Table 1 Indexing of the journals from Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR) in major bibliographical databases*
Database | No. of journals indexed | No. years of indexation per journal (median, range) | Total No. items indexed | No. of journal items indexed per journal (median, range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SCOPUS | 46 | 8.5 (2–48) | 37350 | 337.5 (52–5247) |
Web of Science | 23 | 3 (2–25) | 14840 | 188 (53–6510) |
PubMed/MEDLINE | 19 | 11 (3–58) | 913 | 913 (106–5206) |
EBSCO-Academic Search | 9 | 3 (2–6) | 964 | 91 (33–230) |
CINAHL | 4 | 10 (5–14) | 2768 | 611 (210–1329) |
Current Contents | 2 | 17 | 7794 | 2372/5422 |
PsycINFO | 1 | 21 | 271 | 271 |
GeoRef | 1 | 37 | 183 | 183 |