What American surgeons read: a survey of a thousand Fellows of the American College of Surgeons.
What American surgeons read: a survey of a thousand Fellows of the American College of Surgeons.
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DOI：
10.1016/s0149-7944(00)00177-x
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发表时间：
2000-05-01
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Wise
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作者：
Schein;Paladugu;Wise
目的：现代美国外科医生正沉浸在不断加深的印刷和电子信息的海洋中。尽管出版商知道他们卖了多少书和期刊，期刊也可以引用他们计算出的影响因子，但关于外科医生读了什么，根本不存在任何信息。哪些外科杂志“受欢迎”，与它们的影响因子(IF)相比又如何？我们的目标是评估美国外科医生的信息来源和阅读习惯，并比较期刊的受欢迎程度和他们的IF。我们从美国外科学会提供的列表中随机选择了1000名美国外科医生，邮寄了一份问卷，共有418名外科医生回答，371个回答可以分析(37%)。医学信息的主要来源是医学文献(93%)、专业会议(88%)和继续医学教育课程(69%)。每个外科医生/月致力于医学文献的平均时间为14小时(范围从1到120)。95%的受访者阅读同行评议的期刊，68%的受访者阅读教科书，60%的受访者阅读更新系列。最受欢迎的三种外科期刊是《外科年鉴》(IF，5.40)，选择比例为60%；《美国外科学会杂志》(IF，1.87)，选择比例为48%；《外科档案》(IF，2.53)，选择比例为36%。最受欢迎的子专业期刊是癌症(IF，3.66)，选择比例为31%；重症护理医学(IF，3.74)，选择比例为17%；胃肠病(IF，10.33)，选择比例为12%。《新英格兰医学杂志》(IF，28.66)和《美国医学会杂志》(IF，9.55)是最受欢迎的普通医学期刊，前者以67%的支持率入选，后者以66%的支持率入选，其次是《梅奥诊所学报》(IF，1.98)，以16%的支持率入选。《柳叶刀》(IF，11.79)和《英国外科杂志》(IF，2.38)是《柳叶刀》(IF)和《英国外科杂志》(IF)的榜首，分别有5%和0.5%的受访者选择。这些美国外科医生认为发表的文献是他们的主要信息来源，尤其是同行评议的期刊。总体而言，他们忽略了非美国的出版物，选择了他们阅读的期刊，而没有考虑它的假设条件。
PURPOSE: The modern American surgeon is immersed in an ever-deepening sea of printed and electronic information. Although publishers know how many books and journals they sell, and journals can quote their calculated impact factor, no information exists whatsoever about what surgeons read. Which surgical journals are "popular," and how does it compare with their impact factor (IF)? Our objective was to assess the sources of information and reading habits of American surgeons and to compare the "popularity" of journals with their IFs.A questionnaire was mailed to 1000 American surgeons, randomly selected from a list provided by the American College of Surgeons.A total of 418 surgeons responded, and 371 responses could be analyzed (37%). The leading sources of medical information were medical literature (93%), professional meetings (88%), and CME courses (69%). The average time per surgeon/month dedicated to medical literature was 14 hours (range, 1 to 120). Peer-reviewed journals were read by 95%, textbooks by 68%, and update series by 60% of the respondents. The three most popular surgical journals were Annals of Surgery (IF, 5.40), selected by 60%; Journal of the American College of Surgery (IF, 1.87), selected by 48%; and Archives of Surgery (IF, 2.53), selected by 36%. The most popular subspecialty journals were Cancer (IF, 3.66), selected by 31%; Critical Care Medicine (IF, 3.74), selected by 17%; and Gastroenterology (IF, 10.33), selected by 12%. The New England Journal of Medicine (IF, 28.66), selected by 67%, and the Journal of the American Medical Association (IF, 9.55), selected by 66%, were the most popular general medical journals, followed by Mayo Clinic Proceedings (IF, 1.98), selected by 16%. Among the "leaders" on the IF list for international, British medical and surgical journals were Lancet (IF, 11.79), selected by 5%, and British Journal of Surgery (IF, 2.38), selected by 0.5% of the respondents.Those American surgeons responding consider published literature as their chief source of information, especially peer-reviewed journals. Overall, they ignore non-United States publications and select the journals they read without considering its IF.