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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Aug 2000
Retracted PublicationChanges in the impact factor of anesthesia/critical care journals within the past 10 years.
The impact factor (IF) is published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). There is a tendency to assess quality of scientific journals with the help of the IE An analysis of the changes in the IF over time in the different specialities may help to further enlighten the worth and problems of the IE METHODS: The IFs listed under the subheadings Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine & Critical Care in the Science Citation Index - Journal Citation Report were descriptively analysed over the past 10 years. Additionally, IFs of some other important journals (subheadings Surgery, Cardiovascular, General Medicine) were analysed. ⋯ Although the value of the IF is highly controversial, it is a frequently used tool to assess rating of a medical journal. Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine & Critical Care journals showed a continuous increase in the IF over the past 10 years.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial Retracted Publication
Interferon alfa-2b, colchicine, and benzathine penicillin versus colchicine and benzathine penicillin in Behçet's disease: a randomised trial.
Sight-threatening eye involvement is a serious complication of Behçet's disease. Extraocular complications such as arthritis, vascular occlusive disorders, mucocutaneous lesions, and central-nervous-system disease may lead to morbidity and even death. We designed a prospective study in newly diagnosed patients without previous eye disease to assess whether prevention of eye involvement and extraocular manifestations, and preservation of visual acuity are possible with combination treatments with and without interferon alfa-2b. ⋯ Therapy with interferon alfa-2b, colchicine, and benzathine penicillin seems to be an effective regimen in Behçet's disease for the prevention of recurrent eye attacks and extraocular complications, and for the protection of vision.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Feb 2000
Retracted PublicationComposition of the editorial/advisory boards of major English-language anesthesia/critical care journals.
Publications represent a central part of the research process. An analysis of who is responsible for acceptance of publications in major English-language anesthesia/critical care medicine journals was carried out. ⋯ Most editors/editorial board members of important Anesthesiology, Emergency and Critical Care journals came from the USA. Other countries play a significantly less influential role even in journals which are characterised as 'International Journals'.