Assessing the quality of pharmacy journals accessible to community pharmacists.
evidence-based practice
pharmaceutical care
pharmacist consultation
pharmacists
pharmacy
pharmacy practice
Journal
Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
ISSN: 1365-2710
Titre abrégé: J Clin Pharm Ther
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8704308
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
revised:
19
04
2021
received:
16
02
2021
accepted:
11
05
2021
pubmed:
3
6
2021
medline:
12
1
2022
entrez:
2
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Low-quality journals are problematic for the scientific community. They may not provide thorough editorial and peer review services, and may spread low-quality information. Community pharmacists are limited in research time and resources, and are particularly at risk to access low-quality information published in some journals. This may negatively impact their professional decision-making and patient care. This study aimed to assess pharmaceutical journals readily accessible to community pharmacists and classify those journals using multiple quality criteria. A Google search was performed using defined English and German keywords. The following quality indicators were utilized: (i) whether the journal was listed on a blacklist or whitelist, (ii) whether the journal or its publisher was a member of a publishing organization, (iii) evaluation of details on the journal's website, (iv) indexation of the journal, and (v) use of journal metrics. Three hundred and eight journals were analysed; 105 (34%) were classified as "high-quality" and 203 (66%) were classified as "other". Forty-six journals (15%) were listed on a blacklist and 152 journals (49%) were listed on a whitelist. Most journals were headquartered in India (39%), followed by the USA (24%) and Europe (20%). Journals classified as "high-quality" charged higher open access article processing charges (APCs) (median APC: USD $960; interquartile range (IQR): USD $27 to USD $3,000) than journals classified as "other" (USD $100, IQR: USD $13 to USD $547), p = 0.003. Similarly, journals indexed in established databases (MEDICUS, MEDLINE, PUBMED, Embase, Science Citation Index Expanded, or SCOPUS) charged higher APCs (median APC: USD $600, IQR: USD $4 to USD $2,500) than journals indexed in non-standard databases (median APC: USD $100, IQR: USD $41 to USD $581), p = 0.001. The results indicate that community pharmacists are at risk of accessing journals of questionable quality. Patient care may be negatively impacted by community pharmacists basing their professional decisions on evidence gained from some sources of lower quality. Community pharmacists and other pharmacists and researchers can use the tools and quality indicators provided in this study to preliminarily determine the quality and reliability of a journal to assist their professional decision-making and patient care.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1343-1348Informations de copyright
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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