Porta M, Fernandez E, Puigdomenech E "Book citations: influence of epidemiologic thought in the academic community " REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA 40: 50-56 Sp. Iss. SI, AUG 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: mporta at imim.es 

Title: Book citations: influence of epidemiologic thought in the academic 
community 

Author(s): Porta M, Fernandez E, Puigdomenech E 

Source: REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA 40: 50-56 Sp. Iss. SI, AUG 2006 

Document Type: Article 
Language: English 
Cited References: 68      Times Cited: 0     
   
Abstract: 
Whilst their 'death' has often been certified, books remain highly 
important to most professions and academic disciplines. Analyses of 
citations received by epidemiologic texts may complement other views on 
epidemiology. The objective was to assess the number of citations received 
by some books of epidemiology and public health, as a first step towards 
studying the influence of epidemiological thought and thinking in academia. 
For this purpose, Institute for Scientific Information/Thomson Scientific - 
Web of Science/Web of Knowledgedatabase was consulted, in May 2006. The 
book by Rothman & Greenland appeared to have received the highest number of 
citations overall ( over 8,000) and per year. The books by Kleinbaum et al, 
and by Breslow & Day received around 5,000 citations. In terms of citations 
per year the book by Sackett et al ranks 3rd, and the one by Rose, 4th of 
those included in this preliminary study. Other books which were 
influential in the classrooms collected comparatively less citations. 
Results offer a rich picture of the academic influences and trends of 
epidemiologic methods and reasoning on public health, clinical medicine and 
the other health, life and social sciences. They may contribute to assess 
epidemiologists' efforts to demarcate epidemiology and to assert epistemic 
authority, and to analyze some historical influences of economic, social 
and political forces on epidemiological research. 

Author Keywords: textbooks; reference books; epidemiology; bibliometrics 
KeyWords Plus: BIBLIOGRAPHIC IMPACT-FACTOR; PUBLIC-HEALTH; TEXTBOOKS; 
JOURNALS; MEDICINE 

Addresses: Porta M (reprint author), Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Clin & Mol 
Epidemiol Canc Unit, IMIM, Carrer Dr Aiguader 80, Barcelona, Catalonia E-
08003 Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Clin & Mol Epidemiol Canc Unit, IMIM, Barcelona, 
Catalonia E-08003 Spain
Inst Catala Oncol, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Barcelona Spain 

E-mail Addresses: mporta at imim.es 

Publisher: REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA, FACULDADE SAUDE PUBL DA USP, AV DR 
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Subject Category: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 
IDS Number: 074WO 

ISSN: 0034-8910 

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