The Most Accredited English Language Free Electronic Journals in Medical Sciences



Danesh F¹ ; Asnafi AR² ; Moghaddam ARI³ ; Riazipour M⁴ ; Zarei A⁵ Show Affiliations
Source: Information Sciences and Technology Published:2011

Abstract

Finding free e-journals is very difficult in web environment, because these types of journals are all scattered and they are rarely found in traditional bibliographic sources. Therefore, locating and their retrieval are hard. Then it is not easy to disseminate the accredited ones. The aim of this study was to determine the most accredited free English e-journals in medical sciences. The research methods were content and link analysis. In order to collect the data, a checklist has been used which its validity has been confirmed. The research population consisted of 700 free electronic journals of medical sciences which were collected from two reputable websites. Using qualitative study on the websites of these journals, the number of eligible journals in this research decreased to 269 journals. In the next step, Journals' websites has been analyzed with webometrics methods. Then, utilizing core journal formula, the accredited ones were determined. Results showed that New South Wales Public Health Bulletin in Health, Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care in Nursery, BMC Oral Health in Dentistry and Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research in Medicine were the most accredited journals in term of in links. Also, International Journal of Integrated Care in Health, BMC Nursing in Nursery, Journal of Oral Science in Dentistry, The New York State Dental Journal and Journal of Oral Science were the top free e-journals in term of web impact factor.