Differences in Highly-Cited and Lowly-Cited Manuscripts in Plastic Surgery

Boyd, Carter J.; Patel, Jason; Soto, Edgar; Kurapati, Srikanth; Martin, Kimberly; T, King

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2020.02.009

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“…This finding underscores the fact that graduates do not need to choose between publishing or private practice; in fact, some of the most highly cited articles in plastic surgery literature are those with a focus on cosmetic surgery. 31 Therefore, the finding herein that authors of combined academic and private affiliation have increasingly contributed to the Cosmetic section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery suggests that private practitioners represent a significant source of innovation. Indeed, the conventional thought that a career in private practice may be met with lack of publishing productivity may hold little validity in the current clinical environment.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Diversity in Plastic Surgery Authorship: A 14-Year Analysis of 2688 Articles Published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Gunderson

Edalatpour

Wood

et al. 2022

Plastic &Amp; Reconstructive Surgery

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Background: Publication in peer-reviewed journals is a duty and privilege. It is essential to the advancement of evidence-based medicine and often used as a proxy for academic achievement, contributing to decisions around promotion in academia. Within plastic surgery, authors have historically been male surgeons affiliated with academic institutions, lacking representation of women, private practice, medical students, and international collaboration. This study analyzes differences in authors' gender, practice affiliation, degree of education, and international collaboration in articles published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, which was chosen as the representative journal given its high impact factor (3.946) and consistent ranking as the number one journal in plastic surgery worldwide. Methods: A list of Breast, Cosmetic, and Hand/Peripheral Nerve articles published between 2006 and 2019 was compiled from the online archive of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Demographic author characteristics were recorded, and statistical analyses were performed to identify trends over time. Results: A total of 2688 articles were analyzed. The proportion of articles written by female authors in the Breast category, authors in private practice with academic affiliation in the Cosmetic section, and U.S. collaboration with other countries increased over time (p = 0.038, p = 0.029, p < 0.001, respectively). First authors with bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees have also been contributing increasingly. Conclusions: This analysis revealed increasing demographic heterogeneity of authors in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery over time, with increasing contributions from women, surgeons in private practice with academic affiliation, medical students, and international collaborations. The Journal is capturing contributions from an increasingly diverse authorship, consistent with the changing demographics of plastic surgeons.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Diversity in Plastic Surgery Authorship: A 14-Year Analysis of 2688 Articles Published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Gunderson

Edalatpour

Wood

et al. 2022

Plastic &Amp; Reconstructive Surgery

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“…Provided the importance of research toward the development of the field of ophthalmology, bibliometric analyses are useful for understanding the factors that potentially influence citation counts. 9 Although explored in other specialties, 6,7 limited research has examined these within the field of ophthalmology. Examinations of the quality of published research should facilitate development of improved manuscripts.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…14,15 Nonetheless, despite the weaknesses associated with this metric, it remains a grossly useful measure. 16 In the present investigation, 49 articles were identified with zero citations, representing a small cohort comparable to specialties such as plastic surgery (47) 6 and radiology (47). 5 This suggests that, among the six journals selected, editorial and reviewer guidelines for manuscripts are sufficiently rigorous to ensure that selected articles will be valuable for future research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…3,4 The most fundamental manner in which to assess article influence, however, remains citation count, an imperfect, yet established measure of article influence that has been extensively utilized for similar investigations in other specialties. 5–8 If an article remains uncited for an extended period of time, such research may be considered minimally impactful. Contrastingly, the most frequently cited articles would be considered foundational for the specialty.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Characteristics of the least-cited and most-cited articles in ophthalmology journals: A pilot study

Patel

Gopali

Reddy

et al. 2021

European Journal of Ophthalmology

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Background: Limited research has examined differences between uncited papers and their most-cited counterparts. By comparing characteristics of each cohort, it is possible to better determine factors associated with increased citation count in the ophthalmology literature. Methods: We initially identified all research articles published in six popular general ophthalmology journals ( Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, American Journal of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, and Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology) between 2001 and 2011. Forty-nine articles were identified as having accrued zero citations as of March 2021 and were compared with an equivalent number of articles with the highest number of citations published in the same journals and time period. Significance ( p < 0.05) for comparisons was determined using the Mann–Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test. Results: Compared to the least-cited articles, the most-cited articles were significantly more likely to be clinical, multi-institutional, and multi-national in scope, report a statistically significant result, have a conflict of interest, state a funding source, and have higher sample sizes. These publications had significantly more words in the abstract and manuscript and more references. Overall, the first authors of the most-cited articles were significantly more likely to be female and report greater prior research productivity, as assessed by the relative citation ratio (RCR). Conclusion: Considering a small number of articles were uncited at least a decade after publication, it appears most research is useful for future investigations. However, there remain distinct differences between uncited articles and their most-cited equivalents in ophthalmology.

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“…3 Despite this, there is evidence that articles published in several of the journals with the highest impact factors in plastic surgery fail to achieve subsequent citations in the literature. 4 One could surmise that articles in predatory low-impact journals requiring payment for publication have not met a level of quality to be published in traditional journals with a more rigorous peer-review process. This is illustrated by Bohannon's article in Science demonstrating a 70 percent acceptance rate of an intentionally faulty manuscript submitted to 106 predatory open access journals.…”

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confidence: 99%

Reply: Failure of Free Flaps in Head and Neck Oncology Surgery in COVID-19 Patients

Benmoussa

Alkhashnam

2021

Plastic &Amp; Reconstructive Surgery

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Differences in Highly-Cited and Lowly-Cited Manuscripts in Plastic Surgery

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

Diversity in Plastic Surgery Authorship: A 14-Year Analysis of 2688 Articles Published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Diversity in Plastic Surgery Authorship: A 14-Year Analysis of 2688 Articles Published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Characteristics of the least-cited and most-cited articles in ophthalmology journals: A pilot study

Reply: Failure of Free Flaps in Head and Neck Oncology Surgery in COVID-19 Patients

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