A fourfold bibliometric evaluation of journals from less developed scientific coummunities - The pattern of references in medical journals from Yugoslavia

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-ansi-language:="" en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa;font-style:normal;="" mso-bidi-font-style:italic"="" lang="EN-US">An objective and feasible evaluation of scientific journals from Less Developed Scientific Communities (LDSC) is needed (i) in order to build indigenous self-regulation with positive selection, while (ii) enhancing two-way journal links with international science. The available methods are described and divided into two groups: (I) those which rest on the existing selections by sponsoring bodies and various secondary and tertiary information services, whose evaluative approaches are generally not known, and (II) the analytical methods. These methods are studied in relation to medical journals in Yugoslavia.</span>