Medical Archives is Now Indexed in Pubmed Central Published online: 21/02/2015
EDITORIAL
Published print:02/2015
doi: 10.5455/medarh.2015.69.4-5
© 2015 Izet Masic This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Med Arh. 2015 Feb; 69(1): 4-5
Received: January 15th 2015 | Accepted: February 05th 2015
Medical Archives is Now Indexed in Pubmed Central Izet Masic
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27 110 98 Faculty of medicine, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Table 6. State of articles origin published during 2014
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“Medical Archives” was founded in 1947 as a profes- most prominent database of biomedical literature, which In the contains journal "Medical Archives" number articles). of articles published each year is sional journal of the “Association of Physicians of Bosnia more than 4.5 million and Herzegovina”. First Editorial Board consists of acadeDuring calendar 2014 Medicalsignificant Archivesvariations was in approximately the same (Figureyear 4) but with in statistically 2 micians: Vladimir Cavka, Editor-in-Chief, Blagoje Kovapublished 110 articles in 6 issues (3). Th e largest number article types (χ =15.332; p=0.018), while the number of articles published in the other cevic, Bogdan Zimonjic and Ibro Brkic, members of the of articles was original articles. Small number has been two journals, year after year tends to increase (Figure 5 and 6) without statistically Editorial Board. Till today in Editorial Boards of Medical published as professional and review articles, and case redifference in case of Materia Socio Medica (χ2=6.341; p=0.386) and Archives were included over 300 medical doctors fromsignificant al- ports. Each issue contained the texts such as: news, book statistically significant difference in and case guidelines of Acta Informatica Medica (χ2=22,681; most every medical disciplines and from all parts of Bosreviews, in memoriam (both professional p=0,009). In all three journals, original articles, during the period from 2012 to 2014 nia and Herzegovina, and also from abroad (1). During and educational). past was continuously has published 68 volumes of are thethe mostIncommon. the journal “Medical Archives” number of articles journal, in average 4-6 issues per one volume. Last ten published during last three years is approximately the years journal is published bi-monthly. Till now in Medical Archives was published over 5000 articles. Most of them Medical Archives were original papers from all medical disciplines. 120 “Medical Archives” is now indexed in the following da100 80 tabases: PubMed/MedLine (from 1972, abstracted in this 60 bases more than 5.500 journals), PubMed Central (from 40 2013), and from the year 2009 in databases: Excerpta 20 Medica/EMBASE, Scopus, Scirus, EBSCO, DOAJ, Index 0 2012. 2013. 2014. Copernicus, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Geneva FounOriginal articles 96 102 78 dation for Medical Education and Research–GFMER, HIProfessional articles 1 3 5 NARI, ProQuest , NewJour, SCImago Journal & Country Review articles 5 2 10 Case report 23 11 17 Rank, ISC Master List Journals, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Genamics JournalSeek, WorldCat, VINITI of RAS, Re- Figure 2. “Medical Archives” in theinperiod 2012-2014 Figure 4. "Medical Archives" the period 2012-2014 search Gate, Catalyst, ScopeMed, SafetyLit, BioinfoBank Library, PubGet, GetCited, CIRRIE, Kubon and Sagner same (Figure 2), between 100 and 120, but with statistiOPAC . cally significant variations in article types (χ2=15.332). H index of the “Medical Archives” is 11 for 2013 (www. In the journal “Medical Archives” during the last three scimagojr.com), which represents the largest citation in- years were most common articles in the field of clinical dex journals of one journal in the biomedical field on the medicine. There has been an upward trend in the number territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), and since 2013, of articles in the field of preclinical medicine (Figure 3) with full-text articles at PubMed Central (Figure 1) (the Medical Archives 16
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but without significant difference in the observed period
•• Preclinical disciplines were most often represented
From the domain of clinical medical field over the past three years, in the journal In the domain of preclinical medicalinfield three years in the journal (χ2=7.761; p=0.185). within the articles the over fieldtheofpast medical informat"Materia Socio Medica" usually was presented articles of general internal discipline From the clinical medical field over the past three years, ics;Medica" usually was presented articles in medical informatics (Figure "Materia Socio (Figure in11). the journal “Medical Archives” were usually presented •• Most is reviewers articles are from Bosnia and Her14). Pharmacology the secondof most frequent field. Statistical analysis indicate that Articles in gynecology is constantly growing, and the number of Article on family articles of general internal and surgical disciplines (Figzegovina, but there is also a considerable number there is no significant difference in the observed period (χ2=13.041; p=0.110) ure 4). has an increase in the number Article from abroad (from more than 20 countries); medicine, but There still does notbeen represent a statistically significant increase χ2=7.664;
