BMC Medical Research Methodology

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New journal selection for quantitative survey of infectious disease research: application for Asian trend analysis

Hiromi Takahashi-Omoe1*, Katsuhiko Omoe2 and Nobuhiko Okabe3

Author Affiliations

1 Science and Technology Foresight Center, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

2 Department of Veterinary Medicine, Iwate University, Iwate, Japan

3 Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:67 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-9-67

Published: 6 October 2009

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Additional file 1:

Infectious disease journals selected initially. The journal list shows 264 candidates for infectious disease journals.

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Additional file 2:

Details about the 100 newly selected journals. The data shows details about the infectious disease journals selected in this study.

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Number of infectious disease research articles in the 100 journals. The data shows the number of infectious disease research articles published in the 100 newly selected journals.

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Number of infectious disease research articles in the SCI Infectious Disease Category. The data shows the number of infectious disease research articles published in the journals registered in the 'Infectious Disease Category' of the Science Citation Index Expanded™.

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