The association between research funding status and clinical research papers' citation impact in Japan: A cross-sectional bibliometric study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Studies have not sufficiently clarified the differences in citation impact between funded and non-funded clinical research papers. Hence, this study seeks to evaluate the relation between research funding status and clinical research papers' citation impact in different research fields using multiple evaluation indices.

Methods

In this cross-sectional bibliometric study, clinical research papers published by core clinical research hospitals in Japan were compared retrospectively in terms of times cited (TC), category normalized citation impact (CNCI), citation percentile (CP), journal impact factor (JIF), the Software to Identify, Manage, and Analyze Scientific Publications (SIGAPS) category, and whether they were the funded clinical research. The association be

SUBMITTER: Morisawa F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9626813 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature