Citation classics in central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify and analyze the characteristics of the most influential articles about central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory demyelinating disease.

Materials and methods

The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science database and the 2014 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition were used to retrieve the top 100 cited articles on CNS inflammatory demyelinating disease. The citation numbers, journals, years of publication, authorships, article types, subjects and main issues were analyzed. For neuromyelitis optica (NMO), articles that were cited more than 100 times were regarded as a citation classic and described separately.

Results

The top 100 cited articles were published between 1972 and 2011 in 13 journals. The highest number of articles

SUBMITTER: Kim JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474706 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature