The Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries is a peer-reviewed professional journal devoted to the access, evaluation, and management of electronic resources in the medical library environment. This journal will be an essential resource for academic medical school libraries, hospital libraries, and other health sciences libraries. The material in the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Librarieswill complement articles published in Medical Reference Services Quarterly, which highlights the reference and bibliographic instruction aspects of electronic resources.
Topics addressed by this journal:
Collection development and selection of electronic resources
Electronic document delivery in medicine and health care
Enhancing electronic resource user services
Print versus electronic or combination formats
Site licensing-what librarians need to know
Delegating work that involves electronic/digital acquisitions
Cataloging-e-books, e-journals, and other electronic formats
The merger of serial and book formats in the electronic library
Coping with electronic misinformation, fraudulence, and shams on the Internet
"E-core" lists in medicine, allied health, nursing, pharmaceutical science, mental health, and other health care fields
The library's role in medical informatics
Access issues and solutions for electronic journals
The impact of electronic resources and the Internet on user services
Electronic reserves
The role of medical libraries with PDAs
Archiving issues for electronic formats
Cost analyses of digital resources
Database/journal publisher relations and medical libraries
Regular columns in the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries include:
eJournals Forum-discusses all aspects of electronic journals
Information Rx-reviews of databases and electronic resources in clinical practice
PDAs @ the Library-covers all aspects of using PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) in medical libraries and clinical practice
The Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries is the source for practical, up-to-date information about important developments and issues related to the provision and use of electronic resources in medical libraries.
Peer Review Policy: All manuscripts submitted to Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries are peer reviewed using a rigorous, double anonymized process; reviewers are assigned based on subject expertise. The Editor accepts or rejects manuscripts based on the recommendation of two peer reviewers. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
22K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
0.130 (2023) SNIP
0.149 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
35 days avg. from submission to first
decision
66% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor Justin Robertson- Interlibrary Loan Coordinator and Information Services Librarian, Baugh Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Section Editors Danielle Becker -Associate Librarian, Waite Library , University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (Mobile Computing) Greg Laynor -Senior Librarian, Information Services, Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (eTechnology) David Petersen -Assistant Professor, Research & Learning Services, Librarian Preston Medical Library, University of Tennessee, TN (InformationRx) Susan Swogger -Director of Collection Development, & Acquisitions, David W. Howe Memorial Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (Interactive Web) Emily Weyant-Senior Clinical Reference Librarian, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (Book Reviews) Rachel Whitney-Research and Education Informationist, Medical University of South Carolina Library, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC (eBookshelf)
Editorial Board Ellen Burchill Brassil - Director, Health Sciences Library, Baystate Health, MA Megan B. Inman - Information Services Librarian, Laupus Library, East Carolina Library, Greenville, NC Christy Jarvis, MLIS, AHIP - Head of Information Resources & Digital Initiatives, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT J. Michael Lindsay - Serials/E Resources Librarian, Preston Medical Library, UT Graduate School of Medicine, and UT Health Science Center, Knoxville, TN Brandon Patterson -Director, Technology Engagement, Librarian, Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT J. Dale Prince - Executive Director, NNLM/SEA Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Avril Reid - Head, Medical Sciences Library, The University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Julie H. Schiavo - Assistant Director, Dental Library LSUHealth New Orleans School of Dentistry Library, New Orleans, LA Rachel Walden - Associate Dean/Professor, Quillen College of Medicine Library, Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN Andrea Wright - Digital Projects Librarian, Gorgas Library University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Kristen Young - Medical Librarian, Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library, Cincinnati VAMC, Cincinnati, Ohio
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Librariesis abstracted/indexed in: De Gruyter Saur; IBZ; EBSCOhost; Academic Search Complete; CINAHL; Education research Complete; FRANCIS; INSPEC; Library, iNformation Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA); MasterFILE Complete; TOC Premier; Elsevier BV; Scopus; OCLC; ArticleFirst; Ovid; ProQuest; Aerospace Database; Civil Engineering Abstracts; Engineering Research Database; FRANCIS; LISA: Library & Information Science Abstracts; Materials Research Database; METADEX; and VINITI RAN.
All Library & Information Science journals are subject to the Zero Embargo Green OA Policy, which states that authors retain copyright of their article & are entitled to Green Open Access, allowing authors to post their Accepted Manuscripts to repositories, social media, personal webpages, etc. immediately upon publication. More information on the Zero Embargo Green OA Policy can be found here.
Open access
Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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