medical archives is the oldest medical journal in bosnia and herzegovina ( b&h ) ( founded in 1947 . ) .
a total of 104 articles were published in medical archives during 2015 . analyzing the type of articles , original articles are present in majority during 201580.7% ( in last seven years , 561 ( 76% ) were original out of 738 ) .
in last seven years , 651 ( 88.2% ) articles were from the field of clinical medicine ( preclinical disciplines , in the last three years are more represented than in previous years ) .
articles written in collaboration of five authors ( 21.1 % ) are found to be predominant . from year to year , most often required time for a decision on acceptance or on the revision prior acceptance is between 50 and 60 days ( 30% of cases in 2015 ) . during 2015 , 47.1% of articles were originally from b&h ( eleven countries were represented ) .
h index of medical archive for 2014 was 12 , and does not vary during the last decade .
in 2015 in b&h about twenty - five journals are issued in the field of biomedical and life sciences in general ( six are indexed on medline / pubmed , one is indexed in the science citation index expanded ( scie)/web of science base ) . according to googlescholar the biggest h5 index has bosnian journal of basic medical sciences ( bjbms ) and medical archives , while the biggest h5 median has bjbms i acta informatica medica . the highest h - index ( 13 ) in b&h has izet masic md , phd , enver zerem md , phd and semir vranic md , phd , while highest g - index ( 22 ) has enver zerem md , phd ( analyzed by software package  publish or perish  ) .
by comparing the state of medical publishing in b&h with neighboring countries ( croatia , serbia , montenegro ) , we have concluded that b&h is behind croatia and serbia by following parameters : total documents , total cites and h index but in front of montenegro .
the oldest medical journal in bosnia and herzegovina ( b&h ) was  jahrbuch des bosnisch - herzegowinischen landesspitales in sarajevo 
( annual of the national hospital in sarajevo ) ( figure 1 ) which was established in 1897 ( published in german language ) ( 1 ) .
jahrbuch des bosnisch - herzegowinischen landesspitales in sarajevo medical news journal ( medicinski vjesnik ) in croatia ( 1877 ) , health news ( zdravstveni vestnik ) in slovenia ( 1927 ) , medical archives ( medicinski arhiv ) in bosnia and herzegovina ( 1947 ) and domestic physician ( domaci lekar ) in serbia ( 1877 ) , represent a precursor of today s journal in the former yugoslavia ( 1 ) . in 2015 in b&h about twenty - five journals are issued in the field of biomedical and life sciences in general .
systematization is made , 17 of the most relevant journals are selected , and their indexation in scientific databases is presented ( table 1 ) . unfortunately , the rest of them are not in the table bellow ( lot of them that are not included into account are review journals ) , due to inefficiency on their web sites , or due to absence of information of the index status on their website .
timeliness on their own web sites gives a great view of the seriousness of a journal in contemporary world .
representation of the journals in bosnia and herzegovina in the field of medicine in the scientific bases journals that are indexed in medline / pubmed are medical archives ( established in 1947 ) , materia socio - medica ( established in 1978 ) , acta informatica medica ( established in 1993 ) , acta medica academica ( established in 2008 ) , bosnian journal of basic medical sciences ( bjbms ) ( established in 2004 ) and medicinski glasnik ( established in 2007 ) .
the first three mentioned represent editions of academy of medical sciences of bosnia and herzegovina .
acta medica academica is edition of the academy of sciences and arts of bosnia and herzegovina .
medicinski glasnik is the official publication of the medical association of zenica - doboj canton ( federation of bosnia and herzegovina ) .
bjbms is edition of association of basic medical sciences of the federation of bosnia and herzegovina and is the only one of the above mentioned journals , which is indexed in the science citation index expanded ( scie)/web of science base .
the journal of health sciences is an open access , periodical journal , with the purpose to publish articles relevant to field of laboratory diagnostics , physical therapy , healthcare and nursing , radiologic technology , health and ecology and related fields , and in this moment has pending status in medline / pubmed base .
in last ten years journal is published bi - monthly . till now in medical archives over 5000 articles were published and most of them were original articles from all medical disciplines ( 1 ) .
medical archive is a journal , in which articles in the field of clinical medicine are usually present .
considering the number of articles , we can say that it is the most important journal in the field of clinical medicine , because majority of original articles in these areas are published there , compared with all other journals in b&h , which are contained in the medline / pubmed database .
journal  medical archives  , in last ten years is published bi - monthly . 
medical archives  is now indexed in the following databases : pubmed / medline ( from 1972 , abstracted in this bases more than 5.500 journals ) ( 1 ) , pubmed central ( from 2013 ) , and from the year 2009 in databases : excerpta medica / embase , scopus , scirus , ebsco , doaj , index copernicus , ulrich s periodicals directory , geneva foundation for medical education and research - gfmer , hinari , cab abstracts , global health , proquest , newjour , scimago journal and country rank , isc master journals list , crossref , google scholar , genamics journalseek , worldcat , viniti of ras , research gate , catalyst , scopemed , safetylit , bioinfobank library , pubget , getcited , cirrie , kubon and sagner opac .
a total of 104 articles were published in medical archives during 2015 ( figure 2 ) .
although the number of articles was in decrease in the period 2007 - 2010 this number in last three years has stabilized ( figure 2 ) .
total number of articles during period 2002.-2015 . analyzing the type of articles , original articles are present in majority during 2015 ( 80.7% ) ( figure 3 ) . by analyzing last seven years , 561 ( 76% ) were original out of 738 ( figure 3 ) .
type of articles during period 2009 - 2015 during 2015 , 90% of publications were related to the field of clinical medicine ( 27.6% surgery , 25,6% internal medicine , 10.7% dermatovenerology , gynecology 7.4% , 7.4% pediatrics , 6.4% ophthalmology , 5.3% physical therapy , 4.2% ent , 3.2% neuropsychiatry , 1.1% radiology and immunology ) . analyzing last seven years , 651 ( 88.2% )
preclinical disciplines , in the last three years are more represented than in previous years ( in 2015 .
10 papers were from preclinical fields , and of these 80% from the field of biochemistry and 20% from the field of microbiology ) ( figure 5 ) .
distribution of articles by fields during period 2009.-2015 . preclinical disciplines in medical archives during period 2009 - 2015 ( the highest number of articles was in 2014 . )
collaboration rate ( ratio of number of multi - authored articles with the total number of articles ) in 2015 was 0,92 .
articles written in collaboration of five authors ( 21.1 % ) are found to be predominant followed by collaboration of four authors ( 19,2 % ) ( figure 6 ) .
collaboration of authors during 2015 from year to year , most often required time for a decision on acceptance or on the revision prior acceptance is between 50 and 60 days ( 30% of cases in 2015 ) ( figure 7 ) .
time needed for the decision on acceptance of article in year 2015 during 2015 , 47.1% of articles were originally from b&h ( eleven countries were represented 
b&h , iran , kosovo , saudi arabia , albania , turkey , r. macedonia , serbia , jordan , greece , croatia , which is still slightly lower number compared to previous years ) . growing number of regional collaboration was noticed ( figure 8) . map of countries from which the articles came from in year 2015 according to scimagojr.com , scimago journal rank ( sjr ) ( average number of weighted citations received in the selected year by the documents published in the selected journal in the three previous years ) for 2014 was 0,168 and is increasing ( figure 9 ) . sciimago journal rank indicator of medical archives during period 2005 - 2014 analyzing on same portal parameter cites / doc .
( 2 years ) ( widely used as impact index ) , for medical archive was 0.45 , and a slight decrease compared to 2013 was observed which was 0,49 in that year ( figure 10 ) .
