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Research on COVID-19 and its influence on Latin American medical journals impact factor

Orlando Gregorio-Chaviano1, María Josefa Peralta-González2, Evony K López-Mesa3

  • 1Department of Information Science, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia.

Gaceta Medica De Mexico
|January 19, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic spurred massive scientific output. Analyzing Latin American medical journals revealed that excluding COVID-19 research decreased their impact factors, highlighting the pandemic

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Bibliometrics
  • Scientific Publishing

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant surge in scientific publications.
  • This rapid increase in research output necessitated an analysis of its impact on scholarly metrics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of COVID-19 related scientific production on the impact factors of Latin American medical journals.
  • To quantify the influence of pandemic-driven research on journal metrics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Journal Citation Reports (JCR) data for medicine category journals.
  • Compared impact factor values from 2020 and 2021 editions.
  • Analyzed citation data specifically for COVID-19 related publications.

Main Results:

  • A notable decrease in journal impact factors was observed when COVID-19 citations were excluded.
  • This indicates a substantial contribution of pandemic research to the overall citation counts.

Conclusions:

  • The surge in COVID-19 publications and their citations significantly boosted journal impact factors in 2021.
  • Pandemic research played a crucial role in the observed increase in impact factor values for Latin American medical journals.
Abstract

Keywords:
Bibliometric indicatorsCOVID-19Factor de impactoImpact FactorIndicadores bibliométricosJournal Citation ReportsMedical journalsRevistas médicas

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