What Effect Does Self-Citation Have on Bibliometric Measures in Academic Plastic Surgery?

Swanson, Edward W.; Miller, Devin; Susarla, Srinivas M.; Lopez, Joseph; Lough, Denver M.; May, James W.; Redett, Richard J.

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“…[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] A key difference among studies is the variability of the h-index between specialties, in some cases reflecting underlying differences in academic promotion between departments or schools. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] A key difference among studies is the variability of the h-index between specialties, in some cases reflecting underlying differences in academic promotion between departments or schools.…”

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“…Among oral and maxillofacial surgeons and plastic and reconstructive surgeons, a recent study found that the h-index was strongly correlated with academic rank (r=0.62-0.64, p<0.001). 21,22 A fourth limitation is that our choice to exclude part-time faculty members limited our ability to assess the impact that research productivity has on academic rank among this subgroup. 20 Studies in the medical literature have yielded significant results, albeit with higher thresholds for promotion.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Do Standard Bibliometric Measures Correlate with Academic Rank of Full‐Time Pediatric Dentistry Faculty Members?

Susarla

Dhar

Karimbux

et al. 2017

Journal of Dental Education

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The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the relationship between quantitative measures of research productivity and academic rank for full-time pediatric dentistry faculty members in accredited U.S. and Canadian residency programs. For each pediatric dentist in the study group, academic rank and bibliometric factors derived from publicly available databases were recorded. Academic ranks were lecturer/instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor. Bibliometric factors were mean total number of publications, mean total number of citations, maximum number of citations for a single work, and h-index (a measure of the impact of publications, determined by total number of publications h that had at least h citations each). The study sample was comprised of 267 pediatric dentists: 4% were lecturers/instructors, 44% were assistant professors, 30% were associate professors, and 22% were professors. The mean number of publications for the sample was 15.4±27.8. The mean number of citations was 218.4±482.0. The mean h-index was 4.9±6.6. The h-index was strongly correlated with academic rank (r=0.60, p=0.001). For this sample, an h-index of ≥3 was identified as a threshold for promotion to associate professor, and an h-index of ≥6 was identified as a threshold for promotion to professor. The h-index was strongly correlated with the academic rank of these pediatric dental faculty members, suggesting that this index may be considered a measure for promotion, along with a faculty member's quality and quantity of research, teaching, service, and clinical activities.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Do Standard Bibliometric Measures Correlate with Academic Rank of Full‐Time Pediatric Dentistry Faculty Members?

Susarla

Dhar

Karimbux

et al. 2017

Journal of Dental Education

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“…This problem has been evaluated in the plastic surgery literature but was not found to influence bibliometric measurements. Nonetheless, small fields like psoriatic arthritis are probably more prone to self‐citation biases given the fewer number of key authors …”

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confidence: 99%

The 100 top‐cited publications in psoriatic arthritis: a bibliometric analysis

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Background Citation analysis is a quantitative, bibliometric method that analyzes the frequency and pattern of citations in any given scientific discipline. Over the last two decades, the study of psoriatic arthritis has undergone substantial progress, which has enhanced our ability to assess and treat the disease, and yet an updated citation analysis that reflects these advances is lacking. Objective To highlight the scientific progress in psoriatic arthritis by identifying and analyzing the 100 top‐cited psoriatic arthritis articles from the last 40 years. Methods Publications on psoriatic arthritis were identified using the Scopus citation database and Web of Science. No date range limits were applied. Data on the 100 top‐cited publications were extracted and analyzed. Results Of the 100 top‐cited publications, the median number of citations per publication was 265.9. Articles originated from 29 different countries. Publication dates ranged from 1973 to 2014. The majority (n = 88) were published after 1994, and the greatest number of highly cited psoriatic arthritis publications were reported between 2001 and 2007 (n = 36). Journals with the highest number of top‐cited articles included Arthritis and Rheumatology (formerly Arthritis and Rheumatism) (n = 26), followed by Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (n = 21) and Journal of Rheumatology (n = 11). The top six journals with the most highly cited psoriatic arthritis articles were rheumatology journals, with the exception of the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, a dermatology‐based periodical. General medical journals published only nine of the 100 top citations. Impact factors ranged from 2.133 to 44.002, with a mean impact factor of 9.103. There were five authors with 10 or more highly cited psoriatic arthritis publications and 30 authors with five or more of the top publications. Subgroup analysis of the top 25 articles included nine randomized clinical trials, nine observational studies, five reviews, and two guideline statements. Additional subgroup analysis identified the top five hallmark trials in the field. Key publications provided data on classification criteria, disease prevalence, patterns of clinical and radiographic presentation, disease outcomes, associated cardiovascular disease risk, immunologic features and HLA associations, and efficacy and therapeutic benefit of TNFα inihbitors, interleukin‐12/23 antagonists, and sulfasalazine. Conclusions The study of psoriatic arthritis is rapidly evolving. This bibliometric analysis delineates the landmark publications in psoriatic arthritis that have defined innovative therapeutic modalities and provided critical reviews, guidelines, and other key studies, which highlight the important progress made in the field.

