Does origin of article impact citation metrics in Gynecologic Oncology?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if the origin of article published in Gynecologic Oncology ("Journal") is correlated with quality of the article when measured per US institution and per country, using an index of citation (IOC) metric as a stand-in for article quality.

Methods

PubMed was used to query the Journal from 2005 to 2020. Articles not deemed original research were excluded. A US-only cohort ("US-Only") was evaluated separately from the entire cohort ("Whole"). The IOC for each article was calculated by dividing the number of citations listed in PubMed by the days from the publication date to 9/1/2021. The IOC per US institution was summarized by the median value. All articles were hand reviewed for correctness. The Whole cohort included all countries with 3 or more publica

SUBMITTER: Corey L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8933665 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature