Sandesh Nagarajappa, Wahrekar Shilpa
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry, Indore, India.
Clujul Med. 2017;90(2):196-202. doi: 10.15386/cjmed-704. Epub 2017 Apr 25.
With the increasing demand to publish due to 'publish or perish' culture among research and academic institutions, the choice of a journal for publishing scientific articles becomes very important. A publication with many citations and high impact factor can propel researchers in their academic careers. The aim of this study is to explore the perceptions of medical and dental researchers in India about the important criteria to consider while selecting scientific journals for publishing their research.
206 faculty staff members from three medical and five dental institutions were selected through convenience sampling. The study participants completed a questionnaire with 24 closed ended questions on various factors related to journal selection for publication. Factors such as publication frequency, journal citation, indexing, peer-review, impact factor, publication fees, acceptance or rejection rate, publishing house, previous submission and online submission process were considered. The responses were recorded using a Likert scale. Cronbach's alpha as a measure of internal consistency or homogeneity was 0.909. Descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney U test were employed for comparison of responses among study participants.
The mean weight of 24 criteria on a scale of 0 to 4 varied between 2.13 and 3.45. The results showed that indexing of journal (3.45±0.74), online submission (3.24±0.83), impact factor (3.11±0.91), peer-review process (3.0±1.02) and publication fees (2.99±1.11) were among the most important criteria to consider in journal selection.
Of the 24 factors considered by health researchers for journal selection, the most important were Journal indexing, online submission, impact factor, peer-review and publication fees. Compared to dental researchers, medical researchers perceived open access and peer-review process as significantly more important criteria.
由于研究机构和学术机构中“不发表就淘汰”的文化导致发表需求不断增加，选择科学文章的发表期刊变得非常重要。一篇被大量引用且具有高影响因子的出版物可以推动研究人员的学术生涯。本研究的目的是探讨印度医学和牙科研究人员对于在选择科学期刊发表其研究时应考虑的重要标准的看法。
通过便利抽样从三所医学院和五所牙科学院选取了206名教职员工。研究参与者完成了一份包含24个封闭式问题的问卷，这些问题涉及与期刊选择发表相关的各种因素。考虑的因素包括出版频率、期刊引用、索引、同行评审、影响因子、出版费用、录用或拒稿率、出版社、之前的投稿以及在线投稿流程。使用李克特量表记录回答。作为内部一致性或同质性度量的克朗巴哈系数为0.909。采用描述性统计和曼-惠特尼U检验对研究参与者的回答进行比较。
24项标准在0至4分的量表上的平均权重在2.13至3.45之间变化。结果表明，期刊索引（3.45±0.74）、在线投稿（3.24±0.83）、影响因子（3.11±0.91）、同行评审过程（3.0±1.02）和出版费用（2.99±1.11）是期刊选择中最重要的标准。
在健康研究人员选择期刊时考虑的24个因素中，最重要的是期刊索引、在线投稿、影响因子、同行评审和出版费用。与牙科研究人员相比，医学研究人员认为开放获取和同行评审过程是更为重要的标准。
