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Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVES To compare the journal impact factor (JIF) and Eigenfactor score (ES) of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)-indexed biomedical journals published from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) over the last 8 years. Methods: This is a retrospective study, conducted at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA from January to March 2016. The Journal Citation Reports of ISI Web of Knowledge wer...

investigating the scientific productions of iranian type i pharmacy faculty members indexed in the institute for scientific information (isi)

introduction: since international increase of scientific productions is an indicator in assessing different countries, the purpose of this research is to investigate the scientific productions of iranian type i pharmacy faculty members (universities of isfahan, tabriz, shiraz, tehran and mashhad) in the institute for scientific information (isi) during 2006-2008. methods: in this scientometric ...

National Cancer Institute support for scientific conferences.

In this paper, we discuss the value of scientific conferences to both the discipline area and the individual participants and trace the growth in grant support of biomedical meetings by the National Institutes of Health and, in particular, the National Cancer Institute.

Interview with Eugene Garfield, Chairman Emeritus of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

Cortex: When did you first think about the idea of an Impact Factor (IF)? Professor Eugene Garfield ([email protected]): I first mentioned the idea of an impact factor in 1955 in a paper published in Science. We needed a simple method for comparing journals regardless of their size. So we created the journal impact factor. Cortex: Do you think it's possible to misuse the IF? Garfield...

Indexation of Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira in the Institute for Scientific Information: what now?