[Pneumonia awareness year, 2004: scientific impact through publications in Archivos de Bronconeumología].

[Archivos de Bronconeumología: among the 3 Spanish medical journals with the highest national impact factors].

OBJECTIVE Citation analysis elucidates patterns of information consumption within professional communities. The aim of this study was to analyze the citations of 87 Spanish medical journals by calculating their impact factors and immediacy indices for 2001, and to estimate the importance of Archivos de Bronconeumología within the framework of Spanish medicine. MATERIAL AND METHOD Eighty-seven...

[Case reports in Archivos de Bronconeumología: the journal's butterfly collection].

The aim of the case reports section of Archivos de Bronconeumología is to bring together unusual cases representing a substantial contribution to our understanding of the pathophysiology or other clinical and biological features of a disease. During 2007, 17 case descriptions were published in this section. They dealt with such diverse topics as lung cancer surgery, interventional radiology, an...

[Lung cancer articles in Archivos de Bronconeumología: 2 years on from lung cancer year of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)].

[Spanish productivity in smoking research relative to world and European union productivity from 1999 through 2003, analyzed with the science citation index].

OBJECTIVE To analyze Spanish scientific productivity from 1999 through 2003 in the area of smoking research, in comparison with world and European Union research, based on data in the Science Citation (SCI) Index. MATERIAL AND METHODS This bibliometric study was carried out by searching the title field of the Science Citation Index Expanded. Descriptive statistics with 95% confidence interval...

[Sleep apnea year 2006: review of publications in Archivos de Bronconeumología].

Sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is characterized by recurrent episodes of upper airway collapse, which may be complete (apnea) or partial (hypopnea). The direct consequences of upper airway collapse are falls in oxygen saturation levels and arousals, which are, in turn, responsible for excessive daytime sleepiness and neurological and psychiatric disorders.1,2 The prevalence of SAHS has be...