The rapid internationalization of Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism as evidenced by journal metrics.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Using journal metrics, this paper explores whether Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism has internationalized 4 years after changing its language to English only.

Methods

From the journal's website and the Web of Science Core Collection, the following metrics were counted or calculated: Number of citable articles, countries of authors and editorial board members, total citations, impact factor, countries of citing authors, citing journal titles, and Hirsch index.

Results

From 2012 to 2017, 208 articles were citable. The authors had affiliations in 7 countries and the editorial board members in 14 countries. From 2014 to 2017, the total citations each year were 8, 81, 141, and 61; and the impact factors from 2014 to 2016 were calculated as 0.05

SUBMITTER: Huh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5495982 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature