The Case for Case Reports: Valuable Resource in ASEAN

Authors

  • Elizabeth Paz-Pacheco University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital

Abstract

Ours is an academic environment in which journal metrics has evolved into its own science. One cannot help but feel that published manuscripts to some people, are no more than figures that contribute to the computation of journal ranks, impact factors, or citation indices.

We wish to re-argue here the case for case reports. We know that many reputable medical journals have reduced or even ceased publishing articles of this type. In the hierarchy of scientific publications, case reports rank lower than clinical trials. In the context of journal metrics, there is hesitation in publishing case reports as these are rarely cited, exerting a negative impact on the computation of a journal's impact factor.

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Published

2015-07-31

How to Cite

Paz-Pacheco, E. (2015). The Case for Case Reports: Valuable Resource in ASEAN. Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 30(1), 5. Retrieved from https://asean-endocrinejournal.org/index.php/JAFES/article/view/213

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2015): May Issue

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Editorials

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