Citation classics in occupational medicine journals

Abstract

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Japanese journals also have their citation classics in occupational medicine

“…There was also evidence of citation clustering at the lower end of the scale, with most articles (68%) having been cited between 100 and 150 times (1). Similarly, in Garfield's 1987 article on citation classics in a general medical journal (2), the citation count ranged from 158 to 705, with most (57%) having only been cited between 50 and 74 times.…”

Focus and future of occupational health journals

“…Should one continue to publish in occupational medicine journals or should one strive for the higher-impact general medical or epidemiology journals? There seems to be no absolute hindrance for a paper published in an occupational health journal to be highly cited, as is demonstrated by Gehanno et al (1). One should attempt to publish in a journal that will attract the potential readers.…”

“…The analyses of Gehanno et al (1), as well as our own (4), show that the role of occupational health journals is limited in the scientific literature. In journals such as the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine, one or two papers per year will, with time, become a citation classic.…”

“…The paucity of intervention studies in the most cited papers in the analysis of Gehanno et al (1) and Burdorf & Viikari-Juntura (4) is striking and should be taken as a challenge by researchers in the field. There is an urgent need for studies that look at the feasibility, effectiveness, and costs and benefits of interventions at the workplace or in occupational health service settings (6,7).…”

“…The review on citation classics by Gehanno et al (1) showed that asbestos, lead, and pesticides are truly classic occupational health issues. Solvents became an important topic during the 1970s and 1980s, and the area of musculoskeletal disorders emerged in the 1980s and increased markedly in the 1990s.…”