Analysis of Status of the Medical School Journals in Korea and Evaluation Criteria in the Index Databases

Kim, Mi Young; Kim, Hea Young; Lee, Eun Ju

doi:10.69528/jkmla.2020.47.1_2.29

J Korean Med Libr Assoc 2020; 47(1_2):29-39

pISSN: 2383-8809

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69528/jkmla.2020.47.1_2.29

Article

국내 의과대학학술지 현황 및 색인데이터베이스 학술지 평가기준 분석

김미영¹, 김혜영², 이은주¹^,^*

Analysis of Status of the Medical School Journals in Korea and Evaluation Criteria in the Index Databases

Mi Young Kim¹, Hea Young Kim², Eun Ju Lee¹^,^*

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¹고려대학교 의학도서관

²한국의학도서관협회

¹Korea University Medical Library, Seoul

²The Korean Medical Library Association, Seoul, Korea

^*Corresponding author : Eun Ju Lee, Korea University Medical Library, 73 Goryeodae-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea, Tel: 82-2-2286-1261, Fax: 82-2-2286-1239, E-mail: juri@korea.ac.kr

ⓒ Copyright 2020 The Korean Medical Library Association. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Oct 15, 2020; Revised: Nov 20, 2020; Accepted: Dec 16, 2020

Published Online: Dec 30, 2020

Abstract

Purpose:

The purpose of this study is to establish standards for evaluation of medical school journals in korea to register in the index databases. For this purpose, we need to examine the publication status of the medical school journals in Korea and to comprehensively analysis evaluation criteria of the index databases from Korea and abroad.

Methods:

The publication status of the medical school journals in Korea were extracted from the web sites of 40 colleges of medicine and MEdical Digital Library Information System (MEDLIS) and Korea Citation Index (KCI), Research Information Sharing Service (RISS). Also the evaluation criteria of the journals in Scopus, Web of Science, Korea Citation Index were analyzed and compared.

Results:

The common evaluation criteria of the journals are 3 categories and 9 items in Scopus, Web of Science, KCI. This is the minimum requirement for the journal to be registered. Quality evaluation of the journal is the major requirement for registration, in particular the citation criteria must be well met in Web of Science.

Conclusion:

For the development of medical school journals, the establishment of standards for evaluation of journals for registering index databases is essential. It will contribute to improving the status of Korea’s medical technology and medical schools internationally.

Keywords: Medical School Journal; Medical College Journal; Journal Evaluation Criteria