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Jorge A Guimarães1, Célia R Carlini
1Center of Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Prédio 43.421, CEP 91501970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Summary
This study analyzed highly cited articles in Toxicon from 1963-2003. Reviews and recent papers, particularly on plant toxins, significantly boosted the journal's Impact Factor.
Area of Science:
- Toxicology
- Bibliometrics
- Scientific Publishing
Background:
- Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a key metric for scientific relevance.
- Toxicon's Impact Factor surpassed 2.0 in 2002, ranking 17th among 76 toxicology journals.
- Understanding citation patterns is crucial for journal development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify the most cited articles in Toxicon (1963-2003).
- To analyze factors contributing to Toxicon's rising Impact Factor.
- To correlate publication trends with journal visibility and impact.
Main Methods:
- Data on citations, references, and document types were extracted from Web-of-Science.
- Documents were sorted by citation count.
- A citation index (citations/years since publication) was calculated.
Main Results:
- Review articles received 4.4 times more citations than original research articles.
- Recent publications showed proportionally higher citation rates than older ones.
- Increased focus on plant toxins and broader subject coverage enhanced journal visibility.
Conclusions:
- The shift towards reviews, recent research, and diverse toxinology topics, especially plant toxins, has driven Toxicon's Impact Factor increase.
- Expanded publication frequency and special review-focused issues are expected to sustain JIF growth.
- Toxicon's broadened scope has increased its visibility in related scientific fields.