Mapping pharmacy journals: A lexicographic analysis

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

Mendes, AM (Author) Other; Tonin, FS (Author) Other; Buzzi, MF (Author) Other; Pontarolo, R (Author) Other; Fernandez Llimos, F (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Vol. 15

Pages: 1464-1471

ISSN: 1551-7411

Publisher: Elsevier

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 33 Citations

Scopus - 35 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00Q-4WY

DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.01.011

Abstract (EN): Background: Pharmacy journals constitute a heterogeneous group that can be map to identify Pharmacy scientific subareas. Objective: This study aimed to objectively map Pharmacy journals by means of a lexicographic analysis of the titles of published articles. Methods: Active journals between 2006 and 2016 containing any of the terms `pharmacy¿, `pharmacist*¿, `pharmaceut*¿, `pharmacol*¿, or `pharmacotherap*¿ in their titles were searched in four databases (01/15/2018): Medline, PubMed Central, Science Citation Index expanded/Social Sciences Citation Index expanded (SCIe/SSCIe), and Scopus CiteScore Metrics. The titles of all the articles (Jan-2006 to Dec-2016) in the identified journals were gathered into a single text corpus. The following analyses were performed (Iramuteq 0.7): lexicographic analysis to determine the number, frequency and distribution of active words; descending hierarchical classification (DHC) to categorize active words and journals into lexical classes; factorial correspondence analyses (FCA) to obtain bi- and tri-dimensional graphs. Results: A total of 285 journals comprising 316,089 articles (median 70.4 articles [IQR 34.0¿141.0] per journal per year) were included for the analyses. The journals were indexed in Scopus (90.2%) with a median CiteScore of 1.16 (IQR 0.28¿2.55); in SCIe/SSCIe (44.6%) with a median impact factor of 2.410 (IQR 1.629¿3.316); and in PubMed (65.7%). The DHC of active words produced three major groups (A, B, C) with two lexical classes each, representing six Pharmacy subareas depicted by the FCA as: Group A comprising `Cell Pharmacology¿ (20 journals) and `Molecular Pharmacology¿ (46 journals), Group B with `Clinical Pharmacology¿ (57 journals) and `Pharmacy Practice¿ (67 journals), and Group C with `Pharmaceutics¿ (35 journals) and `Pharmaceutical Analysis¿ (60 journals). Coverage of the classes in bibliographic databases and impact metrics is unbalanced. Conclusions: Pharmacy journals that can be objectively classified into six different classes that represent different research subareas with uneven coverage in bibliographic databases.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8