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Ke Y, Yang R, Liu N. Comparing Open-Access Database and Traditional Intensive Care Studies Using Machine Learning: Bibliometric Analysis Study. J Med Internet Res 2024; 26:e48330. [PMID: 38630522 PMCID: PMC11063894 DOI: 10.2196/48330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Intensive care research has predominantly relied on conventional methods like randomized controlled trials. However, the increasing popularity of open-access, free databases in the past decade has opened new avenues for research, offering fresh insights. Leveraging machine learning (ML) techniques enables the analysis of trends in a vast number of studies. OBJECTIVE This study aims to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis using ML to compare trends and research topics in traditional intensive care unit (ICU) studies and those done with open-access databases (OADs). METHODS We used ML for the analysis of publications in the Web of Science database in this study. Articles were categorized into "OAD" and "traditional intensive care" (TIC) studies. OAD studies were included in the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC), eICU Collaborative Research Database (eICU-CRD), Amsterdam University Medical Centers Database (AmsterdamUMCdb), High Time Resolution ICU Dataset (HiRID), and Pediatric Intensive Care database. TIC studies included all other intensive care studies. Uniform manifold approximation and projection was used to visualize the corpus distribution. The BERTopic technique was used to generate 30 topic-unique identification numbers and to categorize topics into 22 topic families. RESULTS A total of 227,893 records were extracted. After exclusions, 145,426 articles were identified as TIC and 1301 articles as OAD studies. TIC studies experienced exponential growth over the last 2 decades, culminating in a peak of 16,378 articles in 2021, while OAD studies demonstrated a consistent upsurge since 2018. Sepsis, ventilation-related research, and pediatric intensive care were the most frequently discussed topics. TIC studies exhibited broader coverage than OAD studies, suggesting a more extensive research scope. CONCLUSIONS This study analyzed ICU research, providing valuable insights from a large number of publications. OAD studies complement TIC studies, focusing on predictive modeling, while TIC studies capture essential qualitative information. Integrating both approaches in a complementary manner is the future direction for ICU research. Additionally, natural language processing techniques offer a transformative alternative for literature review and bibliometric analysis.
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- Yuhe Ke
- Division of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Volpicelli G, Fierro C, Vetrugno L, Maggiore SM, Fraccalini T. The most influential articles in critical care medicine. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2023; 42:101238. [PMID: 37121358 DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2023.101238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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- Giovanni Volpicelli
- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Orbassano, Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Emergency, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Via dei Vestini, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Emergency, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Via dei Vestini, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Emergency, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Via dei Vestini, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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Xu R, Wu X, Zhao Q, Yang Q. Ferroptosis synergistically sensitizes wee1 inhibitors: a bibliometric study. Am J Transl Res 2022; 14:8473-8488. [PMID: 36628201 PMCID: PMC9827303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Synthetic lethality (SL) is a lethal phenomenon with an important role in cancer treatment. This study was conducted to analyze the hotspots and frontiers in SL research. The Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) was used to identify the 100 top-cited articles related to SL research. Additionally, wee1 inhibitors combined with erastin were used to determine the effectiveness of SL in vitro and in vivo. Relevant articles were published mainly from 2009 to 2021, reaching a peak in 2020; articles published in 2010 were most frequently cited among the 100-top cited papers. Most studies (54%) were performed in the United States. Articles in Nature Chemical Biology were cited more frequently than articles in other journals, whereas Nature published the largest number of reports on SL. Among the 88 corresponding authors, CJ Lord was the most productive. Overlay visualization of keyword analysis revealed that the hotspots in SL research were PARP inhibitors, BRCA mutations, DNA damage repair, and carcinogenesis. CRISPR, ferroptosis, wee1, double-strand break (dsb) repair, myc, immunotherapy, and replication stress are emerging topics in SL research, whereas ovarian cancer, prostate stress, acute myeloid leukemia, and other topics have been used as disease models in recent years. The application and therapeutic strategy of SL in cancer is an emerging trend. Significantly, experiments verified that the wee1 inhibitor AZD1775 and ferroptosis activator erastin have synergistic effects on ovarian cancer in vitro and in vivo. Combining bibliometric analysis with experimental verification is a useful approach for SL research.
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- Rong Xu
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South UniversityChangsha 410013, Hunan, China,Department of Spine Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South UniversityChangsha 410013, Hunan, China,Department of Spine Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Blood Transfusion, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Guizhou Provincial People’s HospitalGuiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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Oo AMM, ChuT TSM. Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles in head and neck radiology. Acta Radiol Open 2021; 10:20584601211001815. [PMID: 33786203 PMCID: PMC7958641 DOI: 10.1177/20584601211001815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Bibliometric analysis is commonly used to identify influential research within a given topic. Purpose To identify the 100 top-cited articles in head and neck radiology, analyse the history and trends in head and neck imaging research, and understand what constitutes a highly cited work. Material and Methods A literature search was performed on the Thomson Reuters Web of Science using pre-defined search terms. The results were ranked according to citation count and screened to create a single database. The information included in the database were: Web of Science citations, year published, first author, primary institution, country of origin, journal, journal impact factor, title, study design, study focus and modality. Results 24,664 eligible papers were returned. Citations for the 100 top-cited articles ranged from 115 to 1185, and citations per year ranged from 3.5 to 197.5. More than half of the articles were published in the 2000s (n = 67). Radiology has the greatest number of publications (n = 22), followed by Journal of Nuclear Medicine (n = 14). Positron Emission Tomography (n = 56) was the most commonly studied modality, followed by Magnetic Resonance (n = 40) and Computed Tomography (n = 31). The most common topics of publication were diagnosis (n = 63), followed by prognosis (n = 16). Conclusion This study provides insights into the most influential research in head and neck radiology in the current time. It also serves as a guide to the characteristics of a highly cited work in this field.
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- Aye MM Oo
- South Tyneside District Hospital, South Shields, UK
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- School of Medical Education, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
- Timothy SM Chu, School of Medical Education, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.
