Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Res Social Adm Pharm. 2012 Sep-Oct;8(5):408-19. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2011.10.002. Epub 2012 Jan 4.
There is no consensus on the preferred approach to assess journal quality. Procedures previously used include journal acceptance or rejection policies, impact factors, number of subscribers, citation counts, whether the articles were refereed or not, and journals cited in books within the discipline. This study built on the work of previous authors by using a novel approach to assess journal quality in social and administrative pharmacy (SAdP).
To determine U.S. SAdP faculty perceptions of prestigious journals for their research, SAdP faculty perceptions of prestigious journals by their promotion and tenure (P&T) committees, and current research trends in SAdP.
A census of U.S. colleges and schools of pharmacy was conducted using an e-mailed survey and an open-ended approach requiring respondents to list their preferred journals.
Seventy-nine SAdP faculty reported that the 5 most prestigious journals were JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, Health Services Research, and Medical Care. These journals were selected because respondents wished to seek broad readership.
Results of this study can be used as a guide by U.S. SAdP faculty and P&T committees to assess the quality of publications by pharmacy administration faculty with the caveat being that pharmacy versus nonpharmacy journals will be chosen based on the fit of the article with the audience.
目前对于期刊质量评估的首选方法尚无定论。之前采用的方法包括期刊的录用或拒稿政策、影响因子、订阅者数量、引用次数、文章是否经过同行评审以及学科内书籍中引用的期刊。本研究在前人工作的基础上，采用一种新方法评估社会和行政药学（SAdP）领域的期刊质量。
确定美国 SAdP 教师对其研究的知名期刊的看法、SAdP 教师对其晋升和终身教职（P&T）委员会的知名期刊的看法，以及 SAdP 领域的当前研究趋势。
对美国各药学院校进行了一次普查，采用电子邮件调查和开放式方法，要求受访者列出他们首选的期刊。
79 名 SAdP 教师表示，最知名的 5 种期刊是《美国医学会杂志》（JAMA）、《新英格兰医学杂志》（New England Journal of Medicine）、《卫生事务》（Health Affairs）、《卫生服务研究》（Health Services Research）和《医疗保健》（Medical Care）。这些期刊被选中是因为受访者希望寻求广泛的读者群。
本研究的结果可作为美国 SAdP 教师和 P&T 委员会评估药学管理教师出版物质量的指南，但需要注意的是，药学与非药学期刊的选择将基于文章与受众的契合度。
