Unit of Occupational Rehabilitation and Ergonomics, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Clinica del Lavoro e della Riabilitazione, IRCCS, Rehabilitation Institute of Veruno (NO), Italy.
J Rehabil Med. 2011 May;43(6):471-6. doi: 10.2340/16501977-0821.
The concept of the "standing" of scientific journals (in terms of influence, prestige, popularity, etc.) is multi-dimensional and cannot be captured adequately by a single indicator. The aim of this report is to compare and comment on different bibliometric indicators related to some leading journals in rehabilitation, in order to provide further insights regarding their practical usefulness for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
The commonly used Journal Impact Factor and the new SCImago Journal Rank indicator are measures of average "impact per paper". Other new measures show potentially useful complementarities with them and warrant further attention. For example, the Eigenfactor score represents a measure of total "citation impact" and seems sufficiently to express the "importance" of a journal. In fact, the information conveyed by the Eigenfactor score corresponds to a general consensus of journal status in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, as expressed by the European Consensus Committee on "International Rehabilitation Journals" and captured by a survey among European Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine researchers.
科学期刊的“地位”（影响力、声望、知名度等）是多维度的，不能仅用单一指标来充分反映。本报告旨在比较和评论康复领域一些领先期刊的不同文献计量指标，以便进一步了解它们在物理医学与康复领域的实际应用价值。
常用的期刊影响因子和新的 SCImago 期刊排名指标是衡量平均“每篇论文的影响”的指标。其他新的指标显示出与它们具有潜在的互补性，值得进一步关注。例如，特征因子分数代表了总的“引用影响”的衡量标准，并且似乎足以表达期刊的“重要性”。事实上，特征因子分数所传达的信息与欧洲“国际康复期刊”共识委员会所表达的物理医学与康复医学期刊的总体地位相对应，这一点也可以通过对欧洲物理医学与康复医学研究人员的调查得到证实。