( 2years ) ( widely used as impact index ) parameter for medical archives during period 2009 - 2014 the sjr indicator measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal , it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is ( 2 ) . cites per doc .
( 2y ) measures the scientific impact of an average article published in the journal , it is computed using the same formula that journal impact factor  ( thomson reuters ) ( 2 ) ( figure 11 ) .
sjr indicator vs. cites per doc ( 2 years ) for medical archives ( 2 ) not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore  citable 
figure 12 shows the ratio of a journal s articles including substantial research ( research articles , conference papers and reviews ) in three year windows ( 2 ) .
ratio of citable and non - citable documents ( 2 ) h index ( the index that attempts to measure the productivity and impact of published work of scientists ) of medical archive for 2014 was 12 , and does not vary during the last decade ( h index of the medical archive is the highest among journals in bosnia and herzegovina ) ( figure 13 ) .
h index for medical archives during period 2005 - 2014 google corporation in 2005 launched google scholar online service that allows a search for scholarly literature .
according to googlescholar , h5 index ( h - index for articles published in the last 5 complete years ) for medical archives is 14 and h5 median ( median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index ) is 19 .
the most cited articles by googlescholar are shown in figure 10 ( should be interpreted with caution - pubmed shows that articles have higher number of citation ) ( figure 14 ) .
scientometrics is part of scientology ( the science of science ) that analyzes scientific papers and their citation in the scientific journal selected sample ( 3 ) .
scientometrics is the science of measuring and analyzing science using qualitative , quantitative and computational approaches ( 4 ) .
scientometrics with its various indices is a reliable method for evaluation of scientific development ( 5 ) .
name bibliometrics in the seventies was introduced to denote a quantitative study of the communication process using mathematical and statistical methods to books and other media of communication ( 6 ) . almost simultaneously , in the countries of the former eastern bloc was introduced scientometrics name derived from the russian language ( 6 ) . more specifically , in 1969 was introduced the name scientometrics relating to scientific field that deals with the study of science as an information process by applying quantitative ( statistical ) method , and later tibor braun ( who in 1977 established international journal scientometrics ) , introduces the name scientometrics ( 7 , 8 , 9 ) .
modern scientometrics is based largely on the work of derek j. de solla price and eugene garfield ( garfield founded isi - institute for scientific information is considered to be the father of scientometrics and methods of evaluation of scientific publications ) ( 6 ) .
garfield has been striving to mathematical representation developed several factors that allow the assessment value and importance of scientific publications , including the most important impact factor ( if ) and the h - index ( 6 ) . if is the number of citations of articles published in the journal during the previous two years divided by the total number of articles published in the journal during the same period ( 6 ) .
factor of influence depends on : the quality of the journal , the language on which it was printed , the area it covers , the magazine distribution system ( 6 ) .
if in the academic journal is a measure that reflects the average number of citations of articles published in the journal ( in a given year , if of the journal is the average number of citations received per paper published in that journal during the previous two years ) ( 6 ) . in august 2005 , jorge hirsch introduced a new indicator for quantifying the research output of scientists ( 10 , 11 ) .
hirsch s so - called h index was proposed as an alternative to other bibliometric indicators - such as the number of publications , the average number of citations and the sum of all citations ( 12 ) - and is defined as follows :  a scientist has index h if h of his or her np papers have at least h citations each and the other ( np - h ) papers have  h citations each  ( 11 ) .
an h - index of 5 means that a scientist has published five papers that each have at least five citations ( 14 ) .
an h - index of 0 does not inevitably indicate that a scientist has been completely inactive : he or she might have already published a number of papers , but if none of the papers was cited at least once , the h - index is 0 ( 14 ) .
h - index is an index that attempts to measure the productivity and impact of published work of scientists ( the index is based on the basis of the most cited papers and the number of citations that papers received in other publications ) ( 15 ) .
the h - index is given by the largest number h of papers of a researcher which have received at least h citations .
