Level of evidence of clinical spinal research and its correlation with journal impact factor

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1148-1153

  Amiri, Amir Reza ^a   Kanesalingam, Kavitha ^b   Cro, Suzie ^c   Casey, Adrian T H ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Evidence based medicine; Journal impact factor; Level of evidence; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LEVEL OF EVIDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LEVEL OF EVIDENCE; SPINAL SURGERY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SPINE;

EID: 84883881895     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.05.026     Document Type: Review

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