Soyoung Yu1, Jeung Im Kim2, Jin Hee Park3, Sun Joo Jang4, Eunyoung E Suh5, Ju Eun Song6, YeoJin Im7. 1. College of Nursing, CHA University, Pocheon, Korea. 2. School of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea. 3. College of Nursing · Research Institute of Nursing Science, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea. jhee@ajou.ac.kr. 4. Red-Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. icedcoffee@cau.ac.kr. 5. College of Nursing · Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. 6. College of Nursing · Research Institute of Nursing Science, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea. 7. College of Nursing Science · East-West Nursing Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analyze articles published in the Journal of the Korean Academy of Nursing (JKAN) between 2010 and 2019, along with those published in three international nursing journals, to improve JKAN's international reputation. METHODS: The overall characteristics of JKAN's published papers and keywords, study participants, types of nursing interventions and dependent variables, citations, and cited journals were analyzed. Additionally, the keywords and study designs, publication-related characteristics, journal impact factors (JIF), and Eigenfactor scores of International Journal of Nursing Studies (IJNS), International Nursing Review (INR), Nursing & Health Sciences (NHS), and JKAN were analyzed and compared. RESULTS: Among the four journals, JKAN's score was the lowest in both the journal impact factor and Eigenfactor score. In particular, while the JIF of INR and NHS has been continuously increasing; JKAN's JIF has remained static for almost 10 years. The journals which had cited JKAN and those which JKAN had cited were mainly published in Korean. CONCLUSION: JKAN still has a low IF and a low ranking among Social Citation Index (E) journals during the past 10 years, as compared to that of four international journals. To enhance JKAN's status as an international journal, it is necessary to consider publishing it in English and to continuously improve the conditions of other publications.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analyze articles published in the Journal of the Korean Academy of Nursing (JKAN) between 2010 and 2019, along with those published in three international nursing journals, to improve JKAN's international reputation. METHODS: The overall characteristics of JKAN's published papers and keywords, study participants, types of nursing interventions and dependent variables, citations, and cited journals were analyzed. Additionally, the keywords and study designs, publication-related characteristics, journal impact factors (JIF), and Eigenfactor scores of International Journal of Nursing Studies (IJNS), International Nursing Review (INR), Nursing & Health Sciences (NHS), and JKAN were analyzed and compared. RESULTS: Among the four journals, JKAN's score was the lowest in both the journal impact factor and Eigenfactor score. In particular, while the JIF of INR and NHS has been continuously increasing; JKAN's JIF has remained static for almost 10 years. The journals which had cited JKAN and those which JKAN had cited were mainly published in Korean. CONCLUSION: JKAN still has a low IF and a low ranking among Social Citation Index (E) journals during the past 10 years, as compared to that of four international journals. To enhance JKAN's status as an international journal, it is necessary to consider publishing it in English and to continuously improve the conditions of other publications.
Authors: Jeung Im Kim; Eunyoung E Suh; Ju Eun Song; YeoJin Im; Jin Hee Park; Soyoung Yu; Sun Joo Jang; Da Hee Kim Journal: J Korean Acad Nurs Date: 2020-06 Impact factor: 0.984
Authors: Myoung Ae Choe; Nam Cho Kim; Kyung Mi Kim; Sung Jae Kim; Kyung Sook Park; Young Soon Byeon; Sung Rae Shin; Soo Yang; Kyung Sook Lee; Eun Hyun Lee; In Sook Lee; Tae Wha Lee; Myung Ok Cho; Jin Hak Kim Journal: J Korean Acad Nurs Date: 2014-10 Impact factor: 0.984