Scientometric Analysis of Trauma and Emergency Medicine Journals in Scopus and ISI Databases

Scientometrics is a scientific field that can guide readers, academic institutions, and researchers in objective evaluation of the path that human knowledge takes. In recent years, new indicators have been used to rank and validate journals. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between new and common scientometric indicators of journals in the field of emergency medicine and trauma.

In the present descriptive-analytical study, journals specialized in emergency medicine were identified in Scopus and ISI databases. Our target indicators were related to data of journal publications published in 2019, which were collected using online databases of Clarivate Analytics, SCOPUS, PubMed, and SJR. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software version 19 and R software.

In the present study, 57 journals in the field of trauma and emergency medicine were included. Among the journals indexed in Scopus, 24 were also indexed in ISI. In terms of article rankings in the Scopus database, Annals of Emergency Medicine, a Journal based in America and published by Elsevier, ranked first. The average CiteScore of journals specialized in trauma and emergency medicine was 2.16 ± 1.7. Their mean SJR was 0.53 ± 0.34. Mean h-index of these journals was 34.55 ± 28.27 and their mean impact factor (IF) was 1.88 ± 1.08. The average Eigenfactor Score was 0.0047 ± 0.00501. Eigenfactor Score was more correlated with IF and number of published articles compared to CiteScore and SJR.

Our findings may help authors figure out which indicators are most relevant to Total Cites or IF. Authors can use this information to make a decision regarding choosing the best bibliographic index to rank the target journals in the field of emergency medicine before submitting articles.