A Survey of Citation Trends in Physical Therapy Research Papers in Japan

Abstract

[Purpose] The objective of this study was to survey the citation trends of physical therapy research papers in Japan, and to clarify their influence on physical therapy research quantitatively and qualitatively. [Method] Using the references cited by authors of original papers published in two Japanese journals, Rigakuryohogaku and Rigakuryoho Kagaku, we performed an analysis based on items the numbers of cited papers as well as the citation frequency.[Results] For Japanese journals, there were many citations for the two physical therapy journals at the focus of our study. For English journals, there were many citations of journals concerned with rehabilitation and other specialist subjects. Furthermore, regarding the quality of the each cited journal, the quality of the two journals was high.[Conclusion] The large influence of these two journals on physical therapy research was clear from the high citation frequency of the two journals and their high quality as academic journals.

The Reporting Quality of Systematic Reviews in Japanese Physical Therapy Journals

“… 48 ) However, the focus of this current study was to investigate systematic reviews in physical therapy journals. In addition, the two included journals are considered to be the primary Japanese physical therapy journals 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ) in terms of the number of articles and their nationwide publication in Japan. Therefore, we believe that our findings are likely representative of systematic reviews published in Japanese physical therapy journals.…”

“…These two journals are published by Japanese academic societies in the field of physical therapy, including the Japanese Physical Therapy Association, and have the largest number of registered articles among physical therapy-related journals in J-STAGE (more than 3400 articles in Physical Therapy Japan and 2400 articles in Rigakuryoho Kagaku ). 15 ) Several previous studies 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ) used these two journals to represent trends in Japanese physical therapy research.…”

“…Results: Of the 1578 articles identified, thirteen articles were included in this study. The median score of checklist items adequately adhered to across the included studies was 12 (range, [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. None of the studies adhered to the structured summary or additional analysis PRISMA items.…”

Citation Trend of Indian Physics and Astronomy Research during 2005 2020 through the Lens of Some New Indicators

“…The citation trends of journals devoted to subjects like primatology 11 , psychological medicine 12 , forensic science 13 and behavioural psychology 14 were analysed. The citation trend analysis of physical therapy research output was done by Imai 15 et al Morgan 16 investigated whether citation trends reflect epidemiologic patterns. Gazni 17 analysed journal self-citation trends and Ajibade & Stephen 18 analysed citation trends on E-government in South African countries.…”