JMIR - the leading OPEN ACCESS* peer-reviewed transdisciplinary journal on health and health care in the Internet age.
The new JMIR Impact Factor released in June 2008 is now 3.0! JMIR is top ranked as the #6 journal in the health sciences category (out of 57 leading journals) and #2 in the health informatics category (out of 20 journals). (Note that the #1 in this category, JAMIA, has an almost equal Impact Factor of 3.1)
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And open access helps dissemination within and beyond the scientific community [1, 2, 3] !
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Answers to Questions Posed During Daily Patient Care Are More Likely to Be Answered by UpToDate Than PubMed by Arjen Hoogendam, Anton FH Stalenhoef, Pieter F de Vries Robbé, A John PM Overbeke (Published on 03 Oct 2008) Background: UpToDate and PubMed are popular sources for medical information. Data regarding the efficiency of PubMed and UpToDate in daily medical care are lacking. Objective: The purpose of this observational study was to describe the percentage of answers retrieved by these information sources, comparing search results with regard to different medical topics and the time spent searching for an answer. Methods: A total of 40 residents and 30 internists in internal medicine working in an academic medical center searched PubMed and UpToDate using an observation portal during daily medical care. The information source used for searching and the time needed to find an answer to the question were recorded by the portal. Information was provided by searchers regarding the topic of the... |
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Examining the Medical Blogosphere: An Online Survey of Medical Bloggers by Ivor Kovic, Ileana Lulic, Gordana Brumini (Published on 23 Sep 2008) Background: Blogs are the major contributors to the large increase of new websites created each year. Most blogs allow readers to leave comments and, in this way, generate both conversation and encourage collaboration. Despite their popularity, however, little is known about blogs or their creators. Objectives: To contribute to a better understanding of the medical blogosphere by investigating the characteristics of medical bloggers and their blogs, including bloggers’ Internet and blogging habits, their motivations for blogging, and whether or not they follow practices associated with journalism. Methods: We approached 197 medical bloggers of English-language medical blogs which provided direct contact information, with posts published within the past month. The survey included 37... |
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