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“…Second, TC inherently favors early articles whose ACs might be lowered because of citation fatigue, which might lead to some biases in analytic results. In addition, we did not pay extra attention to inappropriate citations including self‐citations, in‐house citations and content‐irrelevant citations, whose impact on bibliometric measures exists but was not considered significant in some studies . Third, reviews, guidelines, and meta‐analyses were excluded from our study to make our top 100 list an appropriate reflection of the trending of original investigations.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…In addition, we did not pay extra attention to inappropriate citations including self-citations, in-house citations and content-irrelevant citations, whose impact on bibliometric measures exists but was not considered significant in some studies. 26,27 Third, reviews, guidelines, and meta-analyses were excluded from our study to make our top 100 list an appropriate reflection of the trending of original investigations. From another perspective, these three types of article properly covered mainstream applications in their ages and the inclusion of them might exemplify the history of echocardiography development as a previous work did.…”

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confidence: 99%

Top 100 most‐cited articles on echocardiography: A bibliometric analysis

Huang

Liu

et al. 2019

Echocardiography

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Echocardiography has been widely applied since 1970s, and has developed into a reliable approach to assess the heart in both cardiology and interdisciplinary settings. A bibliometric analysis can reveal its development history, major applications, and trending in the future. Two independent researchers conducted proper literature retrieval in Web of Science database and ranked search results by total citation. The abstracts of articles were carefully reviewed and top 100 most‐cited articles were included. Most top‐cited studies on echocardiography were performed in USA (66%) by cardiologists (62%) and published in high‐impact cardiology specialized journals like Circulation (39%). Most top‐cited articles were published in two 5‐year intervals of 1995 ~ 1999 and 2000 ~ 2004 which witnessed the invention and promotion of new echocardiographic techniques including Doppler tissue imaging and speckle tracking imaging. Most commonly used technologies to investigate primary study endpoints were two‐dimensional echocardiography, M‐mode echocardiography, and Doppler flow imaging. Left ventricular structure (25%), function (19%), and valvular heart disease (13%) have remained vital subjects since the birth of echocardiography. Four of top 10 most‐cited articles published after 2009 focused on the effectiveness of novel cardiovascular therapies and another four focused on cardiotoxicity of cancer chemotherapies. The majority of top‐cited studies on echocardiography were performed in USA and published in cardiology specialized journals by cardiologists. The structure and function of left ventricle and valvular heart disease have remained vital subjects since the birth of echocardiography, which will probably be widely applied to evaluate the effect of various treatments on cardiovascular system.

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What Effect Does Self-Citation Have on Bibliometric Measures in Academic Plastic Surgery?

Cited by 58 publications

References 27 publications

Do Standard Bibliometric Measures Correlate with Academic Rank of Full‐Time Pediatric Dentistry Faculty Members?

Do Standard Bibliometric Measures Correlate with Academic Rank of Full‐Time Pediatric Dentistry Faculty Members?

The 100 top‐cited publications in psoriatic arthritis: a bibliometric analysis

Top 100 most‐cited articles on echocardiography: A bibliometric analysis

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