title: Citation analysis of Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica: 1992-2011.
abstract: Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica is small regional professional journal that started publishing in 1992. Despite the journal's relatively narrow readership, it has significantly improved its quality and global profile during the last 20 years, as shown in this citation analysis update. Since 1992, 654 bibliographical items have been published. Among these, 545 (83.4%) were considered WoS citable items and 109 (16.6%) WoS noncitable items. Since 2008, 90% of all published items have been considered WoS citable items and received an average of 1.9 citations per item. The predicted Acta Dermatovenerol APA impact factor calculated using data from a Cited Reference search of Thomson Scientific's Web of Science has shown steep and continuous increase since 2006, when the journal acquired full indexing status in Index Medicus/Medline, and has been above 0.5 since 2008.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ostrbenk
authors.forename: Mateja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skamperle
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poljak
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D003880:Dermatology; D006801:Humans; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D017524:Slovenia