Journal article
Level of evidence and conflict of interest disclosure associated with higher citation rates in orthopedics
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify the scientific and nonscientific factors associated with rates of citation in the orthopedic literature.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: All original clinical articles published in three general orthopedics journals between July 2002 and December 2003 were reviewed. Information was collected on variables plausibly related to rates of citation, including scientific and nonscientific factors. The number of citations at 5 years …
Authors
Okike K; Kocher MS; Torpey JL; Nwachukwu BU; Mehlman CT; Bhandari M
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 331–338
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.03.019
ISSN
0895-4356