1. Where to Publish our Research Paper?
Payam Kabiri, MD. PhD. Epidemiologist
Research Skills Development Group Vice Chancellery for Research & Educational Development Centre Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

2. Today’s Content مجلات علوم پزشکي، تقسيم‌بندي و انواع
معرفي انواع نمايه‌نامه‌ها
نمايه‌نامه ISI
نمايه‌نامه Medline
ضريب اثر مجلات Impact Factor و بازيابي آن
بانک اطلاعاتي نشريات لاتين ULRICH
مجلات دسترسي باز Open Access
بانک اطلاعات نشريات داخلي
انتخاب مجله مناسب

3. Biomedical Journals Now 400,000 Journal 280,000 Active Journal
30,000 Active & Valid Biomedical Journal
Publish Millions of Papers

4. Databases General Databases (Comprehensive OR Core Databases)
Specialized Databases (Subjects Specified Databases)

5. General Databases (Comprehensive OR Core Databases)
Medical Sciences
Medline
Embase
Scopus
All Sciences
Web of Sciences

6. Specialized Databases (Subjects Specified Databases)
Biological Abstracts
International Pharmaceutical Abstract
PsychInfo
CINAHL
Chemical Abstracts
Agricola
Econlite

7. Medline By US National Library of Medicine
Bibliographic Data of Journal
Over 17,000,000 citations of both clinical and preclinical studies.
Complementary database known as PreMEDLINE includes citations and abstracts for studies that have been published recently but not yet indexed.
Subject Coverage: All Specialties of Medicine
60% of References contain Abstracts

8. Medline
Note that Medline, PubMed, Ovid Medline, Elsevier Medline, … all are the same & have the same database content but different Interfaces.
Also Index Medicus, Medlars & Medline Are the same, different generation of Medline.

9. Embase Publish by Elsevier Science Publishers, Netherlands.
Numbers of Journals: 3500
Bias: European in focus
Thesaurus: Uses own thesaurus
Subject Coverage: Strong on Pharmaceutical and Clinical Medicine
Materials Indexed: Letters, Editorials, Research Articles from 1974 or 1981 onwards (depending on method of access)
Overlap with MEDLINE estimated at between 25 and 70%
75% of References contain Abstracts
Update: Updated Weekly and is about 4 weeks behind

10. Medline Embase
1966- ; NLM Biomedicine, dentistry,nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care, communication disorders, population biology, and reproductive biology. More than 17 million records from more than 4,900 journals are indexed, plus selected monographs of congresses and symposia ( ). Abstracts are included for about 67% of the records.
1984- ; Elsevier Science biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexing over 3,500 international journals in the following fields: drug research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology, clinical and experimental human medicine, health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse, psychiatry, forensic medicine, and biomedical engineering/instrumentation. Selective coverage for nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, psychology, and alternative medicine.

11. Embase & Medline Approximately 50% overlap
Coverage: Medline 1966-; Embase 1984-
Terminology differs e.g. back pain/backache
Limits –differences; Medline has more e.g. Publication type - RCT

12. Print versions of electronic databases
Index Medicus is the print version of MEDLINE
Excerpta Medica is the print version of EMBASE
Science Citation Index is the print version of Web of Science
Database
Printed version
Electronic version
MEDLINE
Since 1879
Since 1966
EMBASE
Since 1948
Since 1974
Science Citation Index

13. Web of Science
“Web of Science” is the database name provided by “Institute of Scientific Information” famous in our country as “ISI”.
The complete company name is Thomson ISI.
The Web of Sciences is the same database that we calculate the Journals Impact Factor from its data.

14. Citation Databases Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar(

15. Web of Science
If a journal is in Web of Science, it means it should have Impact Factor & vice versa.
Don’t confuse Web of Sciences Journals with ISI Master list Journals !
Web of Science indexed about 8000 Journals while ISI Master List 14,000 Journals.

16. The Journal Impact Factor
The Journal Impact Factor is calculated for those journals only which are indexed & included in Web of Sciences Databases, NOT more !
The database which contain the Journal Impact Factors is Journal Citation Report abbreviated JCR. Click here

17. What is Journal Impact Factor?
The average citation frequency for articles published in a journal, or how many times, on average, during the study year the articles that appeared in the 2 preceding years of that journal received citations in other (ISI) indexed journals only.

18. Impact Factor Calculation
Citations in the current JCR year to articles published in the previous two years divided by the number of articles published in the previous two years.
Citations in 2007 to articles published in
IF=
Total Papers

19. Source paper – published in 2007
Immediacy Index
2007
2006
2005
All Previous Years
Impact Factor
Cited ½ Life
Citation
Source paper – published in 2007
Cited reference – published in 2007
Cited reference – published in 2006 or 2005

20. How to Find Impact Factors?
Directly from Journal Citation Report Database through ISI.
Click Here for 2005 IF !
Using the Excel Datasheets, prepared especially for this matter.
Click Here to Download 2006 IF !

