Bibliometric development of Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology.

ABSTRACT: Motivated by the 150-year anniversary of the Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology in 2023, we studied the bibliometric development of the journal. We evaluated data from Editorial Reports, Clarivate, and Springer Nature databases. Several parameters representing the journal's performance, such as the impact factor and social impact, were analyzed over the years. We analyzed the journal's meta-data and wrote an algorithm to retrieve cities and countries of origin. We could see a decrease in publications from Germany and an increase in papers from Brazil, China, Egypt, and Iran during the last years. The decrease in publications from Germany is probably a zeitgeist effect because this country places a strong emphasis on high-impact factor papers for academic promotion and winning g

SUBMITTER: Dats LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9592544 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature