The Congress Impact Factor: A proposal from board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) [version 2; referees: 2 approved]
Many scientific congresses and conferences are held every year around the world. The aim of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) was to develop a simple mathematical parameter as an indicator of academic quality and scientific validity...
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| author | Belinda De Simone Luca Ansaloni Micheal Denis Kelly Federico Coccolini Massimo Sartelli Salomone Di Saverio Michele Pisano Gianfranco Cervellin Gianluca Baiocchi Fausto Catena |
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| description | Many scientific congresses and conferences are held every year around the world. The aim of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) was to develop a simple mathematical parameter as an indicator of academic quality and scientific validity of a congress. In this opinion article, a new metric, the Congress Impact Factor (IFc), is proposed taking into consideration the widely used Impact Factor as an indicator of journals’ prestige and using H-index analysis. The IFc is derived from the mathematical ratio between the mean H-index of invited lecturers normalized for lecture topic and number of lectures in the conference. In case of multiple sessions, the mean of all IFc is calculated along with its standard deviation. We conclude that the IFc can be a useful measure for evaluating and comparing congress prestige, and may also represent a potentially useful parameter for improving academic curriculum and helping participants to choose the more prestigious meetings for their education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5ba9540d61c414a85816361a1e050962022-12-22T03:39:39ZengF1000 Research LtdF1000Research2046-14022018-10-01710.12688/f1000research.15429.218107The Congress Impact Factor: A proposal from board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) [version 2; referees: 2 approved]Belinda De Simone0Luca Ansaloni1Micheal Denis Kelly2Federico Coccolini3Massimo Sartelli4Salomone Di Saverio5Michele Pisano6Gianfranco Cervellin7Gianluca Baiocchi8Fausto Catena9Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, 43100, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Surgery, Papa XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, 24121, ItalyAcute Surgical Unit, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, 2601, AustraliaDepartment of General and Emergency Surgery, Papa XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, 24121, ItalyDepartment of Emergency and General Surgery, Macerata's Hospital, Macerata, 62100, ItalyDepartment of General Surgery, Maggiore Hospital of Bologna, Bologna, 40121, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Surgery, Papa XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, 24121, ItalyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, 43100, ItalyDepartment of General Surgery, University Hospital of Brescia, Brescia, 25100, ItalyDepartment of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, 43100, ItalyMany scientific congresses and conferences are held every year around the world. The aim of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) was to develop a simple mathematical parameter as an indicator of academic quality and scientific validity of a congress. In this opinion article, a new metric, the Congress Impact Factor (IFc), is proposed taking into consideration the widely used Impact Factor as an indicator of journals’ prestige and using H-index analysis. The IFc is derived from the mathematical ratio between the mean H-index of invited lecturers normalized for lecture topic and number of lectures in the conference. In case of multiple sessions, the mean of all IFc is calculated along with its standard deviation. We conclude that the IFc can be a useful measure for evaluating and comparing congress prestige, and may also represent a potentially useful parameter for improving academic curriculum and helping participants to choose the more prestigious meetings for their education.https://f1000research.com/articles/7-1185/v2 |
| spellingShingle | Belinda De Simone Luca Ansaloni Micheal Denis Kelly Federico Coccolini Massimo Sartelli Salomone Di Saverio Michele Pisano Gianfranco Cervellin Gianluca Baiocchi Fausto Catena The Congress Impact Factor: A proposal from board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) [version 2; referees: 2 approved] F1000Research |
| title | The Congress Impact Factor: A proposal from board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) [version 2; referees: 2 approved] |
| title_full | The Congress Impact Factor: A proposal from board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) [version 2; referees: 2 approved] |
| title_fullStr | The Congress Impact Factor: A proposal from board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) [version 2; referees: 2 approved] |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Congress Impact Factor: A proposal from board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) [version 2; referees: 2 approved] |
| title_short | The Congress Impact Factor: A proposal from board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgeons.it (WSES) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC) [version 2; referees: 2 approved] |
| title_sort | congress impact factor a proposal from board members of the world society of emergency surgeons it wses and academy of emergency medicine and care acemc version 2 referees 2 approved |
| url | https://f1000research.com/articles/7-1185/v2 |
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