Level of evidence and conflict of interest disclosure associated with higher citation rates in orthopedics

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-338

  Okike, Kanu ^a,b   Kocher, Mininder S ^c   Torpey, Jennifer L ^d   Nwachukwu, Benedict U ^d   Mehlman, Charles T ^e   Bhandari, Mohit ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation rates; Conflict of interest; Impact factor; Level of evidence; Orthopedic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 78751644203     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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