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Panagopoulos D, Karydakis P, Giakoumettis D, Themistocleous M. The 100 most cited papers about medulloblastomas. INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSURGERY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inat.2020.100855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ahmad P, Arshad AI, Della Bella E, Khurshid Z, Stoddart M. Systemic Manifestations of the Periodontal Disease: A Bibliometric Review. Molecules 2020; 25:E4508. [PMID: 33019648 PMCID: PMC7582719 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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This bibliometric review aimed to identify and analyze the top 100 most-cited publications on the systemic manifestations of periodontal disease (PD). A literature search was performed using the Web of Science (WoS) 'All Databases', without any restriction of language, publication year, or study design. Of 4418 articles, the top 100 were included based on their citation count. After downloading the full texts, their bibliometric information was extracted and analyzed. The citation counts for the top 100 articles ranged from 156 to 4191 (median 217). The most productive years were 2003 and 2005, with 20 articles on the list. Majority of the articles were published in the Journal of Periodontology (n = 25). The top 100 articles were generated primarily from the USA (n = 61). Most of the publications were clinical trials (n = 27) and focused on the cardiovascular manifestations of PD (n = 31). Most of the articles were within the evidence level V (n = 41). A total of 58 studies received funding and the most frequently used keyword in the top articles was "periodontal disease" (n = 39). The current citation analysis presents insights into the current trends in the systemic manifestations of periodontal disease.
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- Paras Ahmad
- AO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland; (P.A.); (E.D.B.)
- Oral Medicine Unit, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Paediatric Dentistry Unit, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia;
- Paedodontics Department, Rashid Latif Dental College, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
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- AO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland; (P.A.); (E.D.B.)
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- Department of Prosthodontics and Dental Implantology, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia;
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- AO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland; (P.A.); (E.D.B.)
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The 100 most cited papers about ependymomas. INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSURGERY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inat.2020.100764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ramos MB, Koterba E, Rosi Júnior J, Teixeira MJ, Figueiredo EG. A Bibliometric Analysis of the Most Cited Articles in Neurocritical Care Research. Neurocrit Care 2020; 31:365-372. [PMID: 31087256 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-019-00731-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bibliometric analyses may indicate the most active journals, authors, countries, institutions and specialties by evaluating the most cited articles in a given research field. To the authors' knowledge, there is no bibliometric analysis regarding neurocritical care research. Thus, the aim of this study is to analyze and to provide a scope of the current scientific production in this area. The 100 most cited articles in the neurocritical care research were retrieved from the research "(neurocritical) AND (care)" in the Scopus database. The variables collected and included in this analysis were: number of citations, article title, first author's name, year and journal of publication and its impact factor (IF), specialty, affiliation and country of the corresponding author at the time of publication, and category of the article. Also, these variables were assessed for primary research only. The articles were published in 34 different journals from 1995 to 2017, with a mean citation number of 109.36, ranging from 44 to 540. Neurocritical Care (23 articles in top 100 and 2190 citations, IF = 3.163) and Critical Care Medicine (20 articles and 2896 citations in top 100, IF = 6.630) were the journals with the greatest number of articles and citations, respectively. Neurocritical Care also had the highest number of primary research papers (15 articles, accounting for 850 citations). Excepting one article from Asia (Singapore) and one from Oceania (Australia), all the other 98 papers were from North America (67) or Europe (31). United States was the country with most articles (60, 35 primary research) and citations (6115) among the top 100. Columbia University (11 articles, being 7 primary research, and 915 citations) was the institution with the highest number of articles and primary research articles in top 100, whereas University of Heidelberg (6 articles and 1220 citations) was the most cited institution. Neurology was the specialty with the greatest number of publications in top 100 and the most cited one (57 articles and 5983 citations). The first author with the greatest number of publications as well as primary research articles was A. I. Qureshi (5 articles, being 4 primary research, and 660 citations), while the most cited was K. H. Polderman (2 articles and 749 citations). Fifty-nine publications were primary and 41 secondary research. Among primary research, treatment/management was the most frequent and most cited topics (33 articles and 4172 citations). To the authors' knowledge, this is the first bibliometric analysis regarding neurocritical care research. Our findings suggest that the neurocritical care research field is more prominent in North America and Europe, more frequently published in specific critical care journals and after 1994. The most discussed topic was related to treatment and/or management within neurocritical care.
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- School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Panagopoulos D, Karydakis P, Giakoumettis D, Themistocleous M. The 100 Most Cited Papers About Brain Metastases. World Neurosurg 2020; 138:98-114. [PMID: 32147557 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.02.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND A vast amount of articles centered on brain metastases have been published. OBJECTIVE To present the 100 most-cited articles dedicated to brain metastasis and to accomplish a broad literature review. METHODS In December 2019, we performed a title-focused search using the Thomson Reuters Web of Science database to identify the most cited articles centered on brain metastatic disease. Our search query term was based on using the following algorithm: "brain metastases" OR "brain metastasis" OR "brain metastatic disease" OR "cerebral metastases" OR "cerebral metastasis" OR "cerebral metastatic disease." Afterward, we reviewed the results to certify that they were relevant to the purposes of our research protocol. The 100 most cited papers were chosen and further analyzed. RESULTS Our search resulted in 11,579 articles, published from 1975 until the completion of our survey. The most cited article, by Patchell et al., was published in 1990, with 1862 citations, and an average of 62.07 citations per year, whereas the last in our list, by Gaspar et al., was published in 2010, with 195 total citations, and an average of 19.50 citations per year. Countries with the highest-cited articles included the United States (75 records), followed by Canada (16 records). CONCLUSIONS We discovered the top 100 most-cited articles centered on brain metastasis, all of which show a potentially increased level of interest, because they are meaningful scientific reports. In addition, we reviewed the historical development and advances in brain metastasis research and relevant points of interest, alongside the relevant contributions of different authors, fields of special interest, and countries. Many of the most cited articles were written by authors whose specialty was not neurosurgery or by neurosurgeons who were supported by colleagues from other medical fields. As a consequence, many of these articles were not published in neurosurgery-dedicated journals.
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- Dimitrios Panagopoulos
- Department of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Hospital of Athens, Goudi, Athens, Attica, Greece.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, 251 Greek Air Force Hospital, Goudi, Athens, Attica, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalier de Wallonie, Picarde-CHwapi A.S.B.L, Tournai, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Hospital of Athens, Goudi, Athens, Attica, Greece
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Defining the surgical critical care research agenda: Results of a gaps analysis from the Critical Care Committee of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2019; 88:320-329. [DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Praveen G, Chaithanya R, Alla RK, Shammas M, Abdurahiman VT, Anitha A. The 100 most cited articles in prosthodontic journals: A bibliometric analysis of articles published between 1951 and 2019. J Prosthet Dent 2019; 123:724-730. [PMID: 31474409 DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2019.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Bibliometric studies to determine the characteristics of the most cited articles in prosthodontic journals are lacking. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of the 100 most cited articles in prosthodontic journals between 1951 and 2019. MATERIAL AND METHODS The Google Scholar database was used to retrieve the list of journals with titles containing the term "Prosthodontic" or "Prosthetic." Twelve journals were filtered, and of these, only 8 were related to dentistry and hence were included in the study. A search was then performed for each of the selected journals under "Publication Name," and articles were arranged by the category "Times Cited." The 100 most cited articles from the 8 journals were selected and analyzed with regard to journal name, year of publication, authors and their country, type of study, and area of research. RESULTS The 100 most cited articles were published between 1958 and 2013, with the numbers of citations ranging between 2368 and 343. The journal with the largest number of the articles cited was the "Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry" with 72 articles, followed by the "International Journal of Prosthodontics" with 25 articles. The decade with most articles published was the 1990s with 33 articles. Many of the authors of most cited articles were from the United States or Sweden. Most articles reported reviews (35 articles), followed by experimental studies (34); the most commonly cited area of research was related to dental implants. CONCLUSIONS This bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited articles revealed interesting facts about scientific progress in the field of prosthodontics.
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- Gadde Praveen
- Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, India.
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, India
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Materials, Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, India
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- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Ibn Sina National College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Ibn Sina National College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mallareddy Dental College for Women, Hyderabad, India
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Parmar A, Ganesh R, Mishra AK. The top 100 cited articles on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): A citation analysis. Asian J Psychiatr 2019; 42:34-41. [PMID: 30951931 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2019.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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There is an exponential growth in the field of biomedical literature over the years. Although numerous articles are published every year, few of them present important conceptual advances in that particular field and are found to be influential in the evolution of the field. The number of citations a publication receives can be used as a proxy marker of its impact on the field. Hence we aimed to analyze the top cited articles (n = 100) on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as of July 2018. Google scholar database was searched using a freely available software, Publish or Perish. Information related to number of citations, publication title, publication year, name of the journal, country of origin, author details, institution of origin, article type, and article design. The original research articles were further classified into descriptive/epidemiology, mechanism, management, scale/measurement, imaging and medical psychiatry. The citation classics suggest that clinical trials/management, epidemiology and neuroimaging were the most researched areas in the OCD research. These citation classics provide an important insight into the historical developments, like the role of serotonin and caudate in OCD. This approach of citation analysis provides an opportunity to retrieve the classic articles on OCD, and describes the trends in OCD research.
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- Arpit Parmar
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, AIIMS, 110029, South West Delhi, India
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, AIIMS, 110029, South West Delhi, India
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, AIIMS, 110029, South West Delhi, India.
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Jabaley CS, Groff RF, Stentz MJ, Moll V, Lynde GC, Blum JM, O'Reilly-Shah VN. Highly visible sepsis publications from 2012 to 2017: Analysis and comparison of altmetrics and bibliometrics. J Crit Care 2018; 48:357-371. [PMID: 30296750 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE We sought to delineate highly visible publications related to sepsis. Within these subsets, elements of altmetrics performance, including mentions on Twitter, and the correlation between altmetrics and conventional citation counts were ascertained. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three subsets of sepsis publications from 2012 to 2017 were synthesized by the overall Altmetric.com attention score, number of mentions by unique Twitter users, and conventional citation counts. For these subsets, geolocated Twitter activity was plotted on a choropleth, the lag between publication date and altmetrics mentions was characterized, and correlations were examined between altmetrics performance and normalized conventional citation counts. RESULTS Of 57,152 PubMed query results, Altmetric.com data was available for 28,344 (49.6%). The top 50 publications by Altmetric.com attention score and Twitter attention represented a mix of original research and other types of work, garnering attention from Twitter users in 143 countries that was highly contemporaneous with publication. Altmetrics performance and conventional citation counts were poorly correlated. CONCLUSIONS While unreliable to gauge impact or future citation potential, altmetrics may be valuable for parties who wish to detect and drive public awareness of research findings and may enable researchers to dynamically explore the reach of their work in novel dimensions.
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- Craig S Jabaley
- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, 1750 Gambrell Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Anesthesiology Service Line, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA 30033, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, 1750 Gambrell Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Anesthesiology Service Line, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA 30033, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, 1750 Gambrell Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, 1750 Gambrell Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, 1750 Gambrell Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, 1750 Gambrell Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Anesthesiology Service Line, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA 30033, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, 201 Bowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, 1750 Gambrell Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, 1405 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
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Ramezani-Pakpour-Langeroudi F, Okhovati M, Talebian A. Do highly cited clinicians get more citations when being present at social networking sites? JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 2018; 7:18. [PMID: 29629379 PMCID: PMC5852979 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_69_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The advent of social networking sites has facilitated the dissemination of scientific research. This article aims to investigate the presence of Iranian highly cited clinicians in social networking sites. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a scientometrics study. Essential Science Indicator (ESI) was searched for Iranian highly cited papers in clinical medicine during November-December 2015. Then, the authors of the papers were checked and a list of authors was obtained. In the second phase, the authors' names were searched in the selected social networking sites (ResearchGate [RG], Academia, Mendeley, LinkedIn). The total citations and h-index in Scopus were also gathered. RESULTS Fifty-five highly cited papers were retrieved. A total of 107 authors participated in writing these papers. RG was the most popular (64.5%) and LinkedIn and Academia were in 2nd and 3rd places. None of the authors of highly cited papers were subscribed to Mendeley. A positive direct relationship was observed between visibility at social networking sites with citation and h-index rate. A significant relationship was observed between the RG score, citations, reads indicators in RG, and citation numbers and there was a significant relationship between the number of document indicator in Academia and the citation numbers. CONCLUSION It seems putting the papers in social networking sites can influence the citation rate. We recommend all scientists to be present at social networking sites to have better chance of visibility and also citation.
