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The concept of the "standing" of scientific journals
(in terms of influence, prestige, popularity, etc.) is multi-dimensional and
cannot be captured adequately by a single indicator. The aim of this report is to
compare and comment on different bibliometric indicators related to some leading
journals in rehabilitation, in order to provide further insights regarding their
practical usefulness for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. The
commonly used Journal Impact Factor and the new SCImago Journal Rank indicator
are measures of average "impact per paper". Other new measures show potentially
useful complementarities with them and warrant further attention. For example,
the Eigenfactor score represents a measure of total "citation impact" and seems
sufficiently to express the "importance" of a journal. In fact, the information
conveyed by the Eigenfactor score corresponds to a general consensus of journal
status in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, as expressed by the European
Consensus Committee on "International Rehabilitation Journals" and captured by a
survey among European Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine researchers.

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