Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e215840. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5840.
A significant portion of neurology literature is published in general medicine journals. Despite this, a detailed examination of publication patterns of neurology articles in these journals has not yet been carried out.
To examine the publication patterns of neurology articles in general medicine journals during a 10-year period using a bibliometric approach.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cross-sectional bibliometric analysis identified the top 5 general medicine journals using the 2017 Journal Citations Report. Four other medical subspecialties (ie, immunology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and pulmonology) were selected for comparison of publication patterns with neurology. Using MEDLINE, the 5 journals were searched for articles published between 2009 and 2018 that were indexed with the following MeSH terms: nervous system diseases, immune system diseases, endocrine system diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, and respiratory tract diseases. Data analysis was conducted from February 2019 to December 2020.
Publications were characterized by journal, specialty, and study design. These variables were used for comparison of publication numbers.
The general medicine journals with the 5 highest journal impact factors (JIF) were New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM; JIF 79.3), Lancet (JIF 53.3), JAMA (JIF 47.7), BMJ (JIF 23.6), and PLOS Medicine (JIF 11.7). Our bibliometric search yielded 3719 publications, of which 1098 (29.5%) were in neurology. Of these 1098 neurology publications, 317 (28.9%) were published in NEJM, 205 (18.7%) in Lancet, 284 (25.9%) in JAMA, 214 (19.5%) in BMJ, and 78 (7.1%) in PLOS Medicine. Randomized clinical trials were the most frequent neurology study type in general medicine journals (519 [47.3%]). The number of publications in each of the other specialties were as follows: immunology, 817; endocrinology, 633; gastroenterology, 353; and pulmonology, 818.
The results of this study provide some guidance to authors regarding where they may wish to consider submitting their neurology research. Compared with other specialties, neurology-based articles are published more frequently in general medicine journals.
大量神经病学文献发表在普通医学期刊上。尽管如此，这些期刊上神经病学文章的发表模式仍未得到详细研究。
使用文献计量学方法，在 10 年内检查普通医学期刊中神经病学文章的发表模式。
设计、设置和参与者：本横断面文献计量分析使用 2017 年期刊引文报告确定了前 5 名普通医学期刊。另外选择了 4 个其他医学亚专科（即免疫学、内分泌学、胃肠病学和肺病学）与神经病学进行比较，以比较发表模式。使用 MEDLINE，在 2009 年至 2018 年期间，对这 5 种期刊发表的索引采用以下 MeSH 术语的神经病学文章进行了检索：神经系统疾病、免疫系统疾病、内分泌系统疾病、胃肠道疾病和呼吸道疾病。数据分析于 2019 年 2 月至 2020 年 12 月进行。
出版物的特点是期刊、专业和研究设计。这些变量用于比较出版物数量。
具有 5 个最高期刊影响因子（JIF）的普通医学期刊为新英格兰医学杂志（NEJM；JIF 79.3）、柳叶刀（JIF 53.3）、美国医学会杂志（JIF 47.7）、英国医学杂志（JIF 23.6）和 PLOS 医学（JIF 11.7）。我们的文献计量学搜索产生了 3719 篇出版物，其中 1098 篇（29.5%）为神经病学。在这 1098 篇神经病学出版物中，317 篇（28.9%）发表在 NEJM，205 篇（18.7%）发表在 Lancet，284 篇（25.9%）发表在 JAMA，214 篇（19.5%）发表在 BMJ，78 篇（7.1%）发表在 PLOS 医学。随机临床试验是普通医学期刊中最常见的神经病学研究类型（519 篇[47.3%]）。其他各专业的出版物数量如下：免疫学 817 篇，内分泌学 633 篇，胃肠病学 353 篇，肺病学 818 篇。
本研究结果为作者提供了一些指导，使他们可以考虑将其神经病学研究提交到何处。与其他专业相比，基于神经病学的文章更频繁地发表在普通医学期刊上。