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- Fatemeh Ramezani-Pakpour-Langeroudi
- Medical Biotechnology Research Center, School of Nursing, Midwifery and paramedicine, Guilan, University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
- Department of Medical Library and Information, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Medical Library and Information, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Almutairi O, Albakr A, Al-Habib A, Ajlan A. The Top-100 Most-Cited Articles on Meningioma. World Neurosurg 2017; 107:1025-1032.e5. [PMID: 28804043 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is an abundance of articles published on meningioma. OBJECTIVE To identify the 100 most-cited articles on meningioma and to perform a bibliometric analysis. METHODS In November 2016, we performed a title-specific search of the Scopus database using "meningioma" as our search query term without publication date restrictions. The top 100 most cited articles were obtained and reviewed. RESULTS The top 100 most cited articles received a mean 198 citations per paper. Publication dates ranged from 1953 to 2013; most articles were published between 1994 and 2003, with 50 articles published during that period. NEUROSURGERY published the greatest number of top cited articles (22 of 100). The most frequent study categories were laboratorial studies (31 of 100) and natural history studies (28 of 100). Nonoperative management studies were twice as common as operative management studies in the top-cited articles. Neurosurgery as a specialty contributed to 50% of the top 100 list. The most contributing institute was the Mayo Clinic (11%); the majority of the top cited articles originated in the United States (53%). CONCLUSIONS We identified the top 100 most-cited articles on meningioma that may be considered significant and impactful works, as well as the most noteworthy. In addition, we recognized the historical development and advances in meningioma research and the important contributions of various authors, specialty fields, and countries. A large proportion of the most cited articles were written by authors other than neurosurgeons, and many of these articles were published in non-neurosurgery journals.
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- Othman Almutairi
- Department of Neurosurgery, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Adjunct Teaching Faculty, Neurosurgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
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Johnson NJ, Maher PJ, Badulak J, Luks AM. The Transition From Emergency Medicine Resident to Critical Care Fellow: A Road Map. AEM EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2017; 1:116-123. [PMID: 30051020 PMCID: PMC6001715 DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Emergency medicine (EM) residents now have a number of opportunities for fellowship training in critical care medicine (CCM). The aim of this review is to help EM residents navigate the application process, transition to fellowship, and start planning their careers beyond fellowship. Pathways to advanced training in CCM available for EM residents include internal medicine-CCM, anesthesiology-CCM, surgical critical care, and neurocritical care. Each has unique prerequisites, application timelines, and training requirements. EM residency graduates generally already have well-developed crisis management and team leadership skills and excel with procedures such as airway management, vascular access, and bedside ultrasound. Potential areas for growth for EM trainees include critical care physiology, end-of-life care, longitudinal inpatient care, and perioperative medicine. Career opportunities for physicians trained in EM and CCM are diverse and include options in community or academic settings. Some choose EM or CCM exclusively or engage in a mix of both. Academic positions with joint opportunities in EM and CCM are desirable, but can be challenging to negotiate. Many EM-CCM physicians serve as topic experts in their respective groups for clinical care, quality improvement, education, or research involving the interface between the ED and intensive care unit. As career paths in critical care continue to grow in popularity, EM residents, as well as CCM faculty and program directors, should be aware of the available fellowship options, as well as training and career development needs specific to EM residents.
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- Nicholas J. Johnson
- Division of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Washington/Harborview Medical CenterSeattleWA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineUniversity of Washington/Harborview Medical CenterSeattleWA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineUniversity of Washington/Harborview Medical CenterSeattleWA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineUniversity of Washington/Harborview Medical CenterSeattleWA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineUniversity of Washington/Harborview Medical CenterSeattleWA
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Choi J, You JS, Joo YS, Kong T, Ko DR, Chung SP. A bibliometric analysis of research productivity of emergency medicine researchers in South Korea. Clin Exp Emerg Med 2016; 3:245-251. [PMID: 28168231 PMCID: PMC5292304 DOI: 10.15441/ceem.16.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE During the past 20 years, over 1,400 doctors have been certified as emergency physicians in Korea. The number of scientific publications in the field of emergency medicine has also increased. This study aims to evaluate the research productivity of academic emergency physicians in South Korea. METHODS Articles published from 1996 to 2015 by authors affiliated with Korean emergency departments were retrieved using Pubmed, Embase, and Web of Science. Research productivity was analyzed quantitatively to ascertain the number of articles for publication type and year. The performance of these articles was also analyzed qualitatively using impact factor, citation number, and Hirsch index. Bibliometric analysis was performed by researching Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar. RESULTS A total of 858 articles with 293 Korean authors as the first or corresponding authors were published across 191 journals. The number of publications increased continuously. The most common publication type was original article (n=618), the most commonly studied research topic was resuscitation medicine (n=110), and the average impact factor of the original articles was 2.158. The highest h-index was 17 and, using Web of Science, the maximum number of citations was found to be 85. CONCLUSION This study suggests that the research productivity of Korean authors in the emergency medicine field has progressed steadily during the last 10 years. However, qualitative indexes, such as the number of citations and h-index value, remain low.
