#Ifactor el segundo series#

In the last four years there has been a discrete 5вЂ“10% annual increase in the number of submitted manuscripts. In this context, the aforementioned citation/self-citation balance can be expected to improve considerably as a result of translation of our articles into English. There was hardly any access to our publications on the part of the rest of the scientific community. As commented above, the current IF was established from the citations corresponding to the years 20 since the journal was exclusively published in Spanish at that time, the citations mainly came from Spanish-speaking authors. Language is undoubtedly a decisive factor in this imbalance. On analyzing the citations that conformed the IF, we found the proportion of self-citations to be larger than desirable. The IF obtained was 1.496, which can be regarded as a good beginningвЂ“placing us as the only Spanish language publication among the journals belonging to the area of Critical Care Medicine. In June 2011 we received the impact factor (IF) corresponding to 2011, based on the Medicina Intensiva citations of 20. The latter has been fully revised during 2011, and Medicina Intensiva presently has its own preferential place on the site (with numerous consultations from physicians all over the world) furthermore, its contents are made available from SEMICYUC access to Facebook ( ) вЂ“ including even the possibility of discussing the published articles. At present, the manuscripts are distributed through the website of the journal, accessible from the Elsevier portal ( ), though information on the contents of the journal can also be accessed and received from the SEMICYUC website ( ). In addition to the above, the journal has worked to improve the visibility of its articles thanks to the progressive technical improvements made in the diffusion of information. In the coming years we will have the opportunity to evaluate the true benefits of the decision in these terms. It is now when the economical investment can become truly profitable in scientific and bibliometric terms.

1 Undoubtedly, the inclusion of our journal in the JCR and the obtainment of an IF have been decisive in taking the decision. We had been considering the convenience of taking this step for some time.

In effect, contributing authors can obtain a greater impact from their articles, and the latter in turn can be referenced by other investigators, with the consequent bibliometric benefits this implies. While this undoubtedly implies a considerable economical effort, it ensures a very significant increase in visibility of the published articles, and in the diffusion of our manuscripts among the rest of the non-Spanish speaking scientific community. Since January 2011, the articles published in the journal have been translated into EnglishвЂ“thus allowing readers to consult the publications in both Spanish and in English, and on both the journal website and in PubMed. However, reaching the mentioned objectives implies a point of inflexion that obliges us to ponder our future short- and middle-term actions. In our case, the fundamental aim is for Medicina Intensiva to become a valid tool allowing leading Spanish-speaking investigators to make some of their research work known to others. The fact that these objectives were reached in mid-2010, with the posterior designation of an IF of 1.496, should not be regarded as a purpose in itself, but rather as a means for achieving other more ambitious goals.

#Ifactor el segundo series#

A series of events registered during the year 2011 may exert a decisive influence upon the course of our journal.ДЄ key and strategic objective of the editorial board of Medicina Intensiva was the inclusion of our journal in the Science Citation Index (SCI) and Journal Citation Report (JCR), with the designation of a corresponding impact factor (IF).