Goss, DA (Goss, David A.) Citation patterns in the optometric and ophthalmologic clinical binocular vision literature OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE, 83 (12): 895-902 DEC 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: dgoss at indiana.edu

Author(s): Goss, DA (Goss, David A.) 

Title: Citation patterns in the optometric and ophthalmologic clinical 
binocular vision literature 

Source: OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE, 83 (12): 895-902 DEC 2006 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: accommodation; Association of Vision Science Librarians; 
binocular vision; citation analysis; healthcare libraries; ophthalmology; 
optometry; vergence disorders 

Keywords Plus: CONVERGENCE INSUFFICIENCY; EFFICACY; THERAPY 

Abstract: Purpose. The purpose of this study is to compare citation 
patterns in the clinical binocular vision literature of optometry and 
ophthalmology.

Methods. The author conducted citation analysis of two current clinical 
binocular vision textbooks from optometry and two from ophthalmology and 
of articles published in the years 2000 to 2004 in optometry and 
ophthalmology journals. Topical parameters for inclusion of sources were 
diagnosis and management of nonstrabismic binocular vision disorders, 
diagnosis and management of nonpresbyopic ocular accommodation disorders, 
and procedures for examining such conditions. These topical parameters 
were chosen because they are areas in which the diagnostic procedures and 
treatment options available to members of the two professions are not 
delineated by their respective scopes of practice.

Results. The most frequently cited journals in the optometric publications 
were optometry journals (63% of citations in the optometry textbooks and 
58% in the optometry journal articles). The most frequently cited journals 
in the ophthalmology publications were ophthalmology journals (79% of 
citations in the ophthalmology textbooks and 49% in the ophthalmology 
journal articles). Each discipline also cited a greater variety of 
journals from within its own field than was cited by the other discipline. 
The journal with the highest total number of citations was Optometry and 
Vision Science (280) followed by Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics (73), 
American Journal of Ophthalmology (68), Investigative Ophthalmology and 
Visual Science (62), and Optometry (61).
Conclusions. Optometry and ophthalmology sources show more citations to 
materials from their own discipline than from their fellow discipline in 
the area of nonstrabismic binocular vision disorders and nonpresbyopic 
accommodative disorders. Reasons may include lack of awareness of the 
literature of the other discipline, bias toward the literature of one's 
own discipline, or bias against the literature of another discipline. It 
is also likely that the diagnostic and management strategies of the two 
professions are significantly different, although scope of practice would 
not constrain the range of strategies for the conditions chosen as the 
topical matter for consideration in this study. The journals found to be 
most frequently cited in this study should help to identify the core 
journals in this area of clinical binocular vision. 

Addresses: Indiana Univ, Sch Optometry, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA 

Reprint Address: Goss, DA, Indiana Univ, Sch Optometry, 800 E Atwater Ave, 
Bloomington, IN 47405 USA. 

E-mail Address: dgoss at indiana.edu 

Cited Reference Count: 20 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS 

Publisher Address: 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA 

ISSN: 1040-5488 

29-char Source Abbrev.: OPTOMETRY VISION SCI 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Optom. Vis. Sci. 

Source Item Page Count: 8 

Subject Category: Ophthalmology 

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