Methods of Information in Medicine

Methods of Information in Medicine  
Former names
 Medical documentation, Medizinische Dokumentation, Dokumentation in Medizin und Biologie
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 Methods Inf. Med.
Discipline Medical informatics
Language English
Edited by Sabine Koch
Publication details
Publisher
Schattauer Publishers
Publication history
 1962-present
Frequency Bimonthly
delisted due to citation stacking
Indexing
ISSN 0026-1270 (print)
0026-1270 (web)
LCCN 67036993
CODEN MIMCAI
OCLC no. 01643482
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Methods of Information in Medicine (MIM) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in medical informatics. It is the official journal of the International Medical Informatics Association and the European Federation for Medical Informatics. The journal is also the official international journal of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology.

Methods of Information in Medicine not only is the oldest, but also the “longest running journal devoted to information in biomedicine and health care”.[1] Furthermore, it still is the one with the broadest scope in medical informatics (or biomedical and health informatics, respectively). The journal`s publications thus reflect for more than five decades the formation of a scientific field, that deals with information in biomedicine and health care.[2] Together with its sister journal Applied Clinical Informatics the journal explores possible bridging effects between theory published in Methods of Information in Medicine and practice published in Applied Clinical Informatics.[3] Systematic methodological reviews, clarification of possible practical implications of theoretical work, or specific focus themes on topics discussing both theoretical gaps and practical applications of methods and theories might be considered in future.[4]

Starting with the very first issue in 1962, all articles are available through the journal`s online archive as well as indexed in the U.S. national Library of Medicine`s MEDLINE database, with links to the online archive. The journal is also listed in Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Web of Science, SciSearch, Research Alert, Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Index Medicus/Medline, EMCARE, SCOPUS and in EMBASE/Excerpta Medica.

Citation Stacking 2015

In 2014 and 2015, the editors of the journals Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) and Methods of Information in Medicine (MIM)(both published by Schattauer) started an annual series of articles to reflect the translation of theory to practice represented by the articles of their journals.[5][6] The series was continued in 2015.[7][8] This mutual citation of articles led to an increasing of the Journal Impact Factors (JIF). For the Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2015, this was rated by Thomson Reuters as citation stacking (a form of JIF manipulation), resulting in an exclusion from the JCR for 2015.[9] In response to the de-listing from the JCR the editors published their point of view in an editorial in both journals.[10][11] The president and the publication officer of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) commented this also in an editorial.[12] The publisher offered Thomson Reuters to exclude the two affected articles from the imcpact factor calculation.[13] Thomson Reuters didn´t accept this offer, so it remained that both journals have no JIF 2015.

References

  1. ↑ McCray AT, Gefeller O, Aronsky D, Leong TY, Sarkar IN, Bergemann D, Lindberg DA, van Bemmel JH, Haux R. The birth and evolution of a discipline devoted to information in biomedicine and health care. As reflected in its longest running journal. Methods Inf Med 2011; 50(6): 491– 507.
  2. ↑ Haux R. On the Methodology and Scientific Fundamentals of Organizing, Representing and Analysing Data, Information and Knowledge in Biomedicine and Health Care. Methods Inf Med 2011; 50: 487-490.
  3. ↑ McCray AT, Gefeller O, Aronsky D, Leong TY, Sarkar IN, Bergemann D, Lindberg DA, van Bemmel JH, Haux R. The birth and evolution of a discipline devoted to information in biomedicine and health care. As reflected in its longest running journal. Methods Inf Med 2011; 50(6): 491– 507.
  4. ↑ McCray AT, Gefeller O, Aronsky D, Leong TY, Sarkar IN, Bergemann D, Lindberg DA, van Bemmel JH, Haux R. The birth and evolution of a discipline devoted to information in biomedicine and health care. As reflected in its longest running journal. Methods Inf Med 2011; 50(6): 491– 507.
  5. ↑ Lehmann CU, Haux R.: From bench to bed: bridging from informatics theory to practice. An exploratory analysis. Methods Inf Med. 2014;53(6):511-5. "doi: 10.3414/ME14-01-0098".
  6. ↑ Haux R, Lehmann CU.: From bed to bench: bridging from informatics practice to theory: an exploratory analysis. Appl Clin Inform. 2014 Oct 29;5(4):907-15. "doi: 10.4338/ACI-2014-10-RA-0095".
  7. ↑ Lehmann CU, Gundlapalli AV. Improving Bridging from Informatics Practice to Theory. Methods Inf Med. 2015;54(6):540-5. "doi: 10.3414/ME15-01-0138".
  8. ↑ Haux R, Koch S. Improving Bridging from Informatics Theory to Practice. Appl Clin Inform. 2015 Dec 23;6(4):748-56. "doi: 10.4338/ACI-2015-10-RA-0147".
  9. ↑ "Journal Citation Reports Notices". Thomson Reuters.
  10. ↑ Koch S, Lehmann CU, Haux R. On Bridges and Stacks. Methods Inf Med. 2016 Aug 5;55(4):299-300. "doi: 10.3414/ME16-03-0002".
  11. ↑ Koch S, Lehmann CU, Haux R.On Bridges and Stacks. Appl Clin Inform. 2016 Jul 20;7(3):707-10. "doi: 10.4338/ACI-2016-07-IE-0110".
  12. ↑ de Lusignan S1, Moen A.: Extracting Oneself from the Citation-stacking Bear Trap. Methods Inf Med. 2016 Aug 5;55(4):301-2. "doi: 10.3414/ME16-03-0001".
  13. ↑ Schattauer: Important note to all authors of Methods of Information in Medicine and Applied Clinical Informatics. http://methods.schattauer.de/about/impact-factor-2015.html
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