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- Jiun Choi
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Yi F, Yang P, Sheng H. Tracing the scientific outputs in the field of Ebola research based on publications in the Web of Science. BMC Res Notes 2016; 9:221. [PMID: 27083891 PMCID: PMC4832479 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-2026-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Ebola virus disease (hereafter EVD or Ebola) has a high fatality rate. The devastating effects of the current epidemic of Ebola in West Africa have put the global health response in acute focus. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern”. A small proportion of scientific literature is dedicated to Ebola research. Methods To identify global research trends in Ebola research, the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science™ database was used to search for data, which encompassed original articles published from 1900 to 2013. The keyword “Ebola” was used to identify articles for the purposes of this review. In order to include all published items, the database was searched using the Basic Search method. Results The earliest record of literature about Ebola indexed in the Web of Science is from 1977. A total of 2477 publications on Ebola, published between 1977 and 2014 (with the number of publications increasing annually), were retrieved from the database. Original research articles (n = 1623, 65.5 %) were the most common type of publication. Almost all (96.5 %) of the literature in this field was in English. The USA had the highest scientific output and greatest number of funding agencies. Journal of Virology published 239 papers on Ebola, followed by Journal of Infectious Diseases and Virology, which published 113 and 99 papers, respectively. A total of 1911 papers on Ebola were cited 61,477 times. Conclusion This analysis identified the current state of research and trends in studies about Ebola between 1977 and 2014. Our bibliometric analysis provides a historical perspective on the progress in Ebola research. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13104-016-2026-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Fengyun Yi
- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, 200025, China
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Choudhri AF, Siddiqui A, Khan NR, Cohen HL. Understanding bibliometric parameters and analysis. Radiographics 2016; 35:736-46. [PMID: 25969932 DOI: 10.1148/rg.2015140036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bibliometric parameters have become an important part of modern assessment of academic productivity. These parameters exist for the purpose of evaluating authors (publication count, citation count, h-index, m-quotient, hc-index, e-index, g-index, i-10 [i-n] index) and journals (impact factor, Eigenfactor, article influence score, SCImago journal rank, source-normalized impact per paper). Although in recent years there has been a proliferation of bibliometric parameters, the true meaning and appropriate use of these parameters is generally not well understood. Effective use of existing and emerging bibliometric tools can aid in assessment of academic productivity, including readiness for promotions and other awards. However, if not properly understood, the data can be misinterpreted and may be subject to manipulation. Familiarity with bibliometric parameters will aid in their effective implementation in the review of authors-whether individuals or groups-and journals, as well as their possible use in the promotions review process, maximizing the effectiveness of bibliometric analysis.
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- Asim F Choudhri
- From the Department of Radiology, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 848 Adams Ave, G216, Memphis, TN 38103 (A.F.C., A.S., H.L.C.); and Departments of Radiology (A.F.C., A.S., H.L.C.), Neurosurgery (A.F.C., N.R.K.), Ophthalmology (A.F.C.), Pediatrics (H.L.C.), and Obstetrics (H.L.C.), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tenn
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De la Flor-Martínez M, Galindo-Moreno P, Sánchez-Fernández E, Piattelli A, Cobo MJ, Herrera-Viedma E. H-classic: a new method to identify classic articles in Implant Dentistry, Periodontics, and Oral Surgery. Clin Oral Implants Res 2016; 27:1317-1330. [DOI: 10.1111/clr.12749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Department of Oral Surgery and Implant Dentistry; University of Granada; Granada Spain
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- Department of Medical Oral & Biotechnological Science; G d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara; Chieti Italy
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- Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence; University of Granada; Granada Spain
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Tang X, Gong W, Yuan F, Li R, Han X, Huang S, Zhi F, Jiang B. Top-cited articles in digestive system disease from 1950 to 2013. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2016; 31:107-11. [PMID: 26173467 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.13032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 05/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/25/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Examination of top-cited articles is a tool that can help to identify and monitor outstanding scientific researches and landmark papers. We aimed to identify the 100 most cited published papers in peer-reviewed biomedical journals in the field of digestive diseases and to examine their characteristics. METHODS The Web of Science (including Science Citation Index) was searched for the most cited papers related to digestive diseases, published from 1955 to the present. The top 100 most cited articles were identified. The number of citations, countries, and institutions of origin, year of publication, study design, topic, and levels of evidence of the articles were noted and analyzed. RESULTS The most top-cited articles had a mean of 1375 citations. These articles were published between 1978 and 2009 in 29 high-impact journals, with the New England Journal of Medicine (n = 22) topping the list. Of the 100 articles, 34 were clinical studies, 15 were review articles, and 34 were concerned basic science. These articles came from 18 countries, with the USA contributing most of the top-cited articles (n = 53). Eighty-seven institutions produced these 100 top-cited articles, led by the University of Barcelona (n = 4). Seven persons authored two or more of these top-cited articles. The mostly represented specialty was gastrointestinal oncology (n = 49). CONCLUSIONS Our study can give a historical perspective on the scientific progress of digestive diseases, as well as allow for recognition of most important advances in this area and provide useful information to guide future researches.
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- Xiaowei Tang
- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Ahmad SS, Ahmad SS, Kohl S, Ahmad S, Ahmed AR. The hundred most cited articles in bariatric surgery. Obes Surg 2015; 25:900-9. [PMID: 25720513 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-014-1542-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many studies quantitatively analyzing scientific papers have appeared in the last 2 years. Citation analysis is a commonly used bibliometric method. In spite of some limitations, it remains a good measure of the impact an article has on a specific field, specialty, or a journal. The aim of this study was to analyze the qualities and characteristics of the 100 most cited articles in the field of bariatric surgery. METHODS The Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge was used to list all bariatric surgery-related articles (BSRA) published from 1945 to 2014. The top 100 most cited BSRA in 354 surgical and high impact general journals were selected for further analysis. RESULTS Most of the articles were published in the 2000s (60%). The top 100 most cited were published in 17 of the 354 journals. Leading countries were USA followed by Canada and Australia. Most of the articles published (76%) were clinical experience articles. The most common level of evidence was IV (42%). CONCLUSIONS Many of the milestone papers in bariatric surgery have been included in this bibliometric study. A huge increase in research activity during the last decade is clearly visible in the field. It is apparent that the number of citations of an article is not related to its level of evidence; a fact that is increasingly being emphasized in surgical research.
