Determinants of journal impact factors in ‘Nutrition and Dietetics’

IF 7.4 2区医学 Q1 NUTRITION & DIETETICS Clinical nutrition Pub Date : 2025-01-21 DOI:10.1016/j.clnu.2025.01.021

Dileep N. Lobo , Keith R. Neal

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Abstract

Background and aim

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyse determinants of the 2023 impact factors (IFs) of journals within the field of ‘Nutrition and Dietetics’.

Methods

The Clarivate™ Journal Citation Reports™ website (https://jcr.clarivate.com/jcr/home) was searched on 9 January 2025 for journals with a 2023 IF (published in June 2024) ≥ 6.0 in the field of ‘Nutrition and Dietetics’. Analysis was performed using GraphPad Prism software.

Results

There were there were 84,040 citations in 2023 to 10,719 works published in 2021 and 2022 in the 12 journals with an IF ≥ 6.0. Median numbers of citations per output were lower than mean citations in all journals. This difference ranged from 0.55 to 3.97. Most outputs (47.5%–79.1 %) had 1–10 citations. The 1538 open access outputs were cited less frequently [mean (95 % CI) 6.98 (6.55–7.40)] than the 9181 subscription outputs [7.99 (7.81–8.16), P < 0.0001]. The 2063 reviews were cited more frequently [8.94 (8.45–9.43)] than the 8656 original articles [7.58 (7.42–7.74), P < 0.0001]. When the highest cited outputs from each journal were excluded, the fall in IFs ranged from 0 to 2.4. The was also the case when the two highest cited outputs were excluded (fall ranged from 0 to 2.7).

Conclusion

This comprehensive analysis of journal IFs has shown that although review articles increase IFs of journals, open access outputs do not. IFs can be distorted by 1 or 2 highly cited outputs and may not reflect the impact of the majority of outputs.

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背景与目的：本横断面研究的目的是分析“营养与营养学”领域期刊2023年影响因子（IFs）的决定因素。方法：于2025年1月9日检索Clarivate™Journal Citation Reports™网站（https://jcr.clarivate.com/jcr/home），检索2023 IF（发表于2024年6月）≥6.0的“营养与饮食学”领域的期刊。使用GraphPad Prism软件进行分析。结果：12种IF≥6.0的期刊在2023年至2021年和2022年共发表论文84040篇至10719篇。每个产出的引用中位数低于所有期刊的平均引用数。这个差异从0.55到3.97不等。大多数产出（47.5%- 79.1%）有1-10次引用。1538篇开放获取论文的引用频率低于9181篇订阅论文的引用频率[平均（95% CI） 6.98 (6.55-7.40)] [7.99 (7.81-8.16)]， P结论：对期刊影响因子的综合分析表明，尽管综述文章增加了期刊的影响因子，但开放获取论文并没有增加。影响因子可能被1或2个高引用产出扭曲，可能无法反映大多数产出的影响。

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Clinical nutrition 医学-营养学

CiteScore

14.10

自引率

6.30%

发文量

356

审稿时长

28 days

期刊介绍： Clinical Nutrition, the official journal of ESPEN, The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, is an international journal providing essential scientific information on nutritional and metabolic care and the relationship between nutrition and disease both in the setting of basic science and clinical practice. Published bi-monthly, each issue combines original articles and reviews providing an invaluable reference for any specialist concerned with these fields.