Value of Citation Numbers and Impact Factors for Analysis of Plastic Surgery Research

Loonen, Martijn P. J.; Hage, J. Joris; Kon, Moshe

doi:10.1097/01.prs.0000295971.84297.b7

Cited by 57 publications

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“…One way to measure the academic importance of an article is the rate at which the work is quoted or referenced by other authors [7,11,16,19,22]. The article referenced by another peer-reviewed article receives a ''citation.''…”

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100 Most Cited Articles in Orthopaedic Surgery

Lefaivre

Shadgan

O’Brien

2011

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

320

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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100 Most Cited Articles in Orthopaedic Surgery

Lefaivre

Shadgan

O’Brien

2011

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

320

369

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“…Although useful, citations may not be a true measure of scientific quality and the true impact of an article may not directly correlate with the number of citations. 61 Rather, citation analyses have a tendency to capture the most controversial or popular articles. That being said, citation analysis may, however, be helpful in providing an index of the most influential articles in the field of CFS.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Milestones Contributing to the Evolution of Craniofacial Surgery

Tadisina

Orra

Gharb

et al. 2015

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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Craniofacial surgery (CFS) has a rich history of collaboration with a wide variety of surgical and nonsurgical specialties. This has resulted in a large volume of publications across this spectrum of subspecialties cataloging the advancements across the field. The authors aim to analyze the characteristics of the most cited articles in CFS. A literature search was performed using the Thomson/Reuters Web of Knowledge database to identify the top 50 most cited articles in CFS. The articles were analyzed for journal distribution, total citations, year of publication, citations per year, number of authors, type of article, institution, departmental affiliation, national affiliation, and top contributors. The articles were extracted from an assortment of 21 journals. The number of citations per article ranged from 115 to 1092 (average of 185). Forty-eight percent of articles were published in the 1990s, and 22% in the 2000s. The average number of years since publication until the present time was 21.34 (range 6-45 y). The most cited article (1092 citations and 52 citations/y) was an article by McCarthy et al on human mandible lengthening via gradual distraction. Departmental distribution indicated that the majority were attributable to departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for 21 articles (42%). Twenty articles were categorized under cranial defect/bone substitutes, 12 under craniosynostosis, 7 under surgical modeling, 6 under distraction osteogenesis, and the remaining 5 under other. These articles qualitatively represent important milestones in CFS. This study affirms the potential value of "number of citations" as a meaningful metric when assessing the importance of an article within CFS.

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“…These include general surgery, orthopaedics, otolaryngology and plastic surgery [1,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. The analyses performed within these publications have postulated a better understanding of the influential papers in a number of fields since the commencement of the widespread dissemination of medical and scientific literature.…”

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confidence: 98%