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- Suhaib S Ahmad
- Buckingham Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, UK
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Khan NR, Lee SL, Brown M, Reding J, Angotti J, Lepard J, Gabrick K, Klimo P, Michael LM. Highly Cited Works in Skull Base Neurosurgery. World Neurosurg 2015; 83:403-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ahmad SS, Evangelopoulos DS, Abbasian M, Röder C, Kohl S. The hundred most-cited publications in orthopaedic knee research. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2014; 96:e190. [PMID: 25410518 DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.n.00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite its limitations, citation analysis remains one of the best currently available tools for quantifying the impact of articles. Bibliometric studies list the "best-sellers" in a single location, and they have been published frequently in many fields during recent years. The purpose of the present study was to report the qualities and characteristics of citation classics in orthopaedic knee research. METHODS The database of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was utilized for identification of articles published from 1945 to March 2014. All knee articles that had been published in sixty-five orthopaedic and twenty-nine rheumatology journals and that had been cited at least 200 times were identified. The top 100 were selected for further analysis of authorship, source journal, number of citations, citation rate (both since publication and in 2013), geographic origin, article type, and level of evidence. RESULTS The publication dates of the 100 most-cited articles ranged from 1948 to 2007, with the greatest number of articles published in the 1980s. Citations per article ranged from 2640 to 287. All articles were published in eleven of the ninety-four journals. The leading countries of origin were the U.S. followed by the U.K. and Sweden. The two main focus areas were sports traumatology and degenerative disease. The number of citations per article was also greatest for articles published in the 1980s. Basic research articles were cited more quickly, but not more often, than clinical articles. Most articles represented Level-IV evidence, followed by Levels II, III, and I. CONCLUSIONS This bibliometric study is likely to include a list of intellectual milestones in orthopaedic knee research. It is apparent that a high level of evidence is not mandatory for an article to gain a large number of citations. Bibliometric reports provide a reflection of the quality of cited research published in a specific field and should therefore provoke thinking within the scientific community.
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- Sufian S Ahmad
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail address for S.S. Ahmad:
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail address for S.S. Ahmad:
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail address for S.S. Ahmad:
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- Institute for Evaluative Research in Medicine, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse, 3007 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail address for S.S. Ahmad:
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Zhang X, Tang T, Zhao Z, Zheng L, Ding Y. Visualization analysis of research frontiers and trends in nerve regeneration and osseoperception in the repair of tooth loss. Neural Regen Res 2014; 9:2013-8. [PMID: 25598785 PMCID: PMC4283286 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.145385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This study analyzed 85 articles indexed by the Web of Science concerning nerve regeneration and osseoperception during tooth loss repair. Using the Web of Science database and Citespace III software, a document co-citation network map was drawn by document co-citation analysis and word frequency analysis methods. Combined with emergent node secondary literature retrieval, subject headings with apparent changing word frequency trends were retrieved so as to identify research frontiers and development trends. Research frontiers and hotspots for neuronal calcium sensor protein were quantitatively explored to forecast future research developments in nerve regeneration and osseoperception during repair of tooth loss.
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- Xiaoge Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shanxi Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Orthodontics, the Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shanxi Province, China
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Liu G, Jiang R, Jin Y. Sciatic nerve injury repair: a visualized analysis of research fronts and development trends. Neural Regen Res 2014; 9:1716-22. [PMID: 25374595 PMCID: PMC4211194 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.141810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A total of 3,446 publications regarding sciatic nerve injury repair and protection indexed by Web of Science during 2000–2004 were used for a detailed analysis of temporal-spatial distribution characteristics. Reference co-citation networks of the 100 top-cited publications as per the number of total citations were created using the Web of Science database and the information visualization tool, CiteSpaceIII. The key words that showed high frequency in these publications were included for analyzing the research fronts and development trends for sciatic nerve injury repair and protection. Through word frequency trend analysis, studies on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, adipose-derived stem cells, and skeletal muscle-derived multipotent stem cells combined with tissue-engineered scaffold material will become the forefronts in the field of sciatic nerve injury repair and protection in the near future.
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- Guangyao Liu
- Department of Orthopedics, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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Martínez MA, Herrera M, Contreras E, Ruíz A, Herrera-Viedma E. Characterizing highly cited papers in Social Work through H-Classics. Scientometrics 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1460-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Yi F, Ma J, Ni W, Chang R, Liu W, Han X, Pan D, Liu X, Qiu J. The top cited articles on glioma stem cells in Web of Science. Neural Regen Res 2014; 8:1431-8. [PMID: 25206439 PMCID: PMC4107765 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.15.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background: Glioma is the most common intracranial tumor and has a poor patient prognosis. The presence of brain tumor stem cells was gradually being understood and recognized, which might be beneficial for the treatment of glioma. Objective: To use bibliometric indexes to track study focuses on glioma stem cell, and to investigate the relationships among geographic origin, impact factors, and highly cited articles indexed in Web of Science. Methods: A list of citation classics for glioma stem cells was generated by searching the database of Web of Science-Expanded using the terms “glioma stem cell” or “glioma, stem cell” or “brain tumor stem cell”. The top 63 cited research articles which were cited more than 100 times were retrieved by reading the abstract or full text if needed. Each eligible article was reviewed for basic information on subject categories, country of origin, journals, authors, and source of journals. Inclusive criteria: (1) articles in the field of glioma stem cells which was cited more than 100 times; (2) fundamental research on humans or animals, clinical trials and case reports; (3) research article; (4) year of publication: 1899–2012; and (5) citation database: Science Citation Index-Expanded. Exclusive criteria: (1) articles needing to be manually searched or accessed only by telephone; (2) unpublished articles; and (3) reviews, conference proceedings, as well as corrected papers. Results: Of 2 040 articles published, the 63 top-cited articles were published between 1992 and 2010. The number of citations ranged from 100 to 1 754, with a mean of 280 citations per article. These citation classics came from nineteen countries, of which 46 articles came from the United States. Duke University and University of California, San Francisco led the list of classics with seven papers each. The 63 top-cited articles were published in 28 journals, predominantly Cancer Research and Cancer Cell, followed by Cell Stem Cell and Nature. Conclusion: Our bibliometric analysis provides a historical perspective on the progress of glioma stem cell research. Articles originating from outstanding institutions of the United States and published in high-impact journals are most likely to be cited.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, Liaoning Province, China
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Pagni M, Khan NR, Cohen HL, Choudhri AF. Highly cited works in radiology: the top 100 cited articles in radiologic journals. Acad Radiol 2014; 21:1056-66. [PMID: 24833569 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Revised: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The number of citations a publication receives can be used to show its impact on a field of study. It may indicate the educational interest in a given population or underline a perceived or real educational gap. This article identifies and characterizes the 100 top cited publications in radiologic journals as of May 2013. MATERIALS AND METHODS All clinical radiologic journals listed by Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports in 2011 were identified. A total of 46 journals were identified, and all articles published within these journals were analyzed for citation counts. The top 100 highly cited articles were recorded. RESULTS The most frequently cited radiologic articles appeared in 9 of the 46 journals. These included 59 articles in Radiology, 17 in Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 9 in the American Journal of Roentgenology, 5 in the British Journal of Radiology, 4 in Investigative Radiology, 2 in American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2 in European Radiology, 2 in Radiologic Clinics of North America, 1 in the Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, and 1 in Pediatric Radiology. The citation values ranged from 422 to 7506 with a mean of 751. Publication dates ranged from 1967 to 2006 with the 5-year period between 1986 and 1990 accounting for the largest percentage of articles. The most frequently studied radiologic modality was magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; 28 articles), followed by vascular/interventional (19 articles) and nuclear medicine (13 articles). The central nervous system was the most frequently studied organ system (22 articles), followed by mixed organ systems (14 articles) and liver (12 articles). CONCLUSIONS The top cited articles in radiologic journals span a wide range of imaging modalities, subspecialties, and organ systems. Topics that occurred frequently in the top 100 cited articles included contrast and radiopharmaceutical characterization, MRI of motion, percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in the liver and percutaneous vertebroplasty. We present a methodology that uses citation analysis to identify and characterize these articles. Its use may aid radiologists, academic organization, and editorial staff in determining areas of imaging interest or perceived educational gap. It also highlights the importance of including classic articles in current imaging education.
