A bibliometric analysis of multimorbidity from 2005 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Multimorbidity is frequently seen in primary care. We aimed to identify and analyze publications on multimorbidity, including those that most influenced this field.

Method

A bibliometric analysis of publications from 2005 to 2019 in the PubMed database containing "multimorbidity" or "multi-morbidity" identified with the tool iCite. We analyzed the number of publications, total citations, the article-level metric Relative Citation Ratio (RCR), type of study, and journals with the most cited articles.

Results

The number of publications using "multimorbidity" has continuously increased since 2005 (2005-2009: 138; 2010-2014: 823; 2015-2019: 3068). The median number of total citations per article was 3. The median RCR was 1.04. Articles with RCR at or above the 97t

SUBMITTER: Ahmed MAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7557650 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature