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[German language psychiatry journals in Germany - a quantitative analysis]
Uta Heidenreich1, Christopher Baethge
1Deutsches Ärzteblatt, Medizinisch-Wissenschaftliche Redaktion.
Psychiatrische Praxis
|January 12, 2012
Summary
German psychiatrists need German-language journals. A 2009 survey found 74 journals, with 10 general psychiatry journals publishing original research, indicating a diverse German psychiatric publishing landscape.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Medical Publishing
- German Language Research
Context:
- Physicians in Germany require psychiatric literature in German, despite English being medicine's lingua franca.
- A survey was conducted to assess the availability and characteristics of German-language psychiatric journals.
- The study focuses on the landscape of psychiatric publications within Germany.
Purpose:
- To quantify the number of German-language psychiatric journals available in Germany.
- To analyze the formal and content characteristics of these journals.
- To understand the scope of original research published in German within psychiatry.
Summary:
- In 2009, 74 journals catered to psychiatrists in Germany, with 10 general psychiatry journals identified.
- These 10 journals published 391 review articles and 97 original papers.
- Significant variation was observed in journal focus, circulation, author demographics, and reporting of conflicts of interest.
Impact:
- Despite the prevalence of English in medical science, a substantial body of psychiatric research is published in German.
- The findings highlight a diverse and active German psychiatric journal scene.
- This research informs German-speaking psychiatrists about available publication venues and resources in their native language.
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