The evaluation of "high priority" Hungarian medical journals and academic papers.
(The classification "high priority" was proclaimed by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Section of Medical Science: 30 titles, 1998.)
Background: Short introduction of journals: foundation and history, year of foundation, Founder Corporation or publisher, current publisher.
Objectives: The evaluation of scientific publication activity: 30 high priority Hungarian medical journals in the last five-year period 1999 - 2003.
Methods: analysis of scientific content and formal elements.
The number and composition of published articles: original articles, review, case reports, forum, etc.
Publication requirements by editorial board: Guidelines for authors.
Scope
Manuscript style
· bilingual (Hungarian English) titles, bilingual structured abstracts, MeSH keywords
· content construction of articles
· references
· data collection form
· page proofs
· copyright, author contribution and ethical approval
q Acceptance procedure of manuscripts
· by editors
§ international editorial board
§ international advisory board
· by reviewers
§ internal peer review
§ peer review
§ double-blind review
§ medical statisticians review
q Indexing of articles
· by international databases
· by international citation databases
§ Science Citation Index
§ Euro-Factor
§ Index Copernicus
Findings: The high priority Hungarian medical journals -
Ø importance in Hungarian scientific public life
Ø their scientific levels are different, but greater part of the journals fulfills the international specifications
Ø the most of the journals are indexed by international databases
Ø some journals have low impact factor and slight international citations
Conclusions:
Ø we have to strive for higher scientific content level of publications
Ø the most significant articles must be translated into English and should be published free in the homepage of journals or in open archives
Ø the famous authors must be motivated to publish in national scientific periodicals
Ø the scientific evaluation shall be made in light of national and European specification
Ø it is unavoidable to make uniform European evaluative methods and factors with insight of Euro-Factor and Index Copernicus.
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