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field of family medicine and dermatovenerology, •• The most common period which is necessary for the but without statistically significant difference (χ2=27.847; review was between and fifty nine days; Materiafifty Socio-medica p=0.064). • • Most authors are from the territory of Bosnia and 25 21 Preclinical medicine in the journal “Medical Archives” Herzegovina (more than 50 %) 20 was most often represented by the articles in the field of • • During 2014 we discovered only 3 cases of PlagiaMateria Socio-medica pharmacology and biochemistry. In 2014, in the journal rism (one case from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 15 14 were12present also articles in the field of medical informattwo from Egypt) (3). 10 10 ics (Figure 5) but without significant differences between 5 8 5CONFLICT 3 4 3 4INTEREST: observed years (χ2=11.35; p=0.182). OF NONE DECLARED. 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 By 4exploring and analyzing the selected theme, the au0 Microbiology Pharmacology Biochemistry Medical Biology thor 2of this Editorial came to the following conclusions REFERENCES informatics (3, 4):0 1. Masic I. Review of the Journal Medical Archives in 2013. Med 2012. 2013. 2014. •• The number of articles published each year is inArch. 2014 Feb; 68(1): 4-5. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2014.68.4-5. creasing, with a larger number of authors from many 2. 14. Masic I. Reviewofofpreclinical Journal “Medical Archives” in 2012. Med Socio Figure Representation disciplines in the journal "Materia countries and four continents (usually Europe); Arch. 2013 Feb; 67(1): 4-6. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2013.67.4-6. Medica" in the period 2012-2014 •• Rejecting rate is more than 40 %; 3. Masic I. Meta-analysis as Statistical and Analytical Method of 2013. 2014. •• There is a trend 2012. to join forces in terms of regional Journal’s Content Scientific Evaluation. Acta Inform Med. 2015 cooperation when writing articles; Feb; 23.4-11. doi: 10.5455/aim.2015.23.4-11. 20 22 •• The most common are the original articles; 4. Masic I. A New Example of Unethical Behaviour in the Aca•• The areas of clinical medicine are still the most comdemic Journal Medical Archives. Med Arch. 2014 Aug; 68(4): mon in journals (number of articles in the field of 228-230. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2014.68.228-230. radiology, gynecology and ophthalmology are increasing); 11 12
in the p=0.906).
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EDITORIAL
Published print:02/2015
doi: 10.5455/medarh.2015.69.4-5
© 2015 Izet Masic This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Med Arh. 2015 Feb; 69(1): 4-5
Received: January 15th 2015 | Accepted: February 05th 2015
Medical Archives is Now Indexed in Pubmed Central Izet Masic
Netherlands
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Lebanon
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0
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Mexico
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Jordan
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Poland
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United Kingdom
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Romania
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27 110 98 Faculty of medicine, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Table 6. State of articles origin published during 2014
84
“Medical Archives” was founded in 1947 as a profes- most prominent database of biomedical literature, which In the contains journal "Medical Archives" number articles). of articles published each year is sional journal of the “Association of Physicians of Bosnia more than 4.5 million and Herzegovina”. First Editorial Board consists of acadeDuring calendar 2014 Medicalsignificant Archivesvariations was in approximately the same (Figureyear 4) but with in statistically 2 micians: Vladimir Cavka, Editor-in-Chief, Blagoje Kovapublished 110 articles in 6 issues (3). Th e largest number article types (χ =15.332; p=0.018), while the number of articles published in the other cevic, Bogdan Zimonjic and Ibro Brkic, members of the of articles was original articles. Small number has been two journals, year after year tends to increase (Figure 5 and 6) without statistically Editorial Board. Till today in Editorial Boards of Medical published as professional and review articles, and case redifference in case of Materia Socio Medica (χ2=6.341; p=0.386) and Archives were included over 300 medical doctors fromsignificant al- ports. Each issue contained the texts such as: news, book statistically significant difference in and case guidelines of Acta Informatica Medica (χ2=22,681; most every medical disciplines and from all parts of Bosreviews, in memoriam (both professional p=0,009). In all three journals, original articles, during the period from 2012 to 2014 nia and Herzegovina, and also from abroad (1). During and educational). past was continuously has published 68 volumes of are thethe mostIncommon. the journal “Medical Archives” number of articles journal, in average 4-6 issues per one volume. Last ten published during last three years is approximately the years journal is published bi-monthly. Till now in Medical Archives was published over 5000 articles. Most of them Medical Archives were original papers from all medical disciplines. 120 “Medical Archives” is now indexed in the following da100 80 tabases: PubMed/MedLine (from 1972, abstracted in this 60 bases more than 5.500 journals), PubMed Central (from 40 2013), and from the year 2009 in databases: Excerpta 20 Medica/EMBASE, Scopus, Scirus, EBSCO, DOAJ, Index 0 2012. 2013. 2014. Copernicus, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Geneva FounOriginal articles 96 102 78 dation for Medical Education and Research–GFMER, HIProfessional articles 1 3 5 NARI, ProQuest , NewJour, SCImago Journal & Country Review articles 5 2 10 Case report 23 11 17 Rank, ISC Master List Journals, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Genamics JournalSeek, WorldCat, VINITI of RAS, Re- Figure 2. “Medical Archives” in theinperiod 2012-2014 Figure 4. "Medical Archives" the period 2012-2014 search Gate, Catalyst, ScopeMed, SafetyLit, BioinfoBank Library, PubGet, GetCited, CIRRIE, Kubon and Sagner same (Figure 2), between 100 and 120, but with statistiOPAC . cally significant variations in article types (χ2=15.332). H index of the “Medical Archives” is 11 for 2013 (www. In the journal “Medical Archives” during the last three scimagojr.com), which represents the largest citation in- years were most common articles in the field of clinical dex journals of one journal in the biomedical field on the medicine. There has been an upward trend in the number territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), and since 2013, of articles in the field of preclinical medicine (Figure 3) with full-text articles at PubMed Central (Figure 1) (the Medical Archives 16
