Table 3 Characteristics of highly-cited and infrequently-cited publications examining coronary artery disease prevention
From: Factors related to the frequency of citation of epidemiologic publications
Characteristic | Highly-Cited | Infrequently-Cited | P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Year (mean ± SD) | 2000.9 ± 2.0 | 2000.9 ± 2.1 | 0.66 |
Journal Name (%) | |||
Circulation | 23.4 | 0.8 | <0.0001 |
Lancet | 6.8 | 0 | |
JAMA | 12.3 | 0 | |
Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 4.0 | 0 | |
New England Journal of Medicine | 7.9 | 0 | |
Other | 45.6 | 99.2 | |
Journal Type (%) | |||
Cardiovascular | 35.2 | 27.8 | <0.0001 |
Endocrinology/Metabolism | 3.9 | 5.6 | |
General Medicine | 43.4 | 20.6 | |
Health Services or Heath Policy | 0 | 7.1 | |
Nutrition/Diet | 4.7 | 4.0 | |
Pharmacology | 2.3 | 9.9 | |
Public, Environmental, or Occupational Health | 3.1 | 7.5 | |
Other | 7.4 | 17.5 | |
Journal Circulation (%) | |||
High | 36.1 | 6.0 | <0.0001 |
Medium | 42.1 | 7.5 | |
Low | 21.8 | 86.5 | |
Journal Impact Factor (%) | |||
High | 54.4 | 1.6 | <0.0001 |
Medium | 33.7 | 10.7 | |
Low | 11.9 | 87.7 | |
Topic (%) | |||
Medications | 44.5 | 42.5 | 0.04 |
New Technologies | 4.0 | 3.6 | |
Risk Factors | 36.9 | 29.8 | |
Other | 14.7 | 24.2 | |
Country (%) | |||
United States | 61.5 | 32.9 | <0.0001 |
United Kingdom | 16.7 | 11.9 | |
Other | 21.8 | 55.2 |