Context Until recently, Web of Science was the only database available to track citation
counts for published articles. Other databases are now available, but their relative …

Bibliometric analysis of diabetes literature indexed the MEDLINE database for the period
1995-2004 shows that maximum number of records (13244) was during 2003, followed by …

Liver disease has been recognized in various forms for centuries. Incredible advances,
however, have been made especially in the last 50 years, driven by improvements in …

One of the challenges facing qualitative researchers in a climate in which audit culture has
permeated many facets of the institutions in which they research is how to establish the …

The phenomenon of self-citation can present in many different forms, including direct, co-
author, collaborative, and coercive induced self-citation. It can also pertain to the citation of …

Background The citation rate for articles is viewed as a measure of their importance and
impact; however, little is known about what features of articles are associated with higher …

This paper presents a quantitative study of productivity, characteristics and various aspects
of global publication in the field of library and information science (LIS). A total of 894 …

The psychological qualities of the creative person in general are gradually becoming more
and more clear, and yet the psychological qualities of the creative scientists remain less …

Objective (1) To analyse trends in the journal impact factor (IF) of seven general medical
journals (Ann Intern Med, BMJ, CMAJ, JAMA, Lancet, Med J Aust and N Engl J Med) over 12 …

Background We identified and analyzed the characteristics of the 100 most frequently cited
articles published between 1965 and 2007 in journals pertaining to urology and related …