A Review of Journal Impact Metrics and Characteristics to Assist Emergency Medicine Investigators with Manuscript Submission Decisions
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Rodriguez, Robert M.; Chan, Virginia; Wong, Angela H.K.; Montoy, Juan Carlos C.
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Introduction: A crucial, yet subjective and non-evidence-based, decision for researchers is where to submit their original research manuscripts. The approach of submitting to journals in descending order of impact factor (IF) is a common but imperfect strategy. The validity of the IF as a measure of journal quality and significance is suspect, and a number of other journal impact scores have emerged, such that no one scale is universally accepted. Furthermore, practical considerations, such as likelihood of manuscript acceptance rates and times for decisions, may influence how authors prioritize journals. In this report, we sought to 1) review emergency medicine (EM) journal impact metrics, and 2) provide a comprehensive list of pertinent journal characteristics that may influence researchers' choice of submission.
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2020
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
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21/4
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Rodriguez, Robert M.; Chan, Virginia; Wong, Angela H.K.; Montoy, Juan Carlos C.