EditorialEditor's Note
2016 Year-End Metrics
Nadeem Y. Karimbux
Journal of Dental Education February 2017, 81 (2) 123-124;
I am pleased to present the following metrics on the Journal of Dental Education for calendar year 2016.
Submissions: The number of submitted manuscripts remained about the same. For the year ending December 31, 2016, we received 435 original submissions compared to 442 for 2015 (search restricted to "original" for this report, so a different number from that in my 2015 report). (These numbers remain significantly higher than in the previous decade, which saw 100 submissions in 2000 and 228 in 2007.1) Our global standing as a desirable journal remains high. In 2016, we received submissions from 52 countries, the same number as in 2015 and more than the 47 in 2014. In 2016, the top countries by submission were the U.S. (195), India (57), Brazil (44), Saudi Arabia (25), Japan (16), Turkey (13), and Canada (12). In 2015, the top countries by submission were the U.S. (194), India (76), Saudi Arabia (37), Brazil (25), Canada (19), Malaysia (11), and Iran (10).
Acceptance: The accept-to-reject ratio was 28%:72% in 2016, the same as in 2015. In 2016, the top numbers of accepted manuscripts by country were from the U.S. (92), Brazil and Japan (3 each), and Canada, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and India (2 each). In 2015, the top acceptances by country were from the U.S. (100), Canada (6), United Kingdom (4), and Australia and India (3 each).
Articles published: In 2016, we published 129 articles, about the same as the annual number over the past decade, following the leap from 75 in 2005 to 130 in 2006. The only exceptions were in 2012 and 2013 when larger issues were needed to catch up on a backlog of accepted manuscripts. We published articles from authors at a total of 35 U.S. dental schools and five Canadian dental schools in 2016. The highest numbers from individual institutions were as follows: University of Michigan School of Dentistry (7); Harvard School of Dental Medicine, University of Florida College of Dentistry, and University of Iowa College of Dentistry & Dental Clinics (6 each), and University of Minnesota School of Dentistry (5). In addition, we continued our global outreach by publishing a total of 29 articles from 17 countries outside North America; the highest numbers of those came from Australia (4) and Germany and Japan (3 each).
Other published work: In 2016, we published four Point/Counterpoint pairs of articles (a format introduced in 2014) and four Peer Education: Reviews of the Literature (PERLs) (a format introduced in 2015). We continued to begin each issue with either an invited guest editorial or my editor's note, and we also published five Association Reports in 2016. As is done each year, the February issue included the Poster and TechExpo Abstracts for the ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition, and the July issue consisted of the ADEA Annual Proceedings.
Subscriptions: As of December 2016, there were 583 subscriptions for the printed JDE. Of those, 459 were from the United States, and 124 were from other countries. As of December 18, 2016, 1,262 individuals (1,105 members and 157 nonmembers) and 225 institutions had activated subscriptions on the JDE HighWire website.
Online usage: The number of JDE home page views as of December 30, 2016, was 298,353, up from previous years (296,355 in 2015, 241,089 in 2014, and 271,733 in 2013). The number of abstracts viewed in 2016 was 622,045, compared with 566,824 in 2015, 507,964 in 2014, and 599,003 in 2013. Full-text HTML views in 2016 were 405,756, significantly up from the previous three years (326,334 in 2015, 335,420 in 2014, and 323,070 in 2013). Last year, we had a record number of PDF articles downloaded compared with recent years: 389,646 in 2016—significantly higher than the 309,404 in 2015, 302,738 in 2014, and 304,330 in 2013.
Peer review process: In our continuing efforts to manage the peer review process in a way that gives authors timely feedback and decisions on their submissions, in 2016 the average time from submission to first decision was 17.2 days, and the average time from first submission to final decision was 30.1 days. The average turnaround time for an original submission was 15.8 days and for a resubmission was 15.0 days. It currently takes us on average 2.5 days to assign a reviewer once we receive a submitted manuscript. The number of peer reviewers in our pool is close to 2,000 individuals, substantially higher than the 149 in 2004 and 305 in 2007.1 In 2016, a total of 372 reviewers provided essential service to the journal by conducting 572 original reviews. Last year, we began to acknowledge those reviewers who conducted reviews of two or more original manuscripts a year by publishing their names annually both in an issue and on the JDE website. For 2016, 141 reviewers are being acknowledged in this way.
Impact factor: Our current Impact Factor is 0.83 (71 out of 91 for dental journals). The year 2016 saw a total of 2,243 cites, which placed us 38th out of 91 dental journals. Our Eigenfactor score of 0.00226 placed us 54th out of 91 dental journals.
Most viewed and cited articles: According to HighWire statistics, the most read articles for the period January–December 2016 (based on full text and PDF views) were as follows:
Laura Peterson et al. "Modern Management Principles Come to the Dental School" (April 2016 issue)
Antonio Crego et al. "Stress and Academic Performance in Dental Students: The Role of Coping Strategies and Examination-Related Self-Efficacy" (February 2016 issue)
Linda S. Behar-Horenstein and Zsuzsa Horvath. "Generational Learning Differences in Today's Dental Students: A Popular Myth" (May 2016 issue)
Nadeem Y. Karimbux. "I Spent How Many Hours in a Classroom?!" (editor's note in April 2016 issue)
Tobias E. Rodriguez et al. "Profile of Department Chairs in U.S. and Canadian Dental Schools: Demographics, Requirements for Success, and Professional Development Needs" (March 2016 issue)
According to the Web of Science, our top most cited articles for the last five years (2011–16) were as follows:
Thomas P. Wall et al. "Recent Trends in the Utilization of Dental Care in the United States" (August 2012)
Elsbeth Kalenderian et al. "The Development of a Dental Diagnostic Terminology" (January 2011)
Gregg H. Gilbert et al. "Lessons Learned During the Conduct of Clinical Studies in the Dental PBRN" (April 2011)
Michael Knoesel et al. "YouTube, Dentistry, and Dental Education" (December 2011)
Amanda D. McNiel et al., "The Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants Among Dental and Dental Hygiene Students" (March 2011)
Our most cited articles of all time (according to the Web of Science) remained as follows:
John E. Davies. "Understanding Peri-Implant Endosseous Healing" (August 2003)
Kathryn A. Atchison and Teresa A. Dolan. "Development of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index" (November 1990)
Jason M. Tanzer et al. "The Microbiology of Primary Dental Caries in Humans" (October 2001)
Ronald Melzack. "Pain and the Neuromatrix in the Brain" (December 2001)
Newell Johnson. "Tobacco Use and Oral Cancer: A Global Perspective" (April 2001)
We look forward to your feedback as we continue to strive to ensure that the journal serves the needs of our readers and authors as well as dental education.
Note that the Web of Science statistics are pulled from databases that use information provided by authors.
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