Citation classics in main pain research journals

Abstract

The number of citations of an article in scientific journals reflects its impact on a specific biomedical field and its recognition in the scientific community. In the present study, we identified and analyzed the characteristics of the 100 most frequently cited articles published between 1970 and 2010 in journals pertaining to pain research and related fields. These articles were identified using the database of the Science Citation Index (1970 to present). The most cited article received 3,017 citations and the least cited article received 302 citations, with a mean of 585 citations per article. These citation classics were published in six high-impact journals, led by Pain (84 articles). Of the 100 articles, 39 were observational studies, 25 were review articles, and 20 concerned basic science. The articles originated from 14 countries, with the United States contributing 47 articles; 67 institutions produced these 100 top-cited articles, led by National Institutes of Health of the United States (8 articles) and University College London (6 articles); 18 persons authored 2 or more of the top-cited articles. This analysis of the top citation classics allows for the recognition of major advances in pain research and gives a historical perspective on the scientific progress of this specialty.

Citation Classics in Nursing Journals

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A bibliometric analysis of the top 50 most cited articles published in the Dental Traumatology

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H-Classics: characterizing the concept of citation classics through H-index

“…Garfield points out two methods to do it: (i) to set a concrete number of papers (Garfield 1977) or (ii) to set a percentage of papers (top 1 % of highly cited works is a usual percentage) (Garfield 1987). Examples of specific numbers of papers used to study the classics are 100 most highly cited articles (Cao et al 2012;Fardi et al 2011;Feijoo et al 2013;Hodge et al 2012;Hui et al 2013;Li et al 2012;O'Connor et al 2011;Zhang et al 2012) or 50 most highly cited articles (Namdari et al 2012;Tam et al 2012Tam et al , 2013 or 25 most highly cited articles (Cassar et al 2012). On the other hand, some usual percentages used are top 1 % of highly cited works (Stack 2012(Stack , 2013 or top 0.1 % (Levitt and Thelwall 2009).…”