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ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2018

Impacts of the Journal Evaluation Program of the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE) on the Quality of the Member Journals.

Hee-Jin Yang, Se Jeong Oh, Sung-Tae Hong

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Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Hee-Jin YangThe Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6413-1363
Se Jeong OhThe Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2583-4218
Sung-Tae HongThe Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0300-1944

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn 1997 the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE) instituted a program to evaluate member journals. Journals that passed the initial evaluation were indexed in the KoreaMed. Here, we report changes in measures of quality of the KAMJE member journals during the last 20 years.

methodsQuality measures used in the study comprised 3 assessment categories; self-assessment by journal editors, assessment of the journals by KAMJE reviewers, and by Korean health science librarians. Each used detailed criteria to score the journals on a scale of 0 to 5 or 6 in multiple dimensions. We compared scores at baseline evaluation and those after 7 years for 129 journals and compared improvements in journals indexed vs. not-indexed by the Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded; SCIE).

resultsAmong 251 KAMJE member journals at the end of 2015, 227 passed evaluation criteria and 129 (56%) had both baseline and 7-year follow-up assessment data. The journals showed improvement overall (increase in median [interquartile range; IQR] score from baseline, 0.47 [0.64]; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.44-0.61;

conclusionThe KAMJE journal evaluation program successfully contributes improving the quality of the member journals.

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Databases, FactualPeer ReviewProgram EvaluationPublishingRepublic of KoreaGlobal Indexing DatabaseJournal EvaluationKoreaMedKorean Association of Medical Journal Editors

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PMID30473649
PMCPMC6249166

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