Integrity of the editing and publishing process is the basis for improving an academic journal’s Impact Factor
作者机构：Baishideng Publishing Group IncPleasantonCA 94566United States
出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2022年第28卷第43期
页 面：6168-6202页
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学科分类：050302[文学-传播学] 05[文学] 0503[文学-新闻传播学]
主 题：Journal Impact Factor Academic journal Editing process Publishing process Open access Peer review Language polishing Academic influence
摘 要：BACKGROUND Journal Impact Factor™(JIF)is often used to evaluate the relative reputation and quality of academic journals in their respective fields,and can greatly influence the quality and scope of subsequent manuscript ***,many if not all academic journals are interested in increasing their JIF,to improve their academic *** To determine the importance of the integrity of the editorial and publication process in improving the academic influence of academic journals and the JIF of academic *** In this paper,we describe our statistical analysis of bibliometric factors-including the 2021 JIFs released in the Journal Citation Report™2022,discipline rankings,received and published articles in 2019-2021,and webpage visits and downloads-for seven journals published by Baishideng Publishing Group(Baishideng)and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded™;ultimately,we introduce and discuss the editing and publishing processes of Baishideng’s journals in their entirety,as they form the basis for our objective of safeguarding and bolstering integrity in academic *** For the seven journals assessed,their 2021 JIFs were basically unchanged from 2020,with the current metric ranging from 5.374 for World Journal of Gastroenterology(WJG)to 1.534 for World Journal of Clinical Cases(WJCC).Further assessments of the journals’bibliometrics from 2019 to 2020,showed that World Journal of Stem Cells has the highest self-citation rate(1.43%)and World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery has the lowest(0.21%).Additionally,the total 3012 articles published during this period were cited by more than 20000 articles in approximately 8000 academic *** note,the 1102 articles published in WJG were cited by articles in 3059 journals,among which 171 journals have a JIF of10,including internationally renowned academic journals such as CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians(2021 JIF 286.130,record count:1),Lancet(2021 JIF 202.731,record count:
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