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. 2014 Dec;41(4):147-50.
doi: 10.5653/cerm.2014.41.4.147. Epub 2014 Dec 31.

What is the position of Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine in its scholarly journal network based on journal metrics?

Sun Huh  1
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What is the position of Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine in its scholarly journal network based on journal metrics?

Sun Huh. Clin Exp Reprod Med. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine (CERM) converted its language to English only beginning with the first issue of 2011. From that point in time, one of the goals of the journal has been to become a truly international journal. This paper aims to identify the position of CERM in its scholarly journal network based on the journal's metrics.

Methods: The journal's metrics, including citations, countries of author affiliation, and countries of citing authors, Hirsch index, and proportion of funded articles, were gathered from Web of Science and analyzed.

Results: The two-year impact factor of 2013 was calculated at 0.971 excluding self-citation, which corresponds to a Journal Citation Reports ranking of 85.9% in the category of obstetrics and gynecology. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, the total citations were 17, 68, and 85, respectively. Authors from nine countries contributed to CERM. Researchers from 25 countries cited CERM in their articles. The Hirsch index was six. Out of 88 original articles, 35 studies received funds (39.8%).

Conclusion: Based on the journal metrics, changing the journal language to English was found to be successful in promoting CERM to international journal status.

Keywords: Journal impact factor; Language; Publishing; Research personnel.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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Citable and non-citable articles in Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine according to year. a)March to September issues of 2014.
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Figure 2
Countries of authors and corresponding number of articles of Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine from 2011 to September 2014.
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Figure 3
Proportion of funded articles of Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine according to year. a)March to September issues of 2014.
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Figure 4
Total citation of Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine according to year from 2011 to end of October 2014. a)March to September issues of 2014.
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Figure 5
The 25 countries of authors who cited Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine in Web of Science from 2011 to end of October 2014.
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