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Table 5 Indexing and impact factor

From: Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison

  

Predatory, N = 93, n (%)

Open Access, N = 99, n (%)

Subscription-based, N = 100, n (%)

Indicate having Thomson ISI ‘Journal Impact Factor’ (JIF)

Yes

21 (22.58)

38 (38.38)

80 (80.00)

If yes, median JIF (IQR)a

2.958 (0.500–3.742)

1.750 (1.330–2.853)

4.275 (2.469–6.239)

Other journal-level metric indicated

Yes

54 (58.06)

16 (16.16)

62 (62.00)

Number of other metrics, median (IQR)

2 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

Other metric

Top 5 listed (n)

Index Copernicus Value (31)

Global Impact Factor (9)

Scientific Journal Impact Factor (9)

Scientific Journal Rankings/SciMago/Scopus (7)

Total citations (7)

Scientific Journal Rankings/SciMago/Scopus (6)

Total citations (5)

Index Copernicus Value (3)

h-index (2)

5-year impact factor (2)

5-year impact factor (27)

Overall ranking (15)

Scientific Journal Rankings/SciMago/Scopus (8)

Source Normalized Impact Factor (8)

Eigenfactor (7)

Databases indexed/listed

PubMed

MEDLINE

CINAHL

EMBASE

PsycInfo

Google Scholar

Other

6 (6.65)

2 (2.15)

0 (0)

14 (15.05)

0 (0)

47 (50.54)

83 (89.25)

85 (85.86)

21 (21.21)

4 (4.04)

42 (42.42)

7 (7.07)

59 (59.60)

94 (94.95)

17 (17.00)

39 (39.00)

15 (15.00)

32 (32.00)

6 (6.00)

1 (1.00)

55 (55.00)

DOAJ mentioned (indexed or applying for indexing)

Yes

48 (51.61)

65 (65.65)

1 (1.00)

ISSN found/identified

Yes

91 (97.85)

95 (95.96)

72 (72.00)

Editorial organizations mentioned

ICMJE

WAME

CSE

EASE

OASPA

Otherb

None

16 (17.2)

4 (4.30)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (2.15)

70 (75.27)

79 (79.8)

8 (8.08)

2 (2.02)

2 (2.02)

6 (6.06)

7 (7.07)

10 (10.10)

74 (74.00)

14 (14.00)

2 (2.00)

0 (0)

1 (1.00)

3 (3.00)

20 (20.00)

  1. ICMJE International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, WAME World Association of Medical Editors, CSE Council of Science Editors, EASE European Association of Science Editors
  2. aNumber of journals providing this information: Predatory, n = 21; Open Access, n = 37; Subscription, n = 80
  3. bOther: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, Council of Biology editors, European Medical Writers Association, Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, International Association of Scientific, Technical, & Medical Publishers, Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors, OAIster - The Open Access Initiative
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