Open AccessMapping the literature of pediatric nursing: update and implications for library services
Author(s) -
Carol Watwood
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the medical library association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1558-9439
pISSN - 1536-5050
DOI - 10.3163/1536-5050.104.4.005
Subject(s) - citation , government (linguistics) , scopus , citation analysis , medical library , bibliometrics , the internet , library science , medline , medicine , world wide web , political science , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , law
The purpose of this study was to identify core journals and other types of literature cited in four major pediatric nursing journals and to characterize coverage of these resources in major bibliographic databases. The study was part of the "Mapping the Literature of Nursing Project" of the Medical Library Association's Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section. It updates a similar analysis published in 2006 and determines whether citation patterns have changed over time.