Ann Rehabil Med.  2015 Oct;39(5):661-666. 10.5535/arm.2015.39.5.661.

The Elevation of Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine to the Status of an International Journal After Adopting an English-Only Policy

• Huh S

• KMID: 2148196
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5535/arm.2015.39.5.661

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To use bibliometric analyses to determine whether Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine (hereafter also referred to as Annals) became an international journal after adopting an English-only policy in 2011.
METHODS
Articles from the third issue of 2011 to the third issue of 2015 were analyzed according to the following parameters: whether the research was supported by funding, country of authorship, impact factor, total citations, the countries of researchers who cited Annals; the journals that cited Annals; and the Hirsch index.
RESULTS
One hundred twenty-eight (34.2%) of the 374 original articles were supported by research funds. The main authors were from Korea (550/556, 98.9%), the USA (3), Iran (2), Japan (1), Turkey (1), and the United Kingdom (1). The manually calculated impact factors in 2013 and 2014 were 0.582 and 0.667, respectively. The total annual citations from years 2012 to 2015 were 15, 130, 252, and 189, respectively. The countries of residence of the main authors who cited Annals were the USA (146), Korea (89), and China (49). The journals that cited Annals most frequently were the Journal of Physical Therapy (34), Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (15), and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (13). The Hirsch index was 9.
CONCLUSION
The above results demonstrate that the change of the language policy of Annals to English-only was successful in elevating the journal to the international level. The journal's aim of sharing up-to-date knowledge dedicated to advancing the care of the disabled and enhancing their everyday abilities and quality of life has been satisfactorily realized.

Keyword

Bibliometrics; Journal impact factor; Periodicals

MeSH Terms

Authorship
Bibliometrics
China
Financial Management
Great Britain
Humans
Iran
Japan
Journal Impact Factor
Korea
Neurosciences
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Quality of Life
Rehabilitation*
Turkey

Figure

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  Fig. 1 The number of citable and non-citable articles in Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine according to year [as of August 8, 2015].

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  Fig. 2 The number of original articles in Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine supported by research funding according to year.

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  Fig. 3 The countries of the authors of articles in Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine from 2011 to June 2015.

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  Fig. 4 The number of total citations of articles in Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine from the Web of Science according to year [as of August 8, 2015].

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  Fig. 5 The countries of authors who cited Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine in articles included in the Web of Science [as of August 8, 2015].

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  Fig. 6 The titles of journals that cited Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine in articles included in the Web of Science [as of August 8, 2015]. JPTS, Journal of Physical Therapy Science; APMR, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; FHN, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; NR, NeuroRehabilitation; BS, Brain Stimulation; PP, Pain Physician.

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