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. 2014 Mar;18(1):3-9.
doi: 10.5213/inj.2014.18.1.3. Epub 2014 Mar 31.

How far has the international neurourology journal progressed since its transformation into an english language journal?

Sun Huh  1
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How far has the international neurourology journal progressed since its transformation into an english language journal?

Sun Huh. Int Neurourol J. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

Purpose: The publisher of the International Neurourology Journal changed the text to English in 2010 to promote the journal as an international publication. Four years later, what has happened to this journal? This paper will use citation indicators to describe the degree of internationalization.

Methods: Citation indicators such as impact factors, total citations from Web of Science, Science Journal Rankings (SJR), cites per documents (2 years), and Hirsch indexes (h-indexes) from Web of Science, digital object identifier (DOI)/CrossRef, ScimagoJR, or Scopus were calculated. In addition, the native countries of the authors and researchers citing the journal in Web of Science were analyzed.

Results: Impact factors in 2012 and 2013 were 0.645 and 0.857, respectively. Total citations in 2011, 2012, and 2013 from Web of Science were 15, 51, and 99, respectively, and the SJRs in 2011 and 2012 were 0.220 and 0.390, respectively. The h-indexes from DOI/CrossRef, Scopus, and Web of Science were 7, 8, and 6, respectively. Out of 153 unsolicited published papers, 27 (17.6%) were from outside of Korea. The researchers citing the journal in Web of Science and Scopus were primarily from the United States, Korea, China, the United Kingdom, and France. Funding agencies supported 39 of 101 original articles (38.6%).

Conclusions: After changing the text to the English language, the citation indicators show that the International Neurourology Journal has been elevated to an international journal. Although the nationality of authors varies from year to year, the increase in the number of manuscripts from international authors is obvious.

Keywords: Bibliographic database; Journal impact factor; PubMed.

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Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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Increase in impact factor and cites per documents (2 years) of the International Neurourology Journal according to year from Web of Science and SCImago Journal & Country Rank (cited 2014 Mar 23) [5,7].
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Increase in the total number of citations of the International Neurourology Journal from Web of Science and Scopus according to year (cited 2014 Mar 23) [4,5].
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Comparison of Science Journal Rankings of six urology journals from Asia according to year (cited 2014 Mar 23) [7]. INJ, International Neurourology Journal; KJU, Korean Journal of Urology; JJU, Japanese Journal of Urology; TNDTJ, Turkish Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Journal; AUJ, Acta Urologica Japonica; CJA, Chinese Journal of Andrology.
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(A) Countries of authors who cited the International Neurourology Journal from volume 14 (2010) to volume 17 (2013), analyzed from Web of Science. (B) Countries of authors who cited the International Neurourology Journal from volume 14 (2010) to volume 17 (2013), analyzed from Scopus (cited 2014 Mar 23) [4,5].
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Average frequency of citation of papers in the International Neurourology Journal according to publication types and years, analyzed from Web of Science (cited 2014 Mar 23) [5].
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Proportion of papers that acknowledged funding agencies out of 101 original articles in the International Neurourology Journal according to year.
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Proportion of authors from Korea and outside of Korea out of unsolicited articles in the International Neurourology Journal according to year.
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