Journal article
Characteristics Associated with Citation Rate of the Medical Literature
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The citation rate for articles is viewed as a measure of their importance and impact; however, little is known about what features of articles are associated with higher citation rate.
METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We conducted a cohort study of all original articles, regardless of study methodology, published in the Lancet, JAMA, and New England Journal of Medicine, from October 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000. We identified 328 …
Authors
Kulkarni AV; Busse JW; Shams I
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 2, No. 5,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0000403
ISSN
1932-6203