National and international impact factor of ACTAS ESPAÑOLAS DE PSIQUIATRÍA

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the bibliometric indicators of ACTAS ESPAÑOLAS DE PSIQUIATRÍA that were obtained from the study «Potential impact factor of the Spanish medical journals in 2001», financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. The citations made in ACTAS ESPAÑOLAS DE PSIQUIATRÍA and its national and international impact factor and immediacy index have been obtained by the use of a methodology similar to the one used by the Institute for Scientific Information. The national indicators only take into account the citations made in 87 Spanish journals considered as sources, while those from the foreign source journals of Science Citation Index have been added to the previously cited ones. ACTAS ESPAÑOLAS DE PSIQUIATRÍA has obtained a national impact factor of 0.315 and an international impact factor of 0.395, which places it as a leader in the Spanish psychiatric journals.