[Archivos de Bronconeumología: among the 3 Spanish medical journals with the highest national impact factors].

bConselleria de Sanitat, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain. OBJECTIVE: Citation analysis elucidates patterns of information consumption within professional communities. The aim of this study was to analyze the citations of 87 Spanish medical journals by calculating their impact factors and immediacy indices for 2001, and to estimate the importance of ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA within the framework of Spanish medicine. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Eighty-seven Spanish medical journals were included. All were listed in the Spanish Medical Index (Indice Medico Espanol) and in at least one of the following databases: MEDLINE, BIOSIS, EMBASE, or Science Citation Index. References to articles fro…