120 100
80 60 40 20
Clinical medicine
0
Preclinical medicine Public health
2012. 111
8 6
2013. 90
13 10
2014. 85
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Figure 1. “Medical Archives” in PubMed Central database
Figure 3. which Field are in which arearticles published articles the journal Figure 7. Field in published in the journalin "Medical Archives" “Medical Archives” in the period 2012-2014 in the period 2012-2014
4
Med Arh. 2015 Feb; 69(1): 4-5 In the journal "Materia Socio Medica" during the last three years was usually
published articles in the field of clinical medicine. There has been an upward trend in
Medical Archives is Now Indexed in Pubmed Central
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Figure Representation of preclinical disciplines the journal Figure 13. 5. Representation of preclinical disciplines in thein journal "Medical Figure Representation of clinical disciplines in the journal Figure 10.4.Representation of clinical disciplines in the journal "Medical “Medical Archives” in the period 2012-2014 Archives" in the period 2012-2014 “Medical Archives” in the period 2012-2014 Archives" in the period 2012-2014
but without significant difference in the observed period
•• Preclinical disciplines were most often represented
From the domain of clinical medical field over the past three years, in the journal In the domain of preclinical medicalinfield three years in the journal (χ2=7.761; p=0.185). within the articles the over fieldtheofpast medical informat"Materia Socio Medica" usually was presented articles of general internal discipline From the clinical medical field over the past three years, ics;Medica" usually was presented articles in medical informatics (Figure "Materia Socio (Figure in11). the journal “Medical Archives” were usually presented •• Most is reviewers articles are from Bosnia and Her14). Pharmacology the secondof most frequent field. Statistical analysis indicate that Articles in gynecology is constantly growing, and the number of Article on family articles of general internal and surgical disciplines (Figzegovina, but there is also a considerable number there is no significant difference in the observed period (χ2=13.041; p=0.110) ure 4). has an increase in the number Article from abroad (from more than 20 countries); medicine, but There still does notbeen represent a statistically significant increase χ2=7.664;
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field of family medicine and dermatovenerology, •• The most common period which is necessary for the but without statistically significant difference (χ2=27.847; review was between and fifty nine days; Materiafifty Socio-medica p=0.064). • • Most authors are from the territory of Bosnia and 25 21 Preclinical medicine in the journal “Medical Archives” Herzegovina (more than 50 %) 20 was most often represented by the articles in the field of • • During 2014 we discovered only 3 cases of PlagiaMateria Socio-medica pharmacology and biochemistry. In 2014, in the journal rism (one case from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 15 14 were12present also articles in the field of medical informattwo from Egypt) (3). 10 10 ics (Figure 5) but without significant differences between 5 8 5CONFLICT 3 4 3 4INTEREST: observed years (χ2=11.35; p=0.182). OF NONE DECLARED. 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 By 4exploring and analyzing the selected theme, the au0 Microbiology Pharmacology Biochemistry Medical Biology thor 2of this Editorial came to the following conclusions REFERENCES informatics (3, 4):0 1. Masic I. Review of the Journal Medical Archives in 2013. Med 2012. 2013. 2014. •• The number of articles published each year is inArch. 2014 Feb; 68(1): 4-5. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2014.68.4-5. creasing, with a larger number of authors from many 2. 14. Masic I. Reviewofofpreclinical Journal “Medical Archives” in 2012. Med Socio Figure Representation disciplines in the journal "Materia countries and four continents (usually Europe); Arch. 2013 Feb; 67(1): 4-6. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2013.67.4-6. Medica" in the period 2012-2014 •• Rejecting rate is more than 40 %; 3. Masic I. Meta-analysis as Statistical and Analytical Method of 2013. 2014. •• There is a trend 2012. to join forces in terms of regional Journal’s Content Scientific Evaluation. Acta Inform Med. 2015 cooperation when writing articles; Feb; 23.4-11. doi: 10.5455/aim.2015.23.4-11. 20 22 •• The most common are the original articles; 4. Masic I. A New Example of Unethical Behaviour in the Aca•• The areas of clinical medicine are still the most comdemic Journal Medical Archives. Med Arch. 2014 Aug; 68(4): mon in journals (number of articles in the field of 228-230. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2014.68.228-230. radiology, gynecology and ophthalmology are increasing); 11 12
in the p=0.906).
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