期刊有《神经外科学》和《西班牙精神病学学报》。临床神经病学领域包含147种期刊、18114篇文章、540364次引文，平均影响因子为1.848，影响因子最高的是《柳叶刀神经病学》（9.479）和《神经病学纪事》（8.051）；西班牙期刊有《神经病学》和《神经学评论》。神经影像学领域包含13种期刊、1747篇文章、49210次引文，平均影响因子为1.298，影响因子最高的是《神经影像学》（5.559）和《人类大脑图谱》（4.888）。
我们发现2006年JCR - SCI版收录的6166种期刊中神经科学期刊的广泛代表性。文献计量特征因该领域的临床（临床神经病学）或实验（神经科学）性质而异。尽管四种西班牙神经科学期刊的文献计量指标在过去5年中逐渐有所改善，但在JCR - SCI中的排名仍然相对较低。由于观察到影响因子存在显著局限性，我们建议从多维文献计量角度进行分析，并且始终要在其上下文研究领域内进行。
