BACKGROUND The use of social media in ophthalmology remains largely unknown. Our aim was to evaluate the extent and involvement of ophthalmology journals, professional associations, trade publications, and patient advocacy and fundraising groups on social networking sites. METHODS An archived list of 107 ophthalmology journals from SCImago, trade publications, professional ophthalmology assoc...

The article analyzes the results of Scimago Institutions Rankings for entire period its existence and presents detailed description rating methodology necessary condition inclusion in ranking list, i.e. publication more than 100 works by university stuff Scopus database. There has been an almost twofold increase number universities ten-year lists. illustrates dynamics a countries reasons their ...

Research resources in a given scientific domain may spill over into other close disciplines, thereby improving performance. Using bibliometric data from the SCImago database drawn sample of 174 countries, we implement measure proximity-based on revealed comparative advantage (RCA) as specialization or activity index. Our estimates show that proximity between disciplines positively and significa...

The workshop on writing scientific articles in reputable international journals was attended by 20 participants. This activity is carried out to overcome the problems of students who have difficulty choosing journals. implementation method discussion and demonstration. Discussions related general structure demonstrations find destination publications through Scimago, published Elsevier, Springe...

BACKGROUND The International Journal of Mental Health Systems (IJMHS) was launched in August 2007 and has recently been given a formal impact factor. This study uses bibliometric indicators to review the performance of the Journal against its original stated objectives and aspirations. METHODS All articles published in IJMHS since publication commenced were included (n = 158). Selected biblio...

The last issue of the Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia (RBHH) – Journal of Hematology and Hemotherapy – was the result of a sequence of events that began after the emergence of the new Qualis classification established by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Ensino Superior (CAPES) of the Brazilian Government that ranks scientific journals.(1) All journals were reclas...