one criticism is that the excess citations , i.e. , all citations which exceed h for a given publication do not have an effect
. therefore egghe ( 16 ) proposed the g - index which is given by the largest number g of papers which have received at least g citations on average ( it was argued recently that the g - index is a measure of a researcher s specific impact ( i.e. , impact per paper ) as much as it is a measure of overall impact ) ( 17 ) .
the main difference between the g - index and the h - index is that the former penalizes consistency of impact whereas the latter rewards such consistency ( it is concluded that the h - index is a better bibliometric tool than is the g - index ) ( 17 ) . in 2015 in b&h about twenty - five journals are issued in the field of biomedical and life sciences in general ( 18 ) .
journals that are indexed in medline / pubmed are medical archives , materia socio medica , acta informatica medica , acta medica academica , bosnian journal of basic medical sciences ( bjbms ) and medicinski glasnik ( 18 ) .
the first three mentioned represent editions of academy of medical sciences of bosnia and herzegovina , acta medica academica is edition of the academy of sciences and arts of bosnia and herzegovina , medicinski glasnik is the official publication of the medical association of zenica - doboj canton ( federation of bosnia and herzegovina ) ( 18 ) .
bjbms is edition of association of basic medical sciences of the federation of bosnia and herzegovina and is the only one of the above mentioned journals , which is indexed in the science citation index expanded ( scie)/web of science base ( 18 - 22 ) .
h index of medical archive for 2014 is 12 ( according to scimagojr.com ) , and is the highest among the journals in b&h ( figure 15 ) .
h index for b&h journals ( according to scimagojr.com ) according to scimagojr.com for 2014 , bjbms has the biggest scimago journal rank ( 0,208 ) ( figure 16 ) , while the highest cites / doc .
( 2years ) parameter ( widely used as impact index ) has acta informatica medica ( 0,70 ) ( figure 17 ) .
( 2years ) parameter is also differentiated by fields that studies the medicine ( figure 18 ) . by analyzing parameter total cites ( 3 years ) ( number of citations received in the selected year by a journal to the documents published in the three previous years ) , it has been shown that medical archives has the highest ( figure 19 ) .
( 2years ) parameter for b&h journals ( according to scimagojr.com ) cites / doc .
( 2years ) parameter vs h index for medicine fields in period 2012 - 13 ( 2 ) comparation between medical archives , acta informatica medica and bosnian journal of basic medical sciences by parameter total cites ( 3 years ) ( 2 ) according to googlescholar the biggest h5 index ( h - index for articles published in the last 5 complete years ) has bjbms and medical archives ( 14 ) ( figure 19 ) , but the biggest h5 median ( median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index ) has bjbms i acta informatica medica ( 19 ) ( figure 20 ) .
the most cited articles from materia socio medica , acta informatica medica and bosnian journal of basic medical sciences are shown on figures 21 - 23 .
googlescholar information about h5 index and h5 median for b&h journals the most cited articles in materia socio medica during period 2010 - 2015 the most cited articles in acta informatica medica during period 2010 - 2015 the most cited articles in bosnian journal of basic medical sciences during period 2010 - 2015 by comparing the state of medical publishing in b&h with neighboring countries ( croatia , serbia , montenegro ) , we have concluded that b&h is behind croatia and serbia by following parameters : total documents , total cites and h index ( figure 24 , 25 , 26 ) , but in front of montenegro .
though interesting is monitoring of international collaboration , where b&h is in front of croatia and serbia , but behind montenegro ( figure 27 ) .
comparation between b&h , croatia , serbia and montenegro by total documents parameter ( 2 ) comparation between b&h , croatia , serbia and montenegro by total cites parameter ( 2 ) comparation between b&h , croatia , serbia and montenegro by h index ( 2 ) comparation between b&h , croatia , serbia and montenegro by international collaboration parameter ( 2 ) ana wil harzing , from melbourne , australia , in 2006 launched a free of charge available software package called  publish or perish  , which is used for the derivation of various citation analyses , including impact factor ( 4 ) .
