Huemer, GM; Bauer, T; Gurunluoglu, R; Sakho, C; Oehlbauer, M; Dunst, KM "Analysis of publications in three plastic surgery journals for the year 2002" PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, 114 (5): 1147-1154 OCT 2004

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address:
Georg M. Huemer : georg.huemer at uibk.ac.at

Author(s): Huemer, GM; Bauer, T; Gurunluoglu, R; Sakho, C; Oehlbauer, M;
Dunst, KM

Title    : Analysis of publications in three plastic surgery journals for
the year 2002

Journal  : PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, 114 (5): 1147-1154 OCT 2004

Abstract :
The goal of this study was to analyze the publications in the plastic
surgery literature for the year 2002. Contents of these articles, authors'
information (such as nationality affiliation of the first author), type of
institution, presence of grant support, and previous presentation were
analyzed. For inclusion in this study, the publications had to be original
articles from the three most frequently read general plastic surgery
journals: Annals of Plastic Surgery, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, and
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. With this approach, 533 articles were
included in the study. To give a cross-sectional analysis of the content of
all articles, 11 distinct categories were created in which all tire articles
were subsummarized. The categories were based on anatomical regions and
specific plastic surgical areas. A summary is given for each of the
categories to provide an overview of the field in which most of the research
in plastic surgery was taking place in 2002 and which topics were focused
on. The authors found that only 7 percent of all articles had grant support,
whereas 36 percent of articles were presented previously during a scientific
meeting. Most of the articles came from university-based institutions (68
percent), followed by non-university-based institutions (29 percent) and
private practice (3 pet-cent). Regarding nationality affiliation, most of
the articles came from the United States (n = 229) and Europe (n = 128); in
Asia, Turkey (n = 39) and Japan (n = 36) were the countries with the most
published articles.

Addresses:
Leopold Franzens Univ, Ludwig Boltzmann Inst Qual Control Plast & Recons,
Dept Plast & Reconstruct Surg, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; Leopold Franzens
Univ, Ludwig Boltzmann Inst Qual Control Plast & Recons, Dept Cardiac Surg,
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Reprint Address: Huemer, GM, Leopold Franzens Univ, Ludwig Boltzmann Inst
Qual Control Plast & Recons, Dept Plast & Reconstruct Surg, Anichstr 35,
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

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Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Publisher Address: 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA

ISSN: 0032-1052

ISI Document Delivery No.: 861DQ

CITED REFERENCES:
   ANGERMEYER MC, 2001, PSYCHIAT PRAX, V28, P368
   CHUNG KC, 2002, PLAST RECONSTR SURG, V109, P1
   HASBROUCK LM, 2003, AM J EPIDEMIOL, V157, P399
   ISMAIL Y, 2002, BRIT J PLAST SURG, V55, P570
   KANG N, 2002, BRIT J PLAST SURG, V55, P463
   MELA GS, 2003, EUR RADIOL, V13, P657