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Madhugiri VS, Venkatesan S. Does Reader Engagement with Neurosurgery Journal Websites Correlate with the Number of Citations Received by Articles? Neurol India 2024; 72:352-357. [PMID: 38691481 DOI: 10.4103/ni.ni_38_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Medicine has begun adapting to new information-sharing paradigms in the hyper-connected social media era. In this milieu, the role of journal websites in the dissemination of clinical and research information needs to be reevaluated. OBJECTIVE We sought to explore whether reader engagement with neurosurgical journal websites, reflected by the number of article views and downloads, correlated with the eventual number of citations received by the articles. METHODS The websites of all Medline indexed neurosurgical journals were screened to identify those that provided information regarding the number of abstract and full text views and downloads. Articles published in these journals between July 2010 and June 2011 were included in this analysis. Various article attributes were identified and the number of citations per article was obtained from Google Scholar. The impact factors of the selected journals for the year 2010 were obtained from the Journal Citation Reports. RESULTS Twenty-two journals that had published 2527 articles were finally included in this analysis. The number of abstract views, full-text views, and downloads all correlated strongly with the journal impact factors in 2010 as well as the eventual citations per article. The number of article downloads independently predicted the citations per article on multivariate analysis. Neurology India had significantly higher article views and downloads but lower citations per article than the other journals. CONCLUSIONS Readers were found to engage significantly with neurosurgical journal websites and therefore, open access to articles would lead to increased visibility of articles, resulting in higher citation rates.
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- Venkatesh S Madhugiri
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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Impact Factor, h-Index, and Alternative Metrics: How Should We Measure the Impact of Publications in Plastic Surgery? Plast Reconstr Surg 2020; 146:247e-248e. [DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000007034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ajmera S, Lee RP, Schultz A, Hersh DS, Lepard J, Xu R, Saad H, Akinduro O, Justo M, Fraser BD, Motiwala M, Dave P, Jimenez B, Wallace DA, Osikoya O, Norrdahl S, Dooley JH, Khan NR, Vaughn BN, Maher CO, Klimo P. Postgraduate publishing output in pediatric neurosurgery: correlation with fellowship site and individual scholars. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019; 24:343-351. [PMID: 31226678 DOI: 10.3171/2019.4.peds18717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to analyze the publication output of postgraduate pediatric neurosurgery fellows for a 10-year period as well as identify 25 individual highly productive pediatric neurosurgeons. The correlation between academic productivity and the site of fellowship training was studied. METHODS Programs certified by the Accreditation Council for Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowships that had 5 or more graduating fellows from 2006 to 2015 were included for analysis. Fellows were queried using Scopus for publications during those 10 years with citation data through 2017. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated, comparing program rankings of faculty against fellows using the revised Hirsch index (r-index; primary) and Hirsch index (h-index; secondary). A list of 25 highly accomplished individual academicians and their fellowship training locations was compiled. RESULTS Sixteen programs qualified with 152 fellows from 2006 to 2015; 136 of these surgeons published a total of 2009 articles with 23,735 citations. Most publications were pediatric-specific (66.7%) clinical articles (93.1%), with middle authorship (55%). Co-investigators were more likely from residency than fellowship. There was a clustering of the top 7 programs each having total publications of around 120 or greater, publications per fellow greater than 12, more than 1200 citations, and adjusted ir10 (revised 10-year institutional h-index) and ih10 (10-year institutional h-index) values of approximately 2 or higher. Correlating faculty and fellowship program rankings yielded correlation coefficients ranging from 0.53 to 0.80. Fifteen individuals (60%) in the top 25 (by r5 index) list completed their fellowship at 1 of these 7 institutions. CONCLUSIONS Approximately 90% of fellowship-trained pediatric neurosurgeons have 1 or more publications, but the spectrum of output is broad. There is a strong correlation between where surgeons complete their fellowships and postgraduate publications.
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- 2Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- 3Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- 4Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
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- 5Arkansas Neuroscience Institute, CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- 3Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- 8Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and
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- 3Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
- 7Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
- 9Semmes Murphey, Memphis, Tennessee
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Murphy LS, Kraus CK, Lotfipour S, Gottlieb M, Langabeer JR, Langdorf MI. Measuring Scholarly Productivity: A Primer for Junior Faculty. Part III: Understanding Publication Metrics. West J Emerg Med 2018; 19:1003-1011. [PMID: 30429933 PMCID: PMC6225941 DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2018.9.38213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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There are approximately 78 indexed journals in the specialty of emergency medicine (EM), making it challenging to determine which is the best option for junior faculty. This paper is the final component of a three-part series focused on guiding junior faculty to enhance their scholarly productivity. As an EM junior faculty's research career advances, the bibliometric tools and resources detailed in this paper should be considered when developing a publication submission strategy. The tenure and promotion decision process in many universities relies at least in part on these types of bibliometrics. This paper provides an understanding of new, alternative metrics that can be used to promote scientific progress in a transparent and timely manner.
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- Linda S Murphy
- University of California-Irvine Libraries, Reference Department, Irvine, California
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- Geisinger Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Danville, Pennsylvania
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- University of California Irvine Health School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Irvine, California
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- Rush University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- University of California Irvine Health School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Irvine, California
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Discussion: Social Media and the Dissemination of Research: Insights from the Most Widely Circulated Articles in Plastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg 2018; 142:565-566. [PMID: 30045189 DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000004618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kolahi J, Khazaei S. Altmetric analysis of contemporary dental literature. Br Dent J 2018; 225:68-72. [PMID: 29977020 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- J Kolahi
- Independent Research Scientist, Founder and Managing Editor of Dental Hypotheses, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Endodontics, Dental Research Centre, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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