Does the journal impact factor reflect the impact of German medical guideline contributions?

Abstract Contributions to medical guidelines, so far, have hardly been considered in the measurement and evaluation of research performance Germany. We therefore examined 70 high-quality guidelines from years 2017 2018 investigated type publications cited by whether citation rates articles differ between substantiating guideline recommendations background text, or not Journal Impact Factor is correlated with guidelines’ frequency individual journals. Our study found that original much more than books, reviews, other guidelines. Slightly less 10% citations came 2 preceding publication, 50% references were at least 8 old. A subsample showed which only provided information frequently outside those substantiated a specific recommendation. Lastly, there was weak correlation (0.1 ≤ Tau 0.35) counts journals their respective JIFs despite subject. suggests JIF an appropriate tool assess clinical relevance research.