Papers of interest to Sig Metrics
Eugene Garfield
eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM
Tue Sep 11 14:52:20 EDT 2012
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TITLE: A Secret to Advancing Research and Increasing Citations
to Your Papers (Editorial Material, English)
AUTHOR: Goldberg, K
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS 21 (4). AUG
2012. p.766-767 IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERS INC, PISCATAWAY
SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype
AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Goldberg, Univ Calif Berkeley, Coll Engn, Berkeley, CA
94720 USA
Email goldberg at berkeley.edu
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TITLE: The 50 most cited articles in pediatric orthopedic
surgery (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Baldwin, KD; Kovatch, K; Namdari, S; Sankar, W; Flynn,
JM; Dormans, JP
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS-PART B 21 (5). SEP
2012. p.463-468 LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS,
PHILADELPHIA
SEARCH TERM(S):
GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972
KEYWORDS: citation; literature; pediatric orthopedic
KEYWORDS+: CITATION-CLASSICS; JOURNALS; IMPACT; MEDICINE
ABSTRACT: Quantity of citation is often used as a surrogate
measurement of an article's importance or relevance in a given field. To
date, there has been no study on citation quantity or density in
pediatric orthopedics. We present such an analysis. We reviewed all
articles in the ISI web of science under the subheading 'orthopedics' to
find articles of relevance to pediatric orthopedic surgeons. We
subsequently analyzed the characteristics of the most cited articles in
terms of the level of evidence, journal of publication, and subcategory
of pediatric orthopedics. The majority of the top 50 articles in
pediatric orthopedics were from the 1970s and 1980s. All the articles
were in English. Uncontrolled case series comprised the largest single
level of evidence (level IV). We describe the top 50 articles in
pediatric orthopedics by citation and citation density. The level of
evidence for highly cited papers was low. Although many of these articles
were written by the great thinkers of our field, a need exists for more
rigorous methodology. J Pediatr Orthop B 21:463-468 (c) 2012 Wolters
Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: KD Baldwin, Childrens Hosp Philadelphia, Dept Orthopaed
Surg, 34th & Civ Ctr Blvd,2 Wood Ctr, Philadelphia, PA
19104 USA
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TITLE: Conversion rates of abstracts presented at the Urological
Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting
into full-text journal articles (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Yoon, PD; Chalasani, V; Woo, HH
SOURCE: BJU INTERNATIONAL 110 (4). AUG 2012. p.485-489
WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN
KEYWORDS: USANZ; research; abstract; publication
KEYWORDS+: PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS; PUBLICATION RATE; RANDOMIZED-
TRIALS; ASSOCIATION; PUBLISH; FATE; BIAS
ABSTRACT: The numbers and characteristics of the abstracts
presented at the Annual Scientific Meetings (ASM) of the Urological
Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) that are converted to peer-
reviewed publications have not previously been analysed and published. We
undertook a review of all abstracts presented at the USANZ ASM from 2005
to 2009. A PubMed search was performed between 15 June and 15 July 2012,
using a search algorithm to identify the full-text publications of the
presented abstracts. Correlation between abstract characteristics and
publication rate was then examined to distinguish the predictors for
publications. Of 614 abstracts that were presented at USANZ ASM between
2005 and 2009, 183 papers were published, giving a publication rate of
29.80%. The papers were predominantly published in urological journals
and were more likely to be published if they were presented by an
international author or were retrospective studies or if basic science
research. The mean (SD) time to publication was 14.46 (13.89) months and
the mean Impact Factor of journals where papers were published was 2.90.
The overall publication rate was relatively low compared with other
urological meetings held in America and Europe. USANZ has a challenge of
encouraging higher-quality research from the authors to further enhance
its publication rate and consequently the calibre of the meeting itself.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: HH Woo, Univ Sydney, Sydney Med Sch, POB 5017 Wahroonga,
Sydney, NSW 2076, Australia
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TITLE: Endorsement and implementation of high impact factor
medical journals on the International Committee of Medical Journal
Editors (ICMJE) policy of mandatory clinical trial registration (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Tulvatana, W; Thinkhamrop, B; Kulvichit, K;
Tatsanavivat, P
SOURCE: ASIAN BIOMEDICINE 6 (3). JUN 2012. p.423-427
CHULALONGKORN UNIV, FAC MED, BANGKOK
SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title;
JOURNAL item_title
KEYWORDS: Associated factors; clinical trial registration;
endorsement; impact factor; implementation; policy
KEYWORDS+: STATEMENT
ABSTRACT: Objective: We determined the proportion of highest impact
factor journals that follows the ICMJE policy of clinical trial
registration and identified factors associated with policy implementation.
Study design and setting: Ten highest impact factor journals from ten
specialties were identified from the 2009 Journal Citation Reports.
Instructions for authors were reviewed for the statements regarding the
trial registration. If the registration policy was mentioned in the
instructions, the published articles were assessed to determine if the
policy was actually implemented. The publishers, membership in Committee
on Publication Ethics, journal vintage, etc., were analyzed for
association with the policy implementation.
Results: Of 87 relevant journals, 58.6% endorsed the policy and 35.6%
strictly implemented it. Factors for journals associated with strict
clinical trial registration policy implementation were Internal Medicine
specialty (OR 19.19; 95%CI: 2.21, 166.50; p = 0.007), ICMJE's URM
followers (OR 7.14; 95%CI: 2.62, 19.46; p < 0.001), longer years of
publication (OR for every 10 year 1.31; 95%Cl: 1.16, 1.49; p = 0.001),
and higher impact factors (OR for every 1 JIF 1.70; 95%CI: 1.25, 2.32;p =
0.001).
Conclusion: Only one third of the highest impact factor journals strictly
implemented ICMJE policy. Associated factors were identified.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: W Tulvatana, Med Res Fdn, Thai Clin Trials Registry,
Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
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TITLE: Model Platonism: Neoclassical economic thought in
critical light (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Albert, H; Arnold, D; Maier-Rigaud, F
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS 8 (3). SEP 2012.
p.295-323 CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, CAMBRIDGE
SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth
KEYWORDS+: WELFARE ECONOMICS
ABSTRACT: This article is a translation of the original German text
of Hans Albert's 1963 article titled 'Modell-Platonismus. Der
neoklassische Stil des okonomischen Denkens in kritischer Beleuchtung',
in F. Karrenberg and H. Albert (eds.), Sozialwissenschaft und
Gesellschaftsgestaltung - Festschrift fur Gerhard Weisser, Berlin:
Duncker und Humblot, 45-76. The enduring relevance of Hans Albert's
critique together with an introduction to the author as one of Germanys
most distinguished philosophers of science can be found in Arnold and
Maier-Rigaud (2012) also in this volume.
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