Jon,
It depends a little on what you are after - research articles, news, etc
If its just the clinical relevant research articles then the ACPJC/EBM
process has been to screen for validity and then get votes by clinicians
for relevance. An analysis of the frequency of articles from over 100
journals showed that the majority of studies that should change practice
came from a few general journals. (So one caveat about "speciality"
journals is that major studies, even for specialities, will be covered by
NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, BMJ, Annals Int Med and Cochrane.) Ideally you'd
repeat this process for each speciality.
Paul Glasziou
At 26/05/2004, Jon Brassey wrote:
>If one wanted to identify the 10-15 core journals in a given clinical
>speciality (e.g. child health, genetics) any ideas how to go about it?
>
>I have thought of a couple of ways. Firstly, ask a group of clinicians
>who specialise in that area and ask them to nominate the journals they
>consider core. Secondly, use the impact factor of each journal in the
>speciality and pick the top 10-15 using that. I don't consider either ideal!
>
>Also where can you obtain the impact factors for each journal?
>
>Best wishes
>
>Jon
>
>
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