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Long X, Huang JZ, Ho YS. A historical review of classic articles in surgery field. Am J Surg 2014; 208:841-849. [PMID: 25167972 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2013] [Revised: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Surgery is one of the most rapidly developing specialties in the past century. Diagnostic methods, operation technique, and knowledge of the diseases are changing continuously. In the academic history, lots of classic papers brought advances for surgery. They were accepted and cited numerously by the medical specialists all over the world. Citation analysis reflects the recognition a work has received in the scientific community by its peers. DATA SOURCES The articles in the field of surgery have been cited at least 1,000 times since its publication to 2011 were analyzed. By categorizing the publication year, journals, authors, institutions, countries, life citation cycles, level of evidence provided, and characteristics of the topmost articles, we intended to determine what qualities make the articles important to the specialty. The methodology used in this study was based on the Science Citation Index Expanded database of Web of Science from Thomson Reuters. According to Journal Citation Reports of 2011, it indexes 8,336 journals with citation references across 176Web of Science categories in science edition. Level of evidence of these articles was graded according to the standard provided by Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. CONCLUSION Totally 36 articles have been cited at least 1,000 times since their publication to the year 2011. According to their citation histories, 35 articles were further evaluated. These topmost articles covered 8 subspecialties of surgery and were published in 17 journals. The publication year varied from 1940 to 1999 and the articles provided different level of evidence, most of which are retrospective studies of case series. Six articles were research articles including animal model, histology analysis, and laboratory research. The others were clinical articles. From the results of citation analysis, the classic articles are not always in top citations. In addition, some of these articles have no citations after several years post their publication. The introduction of a commonly used classification or scoring system is a major factor in propelling citation by other authors. The most cited articles in surgery present their long academic life in spite of their level of evidence and journal impact factor in which they were published.
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- Xiao Long
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Trend Research Centre, Asia University, No. 500, Lioufeng Road, Wufeng, Taichung County 41354, Taiwan.
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Khan NR, Auschwitz T, McAbee JH, Boop FA, Klimo P. Highly cited publications in pediatric neurosurgery: part 2. Childs Nerv Syst 2013; 29:2215-28. [PMID: 24113776 PMCID: PMC4530008 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2293-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE Citation counting can be used to evaluate the impact an article has made on its discipline. This study characterizes the most cited articles related to clinical pediatric neurosurgery as of July 2013. METHODS A list of search terms was computed using Thomson Reuters Web of Science® (WOS) to capture the 100 most cited articles in the overall literature and the top 50 articles from 2002 to 2012 related to clinical pediatric neurosurgery from non-dedicated pediatric neurosurgical journals. The following information was recorded for each article: number of authors, country of origin, citation count adjusted for number of years in print, topic, and level of evidence. RESULTS The 100 most cited articles appeared in 44 journals. Publication dates ranged from 1986 to 2008; two were class 1 evidence, nine class 2, 26 class 3, and 52 class 4. Citations ranged from 90 to 321 (mean = 131); average time-adjusted citation count was 10. The 50 most cited articles from 2002 to 2012 appeared in 31 journals; four were class 2 evidence, 15 class 3, and 21 class 4. Citations ranged from 68 to 245 (mean = 103); average time-adjusted citation count was 13. CONCLUSION Overall, papers from non-pediatric neurosurgical journals had higher citation counts and improved level of evidence grades compared to articles from pediatric neurosurgical periodicals. An original paper related to clinical pediatric neurosurgery in a non-pediatric neurosurgical journal having a total citation count of 100-150 or more and an average citation count of 10-15 per year or more can be considered a high-impact publication.
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- Nickalus R. Khan
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA,Le Bonheur Neuroscience Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 50 N. Dunlap Street, Memphis, TN 38103, USA,Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA,Le Bonheur Neuroscience Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 50 N. Dunlap Street, Memphis, TN 38103, USA,Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, Memphis, TN, USA
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Wilcox MA, Khan NR, McAbee JH, Boop FA, Klimo P. Highly cited publications in pediatric neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst 2013; 29:2201-13. [PMID: 23900628 PMCID: PMC4530009 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2228-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECT The number of citations a publication receives can be used as a surrogate for the impact that article has made on its discipline. This study identifies and characterizes the most cited articles in pediatric neurosurgical journals as of April 2013. METHODS We examined four clinical pediatric neurosurgery journals. The 100 most cited articles in the overall literature and the top 50 articles from 2002 to 2012 were examined. The following information was recorded for each article: number of authors, country of origin, citation-count adjusted for number of years in print, topic, and level of evidence. RESULTS The 100 most cited articles appeared in three of the four journals: Child's Brain, Pediatric Neurosurgery and Child's Nervous System. Publication dates ranged from 1975 to 2006; 21 were prospective studies, 64 were retrospective, and 81 were either class 4 evidence (case series, n = 70) or review articles (n = 11). Citations ranged from 65 to 193 (mean of 90); average adjusted citation count per year was 4.5. The 50 most cited articles from 2002 to 2012 appeared in Child's Nervous System, Pediatric Neurosurgery, and JNS: Pediatrics. Four were prospective studies, 25 were retrospective, and 38 of the total (76 %) were either class 4 evidence (n = 24) or review articles (n = 14). Citations ranged from 41 to 125 (mean of 54); average adjusted citation count per year was 6.3. CONCLUSION An original paper in pediatric neurosurgery having a total citation count of 50 or more, and an average citation count of 5 per year or more can be considered a high impact publication.
