Examining the Trends of Nursing Evidence-Based Research and the Measurements of Quality

It will have been demonstrated earlier in the symposium how the pressures of increasing demand of research output, and the changing publishing landscape, has resulted in a boom period for nursing publications. In this paper a senior publisher of Elsevier academic nursing journals will examine the analytical tools employed by the research community to measure the ‘impact’ of this output (McKenna 2015).  She will also take a look at new channels of dissemination and their potential effect on the evaluation of the clinical/community use of the evidence-based research.

The presentation will: (1) examine the trends of publication output in nursing over the last decade, using tools such as term maps and journal citation maps to demonstrate the changing landscape of nursing evidence-based publication; (2) provide an overview of the measurements used to assess nursing publications and their perceived “value” to the research community; and (3) consider some of the new channels available to disseminate, share and measure the clinical relevance and impact of the published evidence – looking at new technologies and new tools (Elsevier 2014).

References

Elsevier (2014) Elsevier for editors: Journal and articles metrics.http://www.elsevier.com/editors/journal-and-article-metrics(Accessed 24 December  2014)

McKenna, H. (2015) Research assessment: the impact of impact. International Journal of Nursing Studies 52 (1): 1-3. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.11.012