Acta Informatica Medica Journal Review in 2021.

Acta Informatica Medica journal (www.actainformmed.org), as Biomedical Informatics journal, during past 30 years of existing played important role in distribution of knowledge and experience within this scientific field, by publishing contributions of the biomedical experts from worlwide and spreading of Biomedical informatics knowledge and experiences in scientific and academic community. Acta Informatica Medica journal has been founded in the year 1993 as official journal of Bosnian-Herzegovinan Society of Medical Informatics (BHSMI). In the year 2019 Acta Informatica Medica has been accepted as official journal of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (www.efmi.org), besides 3 other journals: International Journal of Medical Informatics, Methods of Information in Medicine and European Journal of Biomedical Informatics. Journal Acta Informatica Medica is abstracted and indexed in 30 on-line data bases, including Pubmed, Pubmed Central, Scopus, Embase, Hinari, etc. The journal follows the Guidelines and recommendations of ICJME, COPE, EASE, WAME, etc. as well as the recommendations of the "Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Journals", accepted by 17 Editors of biomedical journals at "SWEP 2018" Conference held in Sarajevo and printed in the countries in South-Eastern Europe. SCImago rank for 2021 announced the bibliometric list of the journals deposited in SCOPUS indexed database. On the list are 16 journals which are published in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and between them are 7 within biomedical sciences. Three highest are Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences - H-Index is 29, Medical Archives - H-Index is 26 and Acta Informatica Medica - H-Index is 24, etc. Acta Informatica Medical journal has Impact Score, Overall Ranking, h-index, SJR, Rating, Publisher updated on May 27, 2022: Impact Score - 1.87; h-Index - 24; Rank -12749 and SJR - 0.372.

BACKGROUND

Acta Informatica Medica journal (www.actainformmed.org), as Biomedical Informatics journal, during past 30 years of existing played important role in distribution of knowledge and experience within this scientific field, by publishing contributions of the biomedical experts from worlwide and spreading of Biomedical informatics knowledge and experiences in scientific and academic community (1-10). Acta Informatica Medica journal has been founded in the year 1993 by Izet Masic and Zoran Ridjanovic, as official journal of Bosnian-Herzegovinan Society of Medical Informatics (BHSMI) (11-15). In the year 2019 Acta Informatica Medica has been accepted as official journal of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (www.efmi.org), besides 3 other journals: International Journal of Medical Informatics, Methods of Information in Medicine and European Journal of Biomedical Informatics. Journal Acta Informatica Medica is abstracted and indexed in 30 on-line data bases, including Pubmed, Pubmed Central, Scopus, Embase, Hinari, etc. The journal follows the Guidelines and recommendations of ICJME, COPE, EASE, WAME, etc. as well as the recommendations of the “Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Journals”, accepted by 17 Editors of biomedical journals at “SWEP 2018” Conference held in Sarajevo and printed in the countries in South-Eastern Europe.(9)

Acta Informatica Medica is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3) (1). It is published by Avicena Publishing. The overall rank of Acta Informatica Medica is 12749. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.372 (1). SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals (1). It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come. SJR acts as an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (or an average number of citations received in last 2 years). This journal has an h-index of 24 (1). The best quartile for this journal is Q3. The ISSN of Acta Informatica Medica journal is 03538109, 19865988. An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic. Acta Informatica Medica is cited by a total of 309 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2021) (1).

ACTA INFORMATICA MEDICA SCIENTOMETRICS

SCImago rank for 2021 announced the bibliometric list of the journals deposited in SCOPUS indexed database. On the list are 16 journals which are published in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and between them are 7 within biomedical sciences. Three highest are Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences - H-Index is 29, Medical Archives - H-Index is 26 and Acta Informatica Medica - H-Index is 24 (Table 1).

Table 1.

The list of Bosnian-Herzegovinian journals indexed in Scopus database in 2021

Acta Informatica Medica Impact Score (IS) for 2021 is 1.87 (Table 1) (1), which is computed in 2022 as per its definition. Acta Informatica Medica IS is increased by a factor of 0.37 and approximate percentage change is 24.67% when compared to preceding year 2020, which shows a rising trend. The impact score (IS), also denoted as Journal impact score (JIS), of an academic journal is a measure of the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is based on Scopus data. Acta Informatica Medica Impact Score 2022 Prediction. IS 2021 of Acta Informatica Medica is 1.87. If the same upward trend persists, impact score may rise in 2022 as well (Table 2 and Figures 1 and 2/).

Table 2.

Year wise Impact Score (IS) of Acta Informatica Medica, based on Scopus data 2014-2021 (1)

Year	Impact Score (IS)
2022/2023	Coming Soon
2021	1.87
2020	1.50
2019	0.72
2018	0.86
2017	0.70
2016	0.84
2015	0.59
2014	0.76

Figure 1.

Impact Score Trends of Acta Informatica Medica 2014-2021

Figure 2.

SCOPUS h-Index of Acta Informatica journal in 2021 (1)

Acta Informatica Medica h-index: Acta Informatica Medica has an h-index of 24. It means 24 articles of this journal have more than 24 number of citations. The h-index is a way of measuring the productivity and citation impact of the publications. The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given journal/author has published h papers that have each been cited at least h number of times. The overall rank of Acta Informatica Medica is 12749. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.372 (1). SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come.

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ACTA INFORMATICA MEDICA

Acta Informatica Medica is published by Avicena Publishing. It’s publishing house is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Coverage history of this journal is as following: 2012-2021. The organization or individual who handles the printing and distribution of printed or digital publications is known as Publisher. The IS0 4 standard abbreviation of Acta Informatica Medica is Acta Inform. Med. This abbreviation (‘Acta Inform. Med.’) is well recommended and approved for the purpose of indexing, abstraction, referencing and citing goals (1). It meets all the essential criteria of ISO 4 standard. ISO 4 (International Organization for Standardization 4) is an international standard that defines a uniform and consistent system for abbreviating serial publication titles and journals. If your research field is/are related to Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3), then please visit the official website of this journal.

CONCLUSION

SCImago rank for 2021 announced the bibliometric list of the journals deposited in SCOPUS indexed database. On the list are 16 journals which are published in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and between them are 7 within biomedical sciences. Three highest are Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences - H-Index is 29, Medical Archives - H-Index is 26 and Acta Informatica Medica - H-Index is 24, etc. Acta Informatica Medical journal has Impact Score, Overall Ranking, h-index, SJR, Rating, Publisher updated on May 27, 2022: Impact Score - 1.87; h-Index – 24; Rank - 12749 and SJR – 0.372