21. How to Get your related Journals Impact Factors?
Click Here for 2005 IF !
Then click on the
In the upper box of the brought page, select your subject categories of Interest.
Then click on the once again.
In the Journal list shown, select the “Sorted by” Option for “Impact Factor” & then click

22. 2006 Impact Factors

23. Impact Factor

24. Impact Factor

25. ULRICHS Periodical Database

26. Open Access Model ACCESS OPEN Manuscript Publisher $
Author pays small amount of money
or rather, institution pays on author’s behalf
Everyone has access
All use is fair use
OPEN
ACCESS
Result:

27. Open Access publishers
BioMedCentral
PubMedCentral
Public Library of Science
Journal of Medical Internet Research

28. How is Open Access achieved at BioMed Central?
Reversing the business model: removing subscription charges and introducing article processing charges, whilst allowing authors to keep the copyright to their article
Article processing charge of £ per published article
Waivers are available
No colour charges or other ‘hidden’ charges
Model further financed by some advertising, BioMed Central’s Institutional Membership Program and value-added subscription products

29. Open Access publishing: the benefits
Free Access
Anyone` with Internet access can freely read the papers, no need to worry about subscriptions
Maximum Visibility = Maximum impact!
BioMed Central’s papers average >200 downloads per article per month
High chance of being cited
Speed
Online system for submission, peer review and publication
Published on the day of acceptance
No page constraints
Listed without delay in PubMed and deposited without embargo in PubMed Central and other secure archives

30. Full Peer Review • Immediate Publication • Open Access

31. BioMedCentral Independent publisher since 2001
158 open access journals
Many already having impact factor
Prestigious publisher
So, pressure on Thomson/ISI for inclusion in the journal pool
Article processing fees
€ (depending on the journal)
Some still free (the newest, usually)

33. Local Databases Local Databases www.iranmedex.com www.magiran.com

34. www.magiran.com بانک اطلاعات نشريات کشور

35. IranDoc www.irandoc.ac.ir

39. Questions to answer in choosing a journal for paper submission
National or international audience?
Language?
Databases indexes Journal?
Multidisciplinary or specialty journals?
The journal’s content area/scope?
Chances of acceptance?
What about the impact factor?
Practical matters (time to publication, etc.)

40. ENGLISH OR ANOTHER LANGUAGE?
Impact factor (English journals typically 3.0, single other language about 0.5
Need an English speaking colleague, not a translator
Size of audience
Most journals will help with copyediting but reviewers need readable English

41. Publishing Addiction Science
Which language?
For international audience: English is probably the language of choice
Option: Publish in several languages (with editors’ permission)
For national audiences: publish in the language of the country
Click here to see the list of Farsi Approved Journals !

42. Consider your chances of being accepted?
Acceptance rates: English language: %, non-English: %
Note: many journals do not know their acceptance rates or do not want to state them
Acceptance depends on quality and style of the article and administrative resources of the journal (some journals may help with text and language editing)

43. Consider, but do not be fooled by, the Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
JIF is determined by the frequency at which articles in that journal were cited
high impact journals have more prestige, but JIF depends on other things, like number of co-authors and indexing
non-English journals are at a disadvantage
number of databases indexing the journal will determine who sees abstract of article

44. Consider these practical aspects:
How long to get the article peer reviewed?
How long between acceptance and publication?
Geographical distribution (i.e. penetration outside US and Europe)
Special audiences
How much editorial support does it give?

45. How to see where a journal is indexed?
To check in which database a journal is indexed & where we can find its full text, search your journal name in these websites:

46. Finding and choosing an appropriate journal to Submit
Where to look for the journal:
Personal experience
Colleagues’ experience
Library
Citations in Databases
Online Resources

47. Iranian Journal Currently Indexed in Medline
Archives of Iranian Medicine
Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Urology Journal
Iranian Journal of Immunology
Iranian Biomedical Journal

48. Iranian Journals Currently indexed in Web of Science
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (IJPR)
Daru
Iranian Journal of Public Health
Iranian Journal of Immunology
Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering
Archives of Iranian Medicine
Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine
Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Hepatitis Monthly

49. Iranian Journals Currently indexed in Web of Science
Iranian Journal Of Allergy Asthma And Immunology
Iranian Journal Of Fertility & Sterility
Iranian Journal Of Ophthalmology
Iranian Journal Of Pediatrics
Iranian Journal Of Pharmaceutical Research
Iranian Journal Of Radiation Research
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Journal Of Research In Medical Sciences
Yakhteh

50. Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
This site contains Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences Journals & others good available guidelines in paper writing:

51. Questions

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