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- College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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An examination of top-cited articles is a tool that can be used to identify and monitor outstanding scientific research. The goal of this study was to identify and analyze the characteristics of the 100 top-cited articles published in international journals dedicated to psychiatry. The Science Citation Index Expanded provided by the Thomson Reuters Institute for Scientific Information Web of Knowledge was searched in December, 2011, and 128 journals were identified in the subject category "Psychiatry." Each journal was searched on the Web of Science under "Publication Name" and the results were sorted by category "Times Cited." The 100 top-cited articles were recorded, and the list was analyzed with regard to journals, number of citations, authors, year, institution, and country of origin. The original research articles of the 100 top-cited articles were classified into one of five categories: scale/measurement, descriptive/epidemiology, mechanism, management, and imaging. The 100 top-cited articles were cited between 26,578 and 781 times; they were published between 1957 and 2005, with the largest number (35) published in the 1990s. The articles appeared in 24 journals, with more than half published in the Archives of General Psychiatry (56), followed by the American Journal of Psychiatry (6), and Psychological Medicine (6). Articles that dealt with the development, application, or validity of measurements led the list of top-cited psychiatric publications (43) and had a significantly higher number of citations compared with the rest of the articles. The time and language of publication, field of study, country of origin, and journal in which the paper appeared are possible determinants of the likelihood of citation and impact.
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The top cited clinical research articles on sepsis: a bibliometric analysis. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2012; 16:R110. [PMID: 22731930 PMCID: PMC3580668 DOI: 10.1186/cc11401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Introduction The objective of this study was to identify and characterize the most highly cited clinical research articles published on sepsis. Methods A comprehensive list of citation classics in sepsis was generated by searching the database of Web of Science-Expanded (1970 to present) using keywords 'sepsis' or 'septic shock'. The top 50 cited clinical research papers were retrieved by reading the abstract or full text if needed. Each eligible article was reviewed for basic information, including country of origin, article type, journals, authors, and funding sources. Results A total of 2,151 articles were cited more than 100 times; the 50 top-cited clinical articles were published between 1974 and 2008. The number of citations ranged from 372 to 2,932, with a mean of 678 citations per article. These citation classics came from nine countries, of which 26 articles came from the United States. Rush University and the University of Pittsburgh lead the list of classics with six papers each. The 50 top-cited articles were published in 17 journals, with the New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of the American Medical Association topping the list. The top 50 articles consisted of 21 clinical trials and 29 observational studies. Conclusions Our bibliometric analysis provides a historical perspective on the progress of clinical research on sepsis. Articles originating from the United States and published in high-impact journals are most likely to be cited in the field of sepsis research.
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Riera M, Aibar E. [Does open access publishing increase the impact of scientific articles? An empirical study in the field of intensive care medicine]. Med Intensiva 2012; 37:232-40. [PMID: 22683044 DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2012.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2012] [Revised: 03/25/2012] [Accepted: 04/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Some studies suggest that open access articles are more often cited than non-open access articles. However, the relationship between open access and citations count in a discipline such as intensive care medicine has not been studied to date. The present article analyzes the effect of open access publishing of scientific articles in intensive care medicine journals in terms of citations count. METHODS We evaluated a total of 161 articles (76% being non-open access articles) published in Intensive Care Medicine in the year 2008. Citation data were compared between the two groups up until April 30, 2011. Potentially confounding variables for citation counts were adjusted for in a linear multiple regression model. RESULTS The median number (interquartile range) of citations of non-open access articles was 8 (4-12) versus 9 (6-18) in the case of open access articles (p=0.084). In the highest citation range (>8), the citation count was 13 (10-16) and 18 (13-21) (p=0.008), respectively. The mean follow-up was 37.5 ± 3 months in both groups. In the 30-35 months after publication, the average number (mean ± standard deviation) of citations per article per month of non-open access articles was 0.28 ± 0.6 versus 0.38 ± 0.7 in the case of open access articles (p=0.043). Independent factors for citation advantage were the Hirsch index of the first signing author (β=0.207; p=0.015) and open access status (β=3.618; p=0.006). CONCLUSIONS Open access publishing and the Hirsch index of the first signing author increase the impact of scientific articles. The open access advantage is greater for the more highly cited articles, and appears in the 30-35 months after publication.
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, España.
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Ibrahim GM, Carter Snead O, Rutka JT, Lozano AM. The most cited works in epilepsy: Trends in the “Citation Classics”. Epilepsia 2012; 53:765-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03455.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tripathi RS, Blum JM, Papadimos TJ, Rosenberg AL. A bibliometric search of citation classics in anesthesiology. BMC Anesthesiol 2011; 11:24. [PMID: 22151105 PMCID: PMC3261113 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-11-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Articles cited counts are catalogued and help identify landmark papers. This study provides a citation classics of anesthesiology literature using the framework of subspecialties to provide a review of well-developed areas of research in anesthesiology. METHODS A comprehensive list of the most-cited articles in anesthesia was compiled using a bibliometric database and general search terms such as "anesthesia" as well as subspecialty-specific search terms. Queries were reviewed for relevance to anesthesiology practice, categorized by subspecialty, and ranked according to their citation counts. RESULTS The database resulted in 2519 articles published between 1945 and 2008. The specialty areas most represented were chronic pain medicine (11%), pharmacology (9%), and pain sciences (9%). CONCLUSIONS This citations classic allows for advances in anesthesiology and its subspecialties to be highlighted as well to provide useful manuscripts to guide patient care, direct future research, and serve as sources for future academic pursuit.
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- Ravi S Tripathi
- University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology, 1H247 UH, SPC 5048, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5048, USA.
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