CITATION PATTERNS IN THE INTERNATIONAL-JOURNAL-OF-GERIATRIC-PSYCHIATRY - CULTURAL ETHNOCENTRISM REVISITED

The country/region of origin of all original papers appearing in the I nternational Journal of Psychiatry (IJGP) during the first 9 years of its publication was recorded. A more detailed analysis of citation pat terns was carried out on the 105 original articles published during 19 92. The results indicated that 50-60% of the articles emanated from th e United Kingdom but that in general authors cited a broad range of sp ecialities from journals published around the world. North American au thors tended to cite North American sources more frequently than did t heir counterparts from other countries. There was evidence that the im pact of the IJGP is increasing despite its omission from some scientif ic reference databases.