Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Health news (Waltham, Mass.)

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Massachussetts Medical Society

H-Index

3

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

10815880

Coverage

1998-2009

Scope

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SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
1999163
2000176
200182
2002151
2003170
2004268
2005275
2006303
200799
200876
200927
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.014
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.006
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.016
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.018
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.012
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.016
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.010
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.008
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.011
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.010
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.008
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.014
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.006
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.016
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.014
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.017
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.017
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.010
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.010
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.012
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.003
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.008
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.014
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.006
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.021
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.019
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.021
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.016
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.011
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.007
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.007
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.002
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.006
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19990
Self Cites20000
Self Cites20010
Self Cites20020
Self Cites20030
Self Cites20040
Self Cites20050
Self Cites20060
Self Cites20070
Self Cites20080
Self Cites20090
Total Cites19992
Total Cites20002
Total Cites20018
Total Cites20026
Total Cites20037
Total Cites20047
Total Cites20056
Total Cites20067
Total Cites200710
Total Cites20082
Total Cites20094
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.014
External Cites per document20000.006
External Cites per document20010.016
External Cites per document20020.014
External Cites per document20030.017
External Cites per document20040.017
External Cites per document20050.010
External Cites per document20060.010
External Cites per document20070.012
External Cites per document20080.003
External Cites per document20090.008
Cites per document19990.014
Cites per document20000.006
Cites per document20010.016
Cites per document20020.014
Cites per document20030.017
Cites per document20040.017
Cites per document20050.010
Cites per document20060.010
Cites per document20070.012
Cites per document20080.003
Cites per document20090.008
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19990.00
20000.00
20010.00
20020.00
20030.00
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19990
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20030
Non-citable documents20040
Non-citable documents20050
Non-citable documents20060
Non-citable documents20070
Non-citable documents20080
Non-citable documents20090
Citable documents1999146
Citable documents2000309
Citable documents2001485
Citable documents2002421
Citable documents2003409
Citable documents2004403
Citable documents2005589
Citable documents2006713
Citable documents2007846
Citable documents2008677
Citable documents2009478
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents1999144
Uncited documents2000307
Uncited documents2001478
Uncited documents2002415
Uncited documents2003403
Uncited documents2004396
Uncited documents2005583
Uncited documents2006707
Uncited documents2007838
Uncited documents2008675
Uncited documents2009474
Cited documents19992
Cited documents20002
Cited documents20017
Cited documents20026
Cited documents20036
Cited documents20047
Cited documents20056
Cited documents20066
Cited documents20078
Cited documents20082
Cited documents20094
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199918.75
200016.67
200114.29
200220.00
200317.65
200417.86
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton19990
Overton20000
Overton20010
Overton20020
Overton20030
Overton20040
Overton20050
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20090
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
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