Origin and funding of the most frequently cited papers in medicine: database analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate changes in the role of academics and the sources of funding for the medical research cited most frequently over the past decade.

Design

Database analysis.

Data sources

Web of Knowledge database.

Methods

For each year from 1994 to 2003, articles in the domain of clinical medicine that had been cited most often by the end of 2004 were identified. Changes in authors' affiliations and funding sources were evaluated.

Results

Of the 289 frequently cited articles, most had at least one author with a university (76%) or hospital (57%) affiliation, and the proportion of articles with each type of affiliation was constant over time. Government or public funding was most common (60% of articles), followed by industry (36%). The proportion of m

SUBMITTER: Patsopoulos NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1458565 | biostudies-literature | 2006 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature