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Declaration of interests, impact factors and the journal of travel medicine.

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Derek R. Smith, Peter A. Leggat, Impact Factors and the Journal of Travel Medicine , Journal of Travel Medicine , Volume 15, Issue 6, 1 November 2008, Pages 389–390, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00267.x

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The first PubMed ‐listed journal dedicated entirely to the field of travel medicine, the Journal of Travel Medicine , was founded in 1994 as an official publication of the International Society of Travel Medicine. 1 Its mission then, as now, was to facilitate the publication of up‐to‐date research on the prevention and treatment of travel‐related disease and injury, clinic management, patient and staff education, immunizations, the impact of travel on host countries, military medicine, and problems of migrants and refugees, as well as providing a forum for information on diseases such as malaria, travelers’ diarrhea, hepatitis, vector‐borne illnesses, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections and acquired immune deficiency syndrome, jet lag, altitude sickness, and so on. 1 The journal was originally issued four times per year between 1994 and 1998, expanding to six issues per year in 1999. Professor Robert Steffen from Switzerland took over from Professor Charles Ericsson from the United States as editor in chief in 2003, 2 with the journal being transferred to Blackwell Publishing in 2006 and online electronic submission of articles also being introduced at this time. 3 The earliest Journal of Travel Medicine entries on Medline date to 1994, and by the end of 2007, almost 1000 articles had been indexed. Journal of Travel Medicine received its first impact factor of 1.164 in the 2001 Journal Citation Reports .

Although the concept of an impact factor was first proposed by Eugene Garfield in 1955, 4 the advent of impact factors themselves represents somewhat of a mixed blessing for journals of travel medicine. In recent years, the concept has evolved to describe both journal and author impact, 5 with contemporary scientists being increasingly desperate to publish in a few key journals. When considering the discipline of travel medicine, it is interesting to note how the Journal of Travel Medicine has risen to become not only a key journal in its directly relevant field, but also as an important periodical of general medicine. While this is undoubtedly an impressive achievement in such a short period of time, there are still many challenges ahead. Arguably, the first of these will be maintaining an internationally competitive academic journal with a respectable impact factor. The future of Journal of Travel Medicine , as with any professional journal, revolves around serving peoples’ needs. Such a goal will not be easy to obtain, however, as the obstacles faced by journals in other small clinical fields such as occupational medicine have essentially preceded travel medicine and are now well known. 6

There are also broader issues for travel medicine to consider. As we move toward our second decade of the 21st century, securing the health of international travelers continues to offer new challenges and opportunities for professionals in our field. Global changes related to travelers’ health have risen to prominence in the past few years, with avian influenza now taking over from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as a key source of concern for the average traveler. Last year also marked the third year of the World Health Organization’s ongoing influenza pandemic alert, 7 albeit without a global outbreak having yet occurred. As such, it remains to be seen which of these three global epidemics occur first and how we as a profession can be most effectively mobilized to meet the threat.

From an academic perspective, one of the major challenges faced by dedicated travel medicine journals is being able to attract a continuous supply of high‐quality articles. This phenomenon presents a conundrum for almost all specialist periodicals, given that authors often prefer to publish their research in general medical journals with intrinsically higher impact factors. With the discovery of SARS, eg, it suddenly became feasible for case reports of travel‐related disease outbreaks to be published in some of the famous periodicals of general medicine. Similarly, not all travel medicine researchers and clinicians may see the benefit of submitting their work to the specialist journals. Aside from the likelihood of greater exposure when publishing in a general medical journal, this attitude may also reflect the relatively young age of our discipline itself. Another issue when relying on impact factors as the sole measure of scientific quality lies in the fact that impact factors themselves can be manipulated. One of the first instances of this nature was reported in 1997, 8 and there are a few methods that are now commonly used. 9 For example, journals may introduce deliberate editorial policies such as publishing articles that cite the journal itself, and they may choose to publish a greater proportion of review articles, or focus on research that naturally generates more citations, as well as eliminating topics that are known to attract few citations. 6 As impact factors reflect citations to articles published in the previous 2 years, it is this short citation “window” in the following year that is of key importance. Editorial boards need to ensure that the maximum number of published articles will be quickly cited if their impact factor is to rise.

Despite the potential pitfalls, specialist topics have always had a need for specialist journals, 10 and this will no doubt ensure the continued necessity for dedicated periodicals in our field. While most specialist journals tend to start out publishing case reports, they quickly mature into high‐quality academic works, often with a corresponding increase in citation rates and impact factors. In this regard, impact factors in certain specialist areas have been shown to be increasing in recent years. 11 For these reasons, we expect that interest in travel medicine journals will also increase in the future as travel itself becomes more common in the general community and ever greater focus is placed on infectious diseases that rely on travelers as their primary vector. Readers of our journal will always benefit from ready access to up‐to‐date information on travel‐related diseases and the critical analysis of evidence‐based guidelines, to name a few. The publication of research findings in dedicated, specialist journals represents an important step in the development of any academic discipline, and for these reasons it is important that the Journal of Travel Medicine keeps readers up to date with the latest global developments and scientific advances in the field of travel medicine.

D. R. S. states that he has no conflicts of interest. P.A.L. is Book Review Editor for the Journal of Travel Medicine and Editorial Advisor for the journal Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases .

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• 2022 Impact Factor 7.402 6.396 5.422
• 2021 Impact Factor 11.826 8.268 7.199
• 2020 Impact Factor 2.808 3.053 2.73
• 2019 Impact Factor 4 3.594 3.231
• 2018 Impact Factor 3.17 2.898 2.623
• 2017 Impact Factor 1.205 1.263 1.188
• 2016 Impact Factor 1.47 1.433 1.367
• 2015 Impact Factor 1.546 1.542 1.593
• 2014 Impact Factor 1.564 NA NA
• 2013 Impact Factor 1.713 NA NA
• 2012 Impact Factor 1.706 NA NA
• 2011 Impact Factor 1.702 NA NA
• 2010 Impact Factor 1.771 NA NA
• 2009 Impact Factor 1.651 NA NA
• 2008 Impact Factor 1.541 NA NA
• 2007 Impact Factor 1.26 NA NA
• 2006 Impact Factor 1.633 NA NA
• 2005 Impact Factor 1.815 NA NA
• 2004 Impact Factor 0.85 NA NA
• 2003 Impact Factor 0.987 NA NA
• 2002 Impact Factor 0.857 NA NA
• 2001 Impact Factor 1.132 NA NA
• 2000 Impact Factor 0.825 NA NA

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Smith, Derek R. , and Leggat, Peter A. (2008) Impact factors and the Journal of Travel Medicine. Journal of Travel Medicine, 15 (6). pp. 389-390.

[Extract] The first PubMed-listed journal dedicated entirely to the field of travel medicine, the Journal of Travel Medicine, was founded in 1994 as an official publication of the International Society of Travel Medicine. Its mission then, as now, was to facilitate the publication of up-to-date research on the prevention and treatment of travel-related disease and injury, clinic management, patient and staff education, immunizations, the impact of travel on host countries, military medicine, and problems of migrants and refugees, as well as providing a forum for information on diseases such as malaria, travelers' diarrhea, hepatitis, vector-borne illnesses, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections and acquired immune deficiency syndrome, jet lag, altitude sickness, and so on.

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