Quality assessment of instructions for authors in dental, oral and maxillofacial journals

• Authors: Aleksandra Hebda , Guillaume A Odri , Raphael Olszewski

Abstracts

EN

Objective: to develop and test inter-observer reproducibility of instructions for authors quality rating (IAQR) tool measuring the quality of instructions for authors at journal level for a possible improvement of editorial guidelines.Material and methods: instructions for authors of 75 dental and maxillofacial surgery journals were assessed by two independent observers using assessment tool inspired from AGREE with 16 questions and 1 to 4 points scale per answer. Two observers evaluated the instructions of authors independently and blind to impact factor of a given journal. Scores obtained from our tool were compared with “journal impact factor 2013”. Results: IAQR presented with an excellent interobserver reproducibility (κ= 0.81) despite a difference in data distribution between observers. There existed a weak positive correlation between IAQR and “journal impact factor 2013”. Conclusions: The IAQR is a reproducible quality assessment tool at the journal level. The IAQR assess the quality of instruction for authors and it is a goodstarting point for possible improvements of the instructions for authors, especially when it comes to their completeness. Nemesis relevance: 28% of dental and maxillofacial journals might revise their instructions for authors to provide more up-to-date version.

Keywords

FR

instructions aux auteurs; publication scientifique; impact factor; évaluation qualitative; bibliométrie

EN

instructions for authors; Scientific publication; impact factor; quality assessment; bibliometrics

• Publisher: Presses Universitaires de Louvain
• Journal: Nemesis. Negative Effects in Medical Sciences Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 18-18

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Hebda

• Inter-institutional Relations and Internal Coordination, DG Research and 8 Innovation, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

author

Guillaume A Odri

• Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique, CHU Lariboisère, Paris, France

author

Raphael Olszewski

Identifiers

DOI

10.14428/nemesis.v5i1.18263

Biblioteka Nauki

2129265