Contreras-Moreira Mónica
Unidad de Coordinación y Desarrollo de la Investigación en Enfermería, Investén-isciii, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España.
Enferm Clin. 2010 May-Jun;20(3):186-91. doi: 10.1016/j.enfcli.2009.12.005. Epub 2010 Feb 19.
Nursing in Spain is now reaching a turning point due to the expansion of its academic horizons. In order to consolidate its existence and development, it must strengthen its scientific base. Bibliometric indicators report in a quantitative way on the production, transmission and consumption of scientific information, with the impact factor (IF) being the most internationally accepted bibliometric indicator. This is a tool that compares journals and assesses the relative importance of a journal within a scientific field, and its calculation is possible by consulting certain databases recording papers published in the major journals. Thomson Scientific analyzes the production of journals for this purpose, and annually ranks journals by their IF. It has become the benchmark for excellence in the evaluation of scientific production. An article published in a journal without an IF should not be judged in advance to be of lower quality. Given that few nursing publications are indexed, have a low IF, are almost exclusively English-speaking and from the U.S., this makes publishing more difficult in IF journals for nursing professionals, especially if they are not English-speaking. The journal's IF where the author publishes has become an increasingly strong criterion for resources allocation. In Spain, it is among the evaluation criteria of the Health Research Fund (FIS), the ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assessment and accreditation) and at the National Commission for the Assessment of Research. There have been several proposals for alternative indices to the IF, aimed at assessing the scientific excellence of the journals and papers published. In the nursing and care field, what is most relevant is that the generation of knowledge strengthens the discipline, and has a social impact capable, ultimately, of improving the care and health of the population these professionals serve. This raises the need for a bibliometric indicator, which incorporates the social and clinical research findings, considers the field of knowledge and the researcher's role in it, that reduces the importance of the publication language, and leads to the dissemination to an audience that may benefit more from the findings.
由于学术视野的拓展，西班牙的护理行业如今正处于一个转折点。为了巩固其生存与发展，它必须加强其科学基础。文献计量指标以定量方式报告科学信息的产出、传播和消费情况，影响因子（IF）是国际上最广为接受的文献计量指标。这是一种比较期刊并评估某一期刊在某一科学领域内相对重要性的工具，通过查询记录主要期刊上发表论文的特定数据库便可计算得出。汤姆森科学公司为此分析期刊的产出情况，并每年根据影响因子对期刊进行排名。它已成为评估科研产出卓越性的基准。在没有影响因子的期刊上发表的文章不应预先判定质量较低。鉴于护理领域的出版物很少被索引、影响因子较低、几乎全是英文且来自美国，这使得护理专业人员在有影响因子的期刊上发表文章更加困难，尤其是对于非英语母语的人员来说。作者发表文章的期刊的影响因子已日益成为资源分配的重要标准。在西班牙，它是卫生研究基金（FIS）、国家质量评估与认证机构（ANECA）以及国家研究评估委员会的评估标准之一。已经有多项针对影响因子的替代指标的提议，旨在评估所发表期刊和论文的科学卓越性。在护理与照护领域，最相关的是知识的产生强化了该学科，并具有社会影响，最终能够改善这些专业人员所服务人群的护理和健康状况。这就产生了对一种文献计量指标的需求，该指标纳入社会和临床研究结果，考虑知识领域以及研究者在其中的作用，降低出版语言的重要性，并能将研究结果传播给可能从中受益更多的受众。
