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Objective: To determine the citation status and the citation trend of 5 spine Journals

in 2009.

Materials & Methods: Using the SCImago Journal & Country Rank portal, which is
based on specific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus

database (El- sevier B.V.), the scientific domain of spine patholo- gy was assessed
and analyzed. The 5 Journals se- lected for visibility evaluation with the aid of the

SJR indicator, H-index, total citations (3 years), and cita- tions/document (2 years)
were: J Neurosurg Spine (J1), Spine (J2), Spine J (J3), Eur Spine J (J4) and Joint

Bone Spine (J5). Impact factors (IF_2009) were retrieved from the Thomson Reuters
Web of Knowledge research platform.

Results: IFs: 1.613 (J1), 2.624 (J2), 2.902 (J3), 1.956 (J4), and 2.250 (J5). SJR:

0.124 (J1), 0.208 (J2), 0.162 (J3), 0.172 (J4), and 0.142 (J5) H-index: 30 (J1), 134
(J2), 41 (J3), 60 (J4), and 33 (J5). Total citations (3 years): 1,152 (J1), 6,528 (J2),

1,019 (J3), 2,122 (J4), and 1,028 (J5). Citations/document (2 years): 1.841 (J1),
3.138 (J2), 2.751 (J3), 2.419 (J4), and 3.636 (J5). J3 showed the best IF (2.902). J2

demonstrated the biggest SJR (0.208), the best H-index (134), and the majority of
total citations. J5 presented a better cita- tions/document index (3.636).

Conclusions: Spine J showed the best IF, but it was Spine that out- performed the
other Journals in most indices. Even though all 5 Journals focus on Spine, their
citation im- pact varies. The aforementioned indices are useful in establishing the

Journals’ influence. However, by no means are they a direct measure of quality and
must be used with extreme caution.

8. The influence of manuscript titles on citation rates: the case of the Spine Journal

Georgios Matis, Theodossios Birbilis, Olga Chrysou, Kosmas Kontogiannidis, Elena
Karakosta, Athanassios Zissimopoulos, Michail Karanikas, Nikolaos Lyratzopoulos,

Georgios Minopoulos.

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Ανακοινώθηκε στο 14 European Congress of Neurosurgery (EANS), Rome, Italy,
0914/10/2011).

Δημοσιευτηκε σαν Ε-Poster 27

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