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The British Journal of Psychiatry (2004) 185: 251-257
© 2004 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

What British psychiatrists read

Questionnaire survey of journal usage among clinicians

Teresa Jones, MSc, Stephen Hanney, PhD and Martin Buxton, BA

Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge

Tom Burns, FRCPsych

Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Correspondence: Teresa Jones, Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK. E-mail: teresa.jones{at}brunel.ac.uk

Declaration of interest T. B. is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine. The National Health Service Executive, London, funded the study.

Background The role of journals in disseminating research to clinicians is increasingly debated. Current measures of esteem for journals (e.g. impact factors) may not indicate clinical penetration.

Aims To assess the perceived importance of different mental health journals to psychiatrists’ clinical practice and compare this with impact factors.

Method Random samples of psychiatrists providing child and adolescent, adults of working age and old age services chose up to ten journals read or consulted with regard to their clinical work, ranking the top three. For these journals, comparisons were made with impact factors and importance as outlets for UK psychiatry research.

Results A total of 560 questionnaires were completed (47%). Two membership journals (the British Journal of Psychiatry and the BMJ) were most read and highest ranked. Associations between impact factors, clinicians’ ratings and importance as outlets for psychiatry papers varied.

Conclusions The results could lead to reconsideration of the importance of some journals. Academic assessments of the status of journals should not be assumed to reflect their influence on clinicians.


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