Vol. 41, No. 3, 1998 Visit Our Web Site at http://www.faseb.org/aps 109 (continued on page 111) The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) publishes Impact Factors for 60 journals in its Physiology category. Table 1 provides a ranking of the top 16 physiology journals in 1996. This Impact Factor is based on the citations to a journal of items published in 1995 and 1996, divided by the total...

Background: This study made an attempt to make the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of hematological research output in five Islamic countries Iran, Turkey, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt which have the most scientific productions from 1996-2013. Materials and Methods: The current study was carried out during the 1st to 31st of September, 2014 in Blood Transfusion Research Center, Sh...

BACKGROUND: Although randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the highest level of evidence, they are also subject to bias, due to a lack of adequately reported randomization, and therefore the reporting should be as explicit as possible for readers to determine the significance of the contents. We evaluated the methodological quality of RCTs in respiratory research in high ranking cl...

This essay contributes a new perspective to debates about journal ranking lists and their effects on the practice of scholarship. Our argument is grounded in theory draws Bourdieu’s concept field. We examine effect metrics, targets rankings Human Resource Development (HRD), conjunctive field associated with Management Learning Education (MLE) ways which boundaries MLE are shaped by how, irrespe...

Thousands of scientific journals are now available. The ranking of journals is difficult. The impact factor has emerged as an index of quality and prestige, and is used increasingly for ranking and evaluating journals. 4-9 Detailed lists of journal citations and impact factors are produced and made available by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). A listing of all the impact factors ...

ranking is one of the key measures for evaluating universities.  progress of research at universities is often measured by the rate of its publications.  it is also common knowledge in the field of research that journal publications owe their success to their impact factor.  however, one of the contributing factors that affect a journal's impact factor is the accessibility and availability of i...

The Eigenfactor score is a journal influence metric developed at the Department of Biology of the University of Washington and recently introduced in the Science and Social Science Journal Citation Reports maintained by Thomson Reuters. It provides a compelling measure of journal status with solid mathematical background, sound axiomatic foundation, intriguing stochastic interpretation, and man...

Journal Ranking Accessed via Hits (Relevant) Ebsco-Host WoK Operations Research A+ x 0 (0) Production and Operations Management A x 5 (0) OR Spectrum A x 1 (0) Journal of the Operational Research Society B x 8 (4) Omega B x 10 (4) Decision Support Systems B x 2 (0) Long Range Planning B x 0 (0) Sum 225 (81)