Methods of Information in Medicine is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in medical informatics. It is an official journal of the International Medical Informatics Association, the European Federation for Medical Informatics, and the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology. It is the oldest and longest running journal in its field.[1]
| Discipline | Medical informatics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Sabine Koch |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Medical documentation, Medizinische Dokumentation, Dokumentation in Medizin und Biologie |
| History | 1962-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| 1.5 (2017) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Methods Inf. Med. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | MIMCAI |
| ISSN | 0026-1270 |
| LCCN | 67036993 |
| OCLC no. | 01643482 |
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Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine[2]
- Embase/Excerpta Medica[3]
- EmCare
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[4]
- Science Citation Index[2]
- Scopus[5]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2014 impact factor of 2.2.[6] In 2015 the journal did not receive an impact factor as it was delisted because of citation stacking.[7] The 2016 impact factor subsequently fell to 1.8 [8] and in the 2018 release of JCR 2017 fell further to 1.5.[9]
The editors of Methods of Information in Medicine and the other journal involved, Applied Clinical Informatics published a rebuttal in an editorial in both journals.[10][11] The president and publication officer of the European Federation for Medical Informatics also commented on this matter.[12] Phil Davis visualized the citation cartel pointing out that Lehmann and Haux (the editors of the two journals) produced a total of 4 papers in 2014 and 2015 that excessively cited each other's journal articles for the impact-factor relevant years.[13]
References
edit- ^ McCray, AT; Gefeller, O; Aronsky, D; Leong, TY; Sarkar, IN; Bergemann, D; Lindberg, DA; van Bemmel, JH; Haux, R (2011). "The birth and evolution of a discipline devoted to information in biomedicine and health care as reflected in its longest running journal". Methods of Information in Medicine. 50 (6): 491–507. doi:10.3414/ME11-06-0001. PMID 22146913.
- ^ a b "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ "Methods of Information in Medicine". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ "Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ "Methods of Information in Medicine". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
- ^ "Journal Citation Reports Notices". Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ "Methods of Information in Medicine". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017.
- ^ "Methods of Information in Medicine". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017.
- ^ Koch, S; Lehmann, CU; Haux, R (2016). "On Bridges and Stacks". Methods of Information in Medicine. 55 (4): 299–300. doi:10.3414/ME16-03-0002. PMC 5052544. PMID 27435569.
- ^ Koch, S; Lehmann, CU; Haux, R (2016). "On Bridges and Stacks". Applied Clinical Informatics. 7 (3): 707–710. doi:10.4338/ACI-2016-07-IE-0110. PMC 5052544. PMID 27453449.
- ^ de Lusignan, S; Moen, A (2016). "Extracting Oneself from the Citation-stacking Bear Trap" (PDF). Methods of Information in Medicine. 55 (4): 301–302. doi:10.3414/ME16-03-0001. PMID 27435454. S2CID 2500697. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-08.
- ^ Davis, Phil. "Visualizing Citation Cartels". Scholarly Kitchen.