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A Journal-Level Analysis of Progress in Transplantation
Thomas Feeley1, Seyoung Lee1, Shin-Il Moon2
11 Department of Communication, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Progress in Transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
|December 12, 2017
Summary
Progress in Transplantation shows stable journal impact factor over time. Network analysis reveals its role in connecting transplantation and health sciences journals.
Area of Science:
- Bibliometrics and Scientometrics
- Transplantation Science
- Medical Journal Publishing
Background:
- Citations serve as a bibliometric proxy for academic journal influence.
- Understanding journal impact and relatedness is crucial for scientific discourse.
Purpose of the Study:
- To quantify the journal impact factor of Progress in Transplantation (PIT) from 2010-2015.
- To identify journals related to PIT within transplantation and surgery fields.
- To analyze the network of related journals using social network analysis.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Journal Citation Reports (ISI Web of Science) data for journal ranking.
- Employed journal impact factor and journal relatedness as primary outcome measures.
- Applied social network analysis, specifically betweenness centrality, to map journal relationships.
Main Results:
- The average article in Progress in Transplantation received 0.87 citations (SD=0.12), a stable metric from 2010-2015.
- Key journals cited by PIT include American Journal of Transplantation and Transplantation.
- PIT was most frequently cited by Clinical Transplantation and Transplant International.
Conclusions:
- Progress in Transplantation is indexed in both surgery and transplantation categories, with higher impact relative to surgery journals.
- Network analysis indicates PIT acts as a bridge between transplantation-specific journals and broader health sciences journals.
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