An early indicator of drug success: Top Journal Selectivity Index

n early indicator of drug success: Top Journal Selectivity Index Review (1198) Total Article Views Authors: Kissin I Published Date February 2013 Volume 2013:7 Pages 93 - 98 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S37324 Received: 24 August 2012 Accepted: 06 November 2012 Published: 13 February 2013 Igor Kissin Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Abstract: The Top Journal Selectivity Index (TJSI) is a scientometric index reflecting the potential importance of a new drug. It represents the ratio of the number of all types of articles on a particular drug in the top 20 journals relative to the number of articles in all (>5,000) biomedical journals covered by Medline over the 5 years since the drug’s introduction. The TJSI can be an indicator of a drug’s potential for sustained use: a higher score increases the probability of continuing success.