A bibliometric analysis of the citation classics of acute appendicitis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acute appendicitis is one of the most commonly encountered emergency surgical conditions. An understanding of the most highly cited research works in this field is key to good evidence based clinical practice.

Aims

To perform a bibliometric analysis on the 100 most frequently cited articles in the field of acute appendicitis.

Methods

The database of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science Expanded citation index was searched to identify the 100 most frequently cited articles in the field of acute appendicitis. The web of science expanded citation index tracks article citations made since 1946.

Results

The top 100 most frequently cited articles were selected for analysis in this series. The most frequently cited article was cit

SUBMITTER: Varzgalis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5470447 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature