Identification of biomedical journals in Spain and Latin America

Bonfill, Xavier; Sola, Ivan; Gandarilla, Omar; Hidalgo, Ricardo; Pina-Pozas, Maricela; Loza Munarriz, Cesar Antonio; Rincon-Valenzuela, David A.; Marti, Arturo; Pardo, Hector; Rojas-De-Arias, Antonieta; Torres, Ania; Diaz-Garcia, Luisa; Tristan, Mario; Gianneo, Oscar; Posso, Margarita; Osorio, Dimelza; Garcia Dieguez, Marcelo; Correa, Ricardo; Lopez, Luis; Rada, Gabriel; Simancas-Racines, Daniel

dc.contributor.author	Bonfill, Xavier
dc.contributor.author	Osorio, Dimelza
dc.contributor.author	Posso, Margarita
dc.contributor.author	Sola, Ivan
dc.contributor.author	Rada, Gabriel
dc.contributor.author	Torres, Ania
dc.contributor.author	Garcia Dieguez, Marcelo
dc.contributor.author	Pina-Pozas, Maricela
dc.contributor.author	Diaz-Garcia, Luisa
dc.contributor.author	Tristan, Mario
dc.contributor.author	Gandarilla, Omar
dc.contributor.author	Rincon-Valenzuela, David A.
dc.contributor.author	Marti, Arturo
dc.contributor.author	Hidalgo, Ricardo
dc.contributor.author	Simancas-Racines, Daniel
dc.contributor.author	Lopez, Luis
dc.contributor.author	Correa, Ricardo
dc.contributor.author	Rojas-De-Arias, Antonieta
dc.contributor.author	Loza Munarriz, Cesar Antonio
dc.contributor.author	Gianneo, Oscar
dc.contributor.author	Pardo, Hector
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-06T14:52:35Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-06T14:52:35Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5317
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVES: Journals in languages other than English that publish original clinical research are often not well covered in the main biomedical databases and therefore often not included in systematic reviews. This study aimed to identify Spanish language biomedical journals from Spain and Latin America and to describe their main features. METHODS: Journals were identified in electronic databases, publishers' catalogues and local registries. Eligibility was determined by assessing data from these sources or the journals' websites, when available. FINDINGS: A total of 2457 journals were initially identified; 1498 met inclusion criteria. Spain (27.3%), Mexico (16.0%), Argentina (15.1%) and Chile (11.9%) had the highest number of journals. Most (85.8%) are currently active; 87.8% have an ISSN. The median and mean length of publication were 22 and 29 years, respectively. A total of 66.0% were indexed in at least one database; 3.0% had an impact factor in 2012. A total of 845 journals had websites (56.4%), of which 700 (82.8%) were searchable and 681 (80.6%) free of charge. CONCLUSIONS: Most of the identified journals have no impact factor or are not indexed in any of the major databases. The list of identified biomedical journals can be a useful resource when conducting hand searching activities and identifying clinical trials that otherwise would not be retrieved.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Wiley
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Health Information and Libraries Journal
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Latin America	en_US
dc.subject	journals	en_US
dc.subject	Language	en_US
dc.subject	America, South	en_US
dc.subject	citation analysis	en_US
dc.subject	clinical trials	en_US
dc.subject	database searching	en_US
dc.subject	Databases, Bibliographic/supply & distribution	en_US
dc.subject	Europe, South-West	en_US
dc.subject	Journal Impact Factor	en_US
dc.subject	Publishing/supply & distribution/trends	en_US
dc.subject	Research/statistics & numerical data	en_US
dc.subject	Spain	en_US
dc.title	Identification of biomedical journals in Spain and Latin America	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12110
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.08.03
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.02
dc.relation.issn	1471-1842