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Wiley-Blackwell Medical Journals and The Cochrane Library EKUAL Cesme, May 2008

Wiley-Blackwell Medical Journals and The Cochrane Library EKUAL Cesme, May 2008. Jackie Cahoon Regional Sales Director, Central and Eastern Europe jcahoon@wiley.com. John Wiley & Sons Inc. Established 1807 Still a family company HQ in New York European Head Office is in UK

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Wiley-Blackwell Medical Journals and The Cochrane Library EKUAL Cesme, May 2008

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  1. Wiley-BlackwellMedical Journals and The Cochrane LibraryEKUALCesme, May 2008

  2. Jackie CahoonRegional Sales Director,Central and Eastern Europejcahoon@wiley.com

  3. John Wiley & Sons Inc. Established 1807 Still a family company HQ in New York European Head Office is in UK Watch the 200 Birthday Video on Youtube! - search for ‘Wiley Bicentennial’

  4. Publishing Major Brands

  5. Wiley-Blackwell Formed in February 2007 John Wiley & Sons bought Blackwell Publishing, Ltd Wiley’s scientific and medical division

  6. W-B Medical Journals 2 key characteristics: High quality Partnerships with Medical Societies

  7. Medical Societies

  8. Wiley-Blackwell publishes journals on behalf of more than 670 scholarly and professional societies in 2008

  9. The Impact Factor • A measure of the importance or usefulness of a journal Number of citations for all articles in a journal over a 2 year period number of articles in the journal • Published annually for c. 7,500 journals by Thomson ISI

  10. W-B Second Largest Medical Journals Publisher Elsevier WB LWW Springer

  11. W-B Medical Journals • 90% of titles have an Impact Factor • 6 number 1 journals • 21 titles in top 3 • 44 titles in top 10 2006 ISI data

  12. Top Titles by Impact Factor Immunological Reviews 10.758 Hepatology 10.446 Annals of Neurology 8.051 Arthritis & Rheumatism 7.751 American Journal of Transplantation 6.843 Milbank Quarterly,The 6.794 Human Mutation 6.473 Reviews in Medical Virology 6.347 Cephalalgia 6.049 BioEssays 5.965 The Journal of Pathology 5.759 Proteomics 5.735 American Journal of Gastroenterology,The 5.608 Biological Reviews 5.565 Allergy 5.334

  13. Turkish Hospitals Agreement • Blackwell’s “Medicine and Nursing Collection” • 234 journals • All Wiley medical and life science journals • 142 journals 376 journals in total

  14. Turkish Hospitals Agreement • Blackwell journals on Blackwell Synergy: www.blackwellsynergy.com • Wiley journals on Wiley InterScience: www3.interscience.wiley.com From 1st July, all journals moving to Wiley InterScience

  15. Wiley-Blackwell top medical journals

  16. American Journal of Transplantation • The #1 journal in transplantation • ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 2/138 (Surgery); 1/19 (Transplantation) • Impact Factor: 6.843 • Published on behalf of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

  17. Arthritis & Rheumatism • The #1 journal in rheumatology • ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 1/23 • Impact Factor: 7.751 • Published on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology

  18. Journal of the American Geriatric Society • The #1 journal in gerontology • ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 1/22 [Gerontology]; 6/30 [[Geriatrics and Gerontology] • Impact Factor: 3.331 • Published on behalf of the American Geriatric Society

  19. Reviews in Medical Virology • The #1 journal in virology • ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 1/223 • Impact Factor: 6.347

  20. Hepatology • The #2 journal in gastroenterology and hepatology • ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 2/ 48 • Impact Factor: 10.446 • Published on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

  21. The Journal of Pathology • The #2 journal in pathology • ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 2/ 64 • Impact Factor: 5.759 • Published on behalf of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

  22. Annals of Neurology • The #2 journal in clinical neurology • ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 2/ 147 • Impact Factor: 8.051 • Published on behalf of the American Neurological Association

  23. Come and collect the full list of journals and Impact Factors from me.

  24. Most Popular Journals in Turkish Hospitals (Jan-May 2008) Blackwell: • BJU International • Epilepsia • BJOG • International Journal of Dermatology • British Journal of Dermatology Wiley: • Cancer • Arthritis & Rheumatism • Hepatology • Clinical Cardiology • Ulatrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

  25. Get more from W-B Journals • Add them to library catalogues. • Ask us for promotional materials. • Organise training/ promotion in your hospital – we will help you.

  26. The Cochrane Library

  27. www.thecochranelibrary.com The Cochrane Library summarizes the best evidence on the effects of a particular healthcare intervention.

  28. The Cochrane Collaboration www.cochrane.org "It is surely a great criticism of our profession that we have not organised a critical summary, by specialty or subspecialty…of all relevant randomised controlled trials.“ Archie Cochrane, 1979

  29. The Cochrane Collaboration • Global network of volunteers (11,500 people) • 52 Cochrane Review Groups e.g. • Breast Cancer group (University of Sydney) • Drugs and Alcohol group (Rome) • HIV/ Aids group (University of California, San Francisco) • Neonatal group (McMaster University, Canada) • Anyone with an interest in the relevant field can join any group • Anyone can carry out a review – full training given

  30. The Cochrane Library Contents The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases: • The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Other Reviews • CENTRAL - Clinical Trials register • The Cochrane Methodology Register • Health Technology Assessment Database • NHS Economic Evaluation Database • Cochrane Review Groups

  31. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Over 5,000 Full text Cochrane Reviews and protocols (html & PDF format*) • All Reviews are regularly updated with the latest evidence

  32. What is a Cochrane Review? • A review of all high quality trials of a treatment or intervention • Systematic and structured – all Cochrane reviews look the same.

  33. You can browse topics and reviews listed for the different databases in The Cochrane Library here

  34. Limit your search from the drop down menu.

  35. Use the Thesaurus to search for MeSH descriptors

  36. The numbers in the brackets indicates the number of records. Save or edit your search using these links.

  37. The Search History function provides a history of your current session in The Cochrane Library

  38. Find Out More Turkish language training for The Cochrane Library: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/demo/ The Cochrane Collaboration: www.cochrane.org Changes from 1st July: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/transition

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