Knowledge of JIF among Nursing Faculty in Saskatchewan

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Ha, Chua
  • Kumaran, Maha

• Objective: This project aimed to assess nursing faculty
  awareness and knowledge of the journal impact factor (JIF) and
  its impact on their publication choices.
  Methods: A qualitative cross-sectional questionnaire was
  developed using Fluid Survey and distributed electronically to
  nursing faculty and instructors at three post-secondary institutions
  in Saskatchewan. Data were collected on place and status of
  employment, knowledge and awareness of JIFs, and criteria used
  to choose journals for publication.
  Results: A total of forty-four nursing faculty and instructors
  completed the questionnaire. The authors found that faculty lack
  awareness or complete understanding of JIFs and that JIFs are not
  the most important or only criterion used when they choose a
  journal for publication.
  Conclusions: There are various reasons for choosing a journal
  for publication. It is important for librarians to understand faculty
  views of JIFs and their criteria for choosing journals for
  publication, so that librarians are better equipped to guide
  researchers in considering their academic goals, needs, and
  personal values.

• Date created

  2017-05-03

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Journal impact factors
  • Information Literacy - Nursing Faculty
  • Research Impact - Nursing
  • Scholarly Publication - Nursing - Saskatchewan

• Type of Item

  Conference/Workshop Poster

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3PG1J11T

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International