Citation analysis in journal rankings : medical informatics in the library and information science literature

Medical informatics is an interdisciplinary field. Medical informatics articles will be found in the literature of various disciplines including library and information science publications. The purpose of this study was to provide an objectively ranked list of journals that publish medical informat...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1998-10, Vol.86 (4), p.518-522
Main Author: VISHWANATHAM, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Citation analysis
Databases, Bibliographic
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information Science
Information science. Documentation
Librarians
Library and information science periodicals
Library Science
Medical Informatics
Periodicals
Periodicals as Topic - statistics & numerical data
Primary documents
Sciences and techniques of general use
Specialized information sources
Specialized information sources (paper or electronic format)
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Summary:Medical informatics is an interdisciplinary field. Medical informatics articles will be found in the literature of various disciplines including library and information science publications. The purpose of this study was to provide an objectively ranked list of journals that publish medical informatics articles relevant to library and information science. Library Literature, Library and Information Science Abstracts, and Social Science Citation Index were used to identify articles published on the topic of medical informatics and to identify a ranked list of journals. This study also used citation analysis to identify the most frequently cited journals relevant to library and information science.
ISSN:0025-7338