Journal of neurosurgery
-
Journal of neurosurgery · Feb 2010
ReviewHighly cited works in neurosurgery. Part I: the 100 top-cited papers in neurosurgical journals.
The number of citations a published article receives is a measure of its impact in the scientific community. This study identifies and characterizes the current 100 top-cited articles in journals specifically dedicated to neurosurgery. ⋯ The most cited articles in neurosurgical journals are trials evaluating surgical or medical therapies, descriptions of novel techniques, or systems for classifying or grading disease. The time of publication, field of study, nature of the work, and the journal in which the work appears are possible determinants of the likelihood of citation and impact.
-
Journal of neurosurgery · Feb 2010
ReviewHighly cited works in neurosurgery. Part II: the citation classics.
The term "citation classic" has been used in reference to an article that has been cited more than 400 times. The purpose of this study is to identify such articles that pertain to clinical neurosurgery. ⋯ More than half of the citation classics identified in this study have been published in the past 20 years. Case series, classifications, and reviews appeared more frequently in neurosurgical journals, while randomized controlled trials tended to be published in general medical journals.