we analyzed the most prolific authors of b&h by mentioned software ( the highest h - index has izet masic md , phd , enver zerem md , phd and semir vranic md , phd , while highest g index has enver zerem md , phd ) ( table 2 ) .
most profilic authors in b&h analyzed by publish or perish software ( based on google scholar database )
a total of 104 articles were published in medical archives during 2015 . analyzing the type of articles , original articles are present in majority during 201580.7% ( in last seven years , 561 ( 76% ) were original out of 738 ) .
in last seven years , 651 ( 88.2% ) articles were from the field of clinical medicine ( preclinical disciplines , in the last three years are more represented than in previous years ) .
collaboration rate in 2015 was 0,92 . from year to year , most often required time for a decision on acceptance or on the revision prior acceptance is between 50 and 60 days ( 30% of cases in 2015 ) . during 2015 ,
* h index of medical archive for 2014 was 12 , and does not vary during the last decade . *
h - index is a better bibliometric tool than is the g - index . * in 2015 in b&h about twenty - five journals are issued in the field of biomedical and life sciences in general . * journals that are indexed in medline / pubmed are medical archives , materia socio medica , acta informatica medica , acta medica academica , bosnian journal of basic medical sciences ( bjbms ) and medicinski glasnik ( 18 - 22 ) . *
according to scimagojr.com for 2014 , bjbms has the biggest scimago journal rank ( 0,208 ) while the highest cites / doc .
( 2years ) parameter ( widely used as impact index ) has acta informatica medica ( 0,70 ) . *
according to googlescholar the biggest h5 index has bjbms and medical archives ( 14 ) , but the biggest h5 median has bjbms i acta informatica medica ( 18 ) . * by comparing the state of medical publishing in b&h with neighboring countries ( croatia , serbia , montenegro ) , we have concluded that b&h is behind croatia and serbia by following parameters : total documents , total cites and h index but in front of montenegro .
 introduction : medical archives is the oldest medical journal in bosnia and herzegovina ( b&h ) ( founded in 1947 . ) . 
 a total of 104 articles were published in medical archives during 2015 . analyzing the type of articles , original articles are present in majority during 201580.7% ( in last seven years , 561 ( 76% ) were original out of 738 ) . 
 in last seven years , 651 ( 88.2% ) articles were from the field of clinical medicine ( preclinical disciplines , in the last three years are more represented than in previous years ) . 
 collaboration rate in 2015 was 0,92 . 
 articles written in collaboration of five authors ( 21.1 % ) are found to be predominant . from year to year , most often required time for a decision on acceptance or on the revision prior acceptance is between 50 and 60 days ( 30% of cases in 2015 ) . during 2015 , 47.1% of articles were originally from b&h ( eleven countries were represented ) . 
 h index of medical archive for 2014 was 12 , and does not vary during the last decade.findings:in 2015 in b&h about twenty - five journals are issued in the field of biomedical and life sciences in general ( six are indexed on medline / pubmed , one is indexed in the science citation index expanded ( scie)/web of science base ) . according to googlescholar the biggest h5 index has bosnian journal of basic medical sciences ( bjbms ) and medical archives , while the biggest h5 median has bjbms i acta informatica medica . the highest h - index ( 13 ) in b&h has izet masic md , phd , enver zerem md , phd and semir vranic md , phd , while highest g - index ( 22 ) has enver zerem md , phd ( analyzed by software package  publish or perish).conclusion : by comparing the state of medical publishing in b&h with neighboring countries ( croatia , serbia , montenegro ) , we have concluded that b&h is behind croatia and serbia by following parameters : total documents , total cites and h index but in front of montenegro . 
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE JOURNAL MEDICAL ARCHIVES
3. SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF OTHER B&H MEDICAL JOURNALS
4. CONCLUSION