Coats AJS "Top of the charts: Download versus citations in the International Journal of Cardiology " International J. of Cardiology 105(2):123-125, Nov 2, 2005.

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: ajscoats at aol.com

Title: Top of the charts: Download versus citations in the International
Journal of Cardiology

Author(s): Coats AJS

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 105 (2): 123-125 NOV 2 2005

Document Type: Editorial Material         Language: English
Cited References: 21                      Times Cited: 1

Abstract:
The medical literature is growing at an alarming rate. Research assessment
exercises, research quality frameworks, league tables and the like have
attempted to quantify the volume, quality and impact of research. Yet the
established measures (such as citation rates) are being challenged by the
sheer number of journals, variability in the "gold standard" of peer-review
and the emergence of open-source or web-based journals. In the last few
years, we have seen a growth in downloads to individual journal articles
that now easily exceeds formal journal subscriptions. We have recorded the
10 top cited articles over a 12-month period and compared them to the 10
most popular articles being downloaded over the same time period. The
citation-based listing included basic and applied, observational and
interventional original research reports. For downloaded articles, which
have shown a dramatic increase for the International Journal of Cardiology
from 48,000 in 2002 to 120,000 in 2003 to 200,000 in 2004, the most popular
articles over the same period are very different and are dominated by up-to-
date reviews of either cutting-edge topics (such as the potential of stem
cells) or of the management of rare or unusual conditions. There is no
overlap between the two lists despite covering exactly the same 12-month
period and using measures of peer esteem. Perhaps the time has come to look
at the usage of articles rather than, or in addition to, their referencing.
(c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Addresses: Coats AJS (reprint author), Univ Sydney, Fac Med, Sydney, NSW
2006 Australia
Univ Sydney, Fac Med, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia

E-mail Addresses: ajscoats at aol.com

Publisher: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK
SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND
Subject Category: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
IDS Number: 981BG

ISSN: 0167-5273

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