PRACTICE WITHIN THE PROFESSION

FACILITATE AND PROMOTE EVIDENCEBASED PRACTICE

WITHIN THE PROFESSION

It is important for sonography’s professional standing that we continue to enhance the quality and standards of ultrasound. This involves producing and endorsing guidelines and statements, supporting and commissioning evidence-based research through directly funding clinical research, undertaking studies on the state of the profession, as well as publishing the ASA journal Sonography.

Sonography journal

The ASA’s international peer reviewed journal has published articles on all aspects of sonography from authors around the world. Article downloads increased by 85% in 2020. This compares with an increase of 77% across all Wiley journals in the radiology and imaging group. There were over 130,000 downloads of articles from Sonography in 2020; downloads almost doubled from 2019. The countries where most full article downloads occurred from the Wiley Online Library were USA (34%), Canada (20%), Australia (15%), UK (11%), India (8%), New Zealand (5%). In May 2021, Sonography was notified of acceptance into the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). The content from Sonography will be indexed by Clarivate and article/citation data will be made available via the Web of Science interface. This increases discoverability and allows citation activity to be more closely tracked. This is the first step towards promotion into the Science Citation Index Expanded, where the journal would receive an Impact Factor.

ARTICLE DOWNLOADS INCREASED BY 85% IN 2020

THERE WERE OVER

130K

DOWNLOADS OF ARTICLES FROM SONOGRAPHY IN 2020

Sonography was notified of acceptance into the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).