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<sec><h3>Objectives</h3>
<p>To investigate what the most common types of articles that nursing journals purport to publish are and what they actually publish. And to investigate the extent to which academic nursing journals listed by Clarivate track alternative metrics.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>Journals included in the nursing Journal Citation Report (JCR) journal category in 2019 described as nursing were identified and considered suitable for inclusion in the analysis. Instructions for authors were reviewed online and mention of each type of article is identified. The tables of contents of each issue of each journal published during 2019 were examined and the types of articles published were extracted to a spreadsheet into permitted article types and published articles. Likewise, the use of alternative metrics by each journal was extracted to a spreadsheet. Pearson's and Spearman's correlation analysis was applied to investigate the relationship between articles permitted and articles published.</p>
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<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>In the 2020 JCR, 123 journals were listed. The most common article type permitted was original research (<italic>n</italic> = 117), followed by review papers (<italic>n</italic> = 116), and discussion papers (<italic>n</italic> = 63). Original research (<italic>n</italic> = 7045); review papers (<italic>n</italic> = 1268); discussion papers (<italic>n</italic> = 1225); editorials (<italic>n</italic> = 793) and commentaries (<italic>n</italic> = 776) were the most commonly published categories of the article. Of journals examined, 108 (96.8%) tracked mentions on social media and the Altmetric score was most commonly used (75%). There was a strong correlation (<italic>r</italic> = 0.73; <italic>P</italic> = 0.002) between the numbers of articles permitted and published and a strong correlation (ρ = 0.86; <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001) in terms of the rankings of the permitted and published articles.</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>There is a relationship between the most frequently permitted article types and those published, especially for the most frequent categories of both. Original articles, review papers, and discussion papers are the backbone of academic publishing in nursing with original articles vastly outweighing review and discussion papers. Most Clarivate listed journals now use some method of tracking alternative metrics indicating how seriously publishers take their social media profiles.</p>
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Objectives
To investigate what the most common types of articles that nursing journals purport to publish are and what they actually publish. And to investigate the extent to which academic nursing journals listed by Clarivate track alternative metrics.

Methods
Journals included in the nursing Journal Citation Report (JCR) journal category in 2019 described as nursing were identified and considered suitable for inclusion in the analysis. Instructions for authors were reviewed online and mention of each type of article is identified. The tables of contents of each issue of each journal published during 2019 were examined and the types of articles published were extracted to a spreadsheet into permitted article types and published articles. Likewise, the use of alternative metrics by each journal was extracted to a spreadsheet. Pearson's and Spearman's correlation analysis was applied to investigate the relationship between articles permitted and articles published.

Results
In the 2020 JCR, 123 journals were listed. The most common article type permitted was original research (n = 117), followed by review papers (n = 116), and discussion papers (n = 63). Original research (n = 7045); review papers (n = 1268); discussion papers (n = 1225); editorials (n = 793) and commentaries (n = 776) were the most commonly published categories of the article. Of journals examined, 108 (96.8%) tracked mentions on social media and the Altmetric score was most commonly used (75%). There was a strong correlation (r = 0.73; P = 0.002) between the numbers of articles permitted and published and a strong correlation (ρ = 0.86; P < 0.001) in terms of the rankings of the permitted and published articles.

Conclusions
There is a relationship between the most frequently permitted article types and those published, especially for the most frequent categories of both. Original articles, review papers, and discussion papers are the backbone of academic publishing in nursing with original articles vastly outweighing review and discussion papers. Most Clarivate listed journals now use some method of tracking alternative metrics indicating how seriously publishers take their social media profiles.

Clarivate listed nursing journals in 2020: what they publish and how they measure use of social media

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Objectives
To investigate what the most common types of articles that nursing journals purport to publish are and what they actually publish. And to...

Type of article	N
Original research	7045
Review papers	1268
Discussion papers	1225
Editorials	793
Commentaries	776
Pilot studies	173
Correspondence	142
Short reports	125
Quality improvement	87
Concept analysis	70
Case studies	59
Protocols	58
Policy analyses	48
Book/media reviews	34
Expert interview	21
Total	11,924

Category of article	N
Original research	119
Review papers	116
Discussion papers	92
Correspondence	51
Editorials	36
Case studies	33
Commentaries	32
Quality improvement	27
Short reports	17
Policy analyses	11
Protocols	6
Pilot studies	4
Concept analysis	4
Book/media reviews	3
Expert interview	1

Alternative metric measure	N	%
Altmetric	75	70
PlumX	29	23.6
Metrics	2	1.6
Dimenion	2	1.6
Total	108	96.8

Clarivate listed nursing journals in 2020: what they publish and how they measure use of social media

Article Category: Original article

Pubblicato online: 30 dic 2021

Pagine: 429 - 436

Ricevuto: 16 mag 2021

Accettato: 27 giu 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0043

Parole chiave
academic publishing, alternative metrics, citations, journal content

© 2021 Roger Watson et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Categories of articles published in order of frequency.

Categories of articles permitted in order of frequency.

Alternative metric measures used by journals.

Clarivate listed nursing journals in 2020: what they publish and how they measure use of social media

Article Category: Original article

Pubblicato online: 30 dic 2021

Pagine: 429 - 436

Ricevuto: 16 mag 2021

Accettato: 27 giu 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0043

Parole chiaveacademic publishing, alternative metrics, citations, journal content

© 2021 Roger Watson et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Categories of articles published in order of frequency.

Categories of articles permitted in order of frequency.

Alternative metric measures used by journals.

Parole chiave
academic publishing, alternative metrics, citations, journal content