What American surgeons read: a survey of a thousand Fellows of the American College of Surgeons

Schein, Moshe; Paladugu, Ramesh; Sutija, Vesna G.; Wise, Leslie

doi:10.1016/s0149-7944(00)00177-x

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“…Biomedical journals in particular have gained importance with the introduction and development of the concept of evidence-based medical practice. 1 Medical professionals spend a considerable amount of time reading scholarly journals [2][3][4][5] and consider these journals important for their clinical practice. [5][6][7] The impact of a journal on the scientific community, as measured by the number of citations to published articles, is often perceived as a correlate of its quality.…”

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“…1 Medical professionals spend a considerable amount of time reading scholarly journals [2][3][4][5] and consider these journals important for their clinical practice. [5][6][7] The impact of a journal on the scientific community, as measured by the number of citations to published articles, is often perceived as a correlate of its quality. 8 Despite criticisms, 9-11 the impact factor (IF) calculated by Thomson Scientific (formerly the Institute for Scientific Information) has become a yardstick for judging the quality not only of journals, but also of the scientists who publish in them.…”

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“…8 Despite criticisms, 9-11 the impact factor (IF) calculated by Thomson Scientific (formerly the Institute for Scientific Information) has become a yardstick for judging the quality not only of journals, but also of the scientists who publish in them. However, in applied disciplines -rather than pure research disciplines -this does not always hold true: some of the journals viewed by physicians as being most important do not have high impact factors, 5,6 and many journals with a large distribution and readership do not have IFs at all. 12 This is even more the case with journals published for a purely national market, particularly if they are published in nonEnglish languages; these journals often have a long publication history and a clear professional and societal role, 13-15 yet they struggle to maintain the inflow of manuscripts 16,17 or to survive market challenges.…”

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“…Journals are considered one of the most important sources in the transmission of research findings and as a guide to clinical practice for clinicians 3 and surgeons 1,7 .…”

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“…Furthermore, scientific reports must be free of bias and prejudices. Previous surveys showed that surgeons read medical journals 1,4,7 but the interest of clinicians in surgical journals has not been investigated. Here, it was investigated the references of clinical and surgical papers to determine if surgeons and clinicians make references to their counterparts.…”

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Doença do refluxo gastroesofágico na literatura cirúrgica versus literatura clínica: clínicos não leem revistas cirúrgicas

Herbella

Szor

Takassi

et al. 2010

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-Background -Several diseases may be treated either medically or surgically;however, clinical and surgical therapies are often not treated as different options for the same patient but rather as different medical philosophies. Aim -To assess whether the main surgical and medical journals make references to their counterparts, with gastroesophageal reflux as a model of clinical/surgical disease. Method -It was reviewed the leading medical journals in order to verify if surgeons and clinicians make references to their counterparts on their work using gastroesophageal reflux disease as a model of a clinical/surgical disease. It was reviewed the five top-ranked journals in the field of gastroenterology, general surgery and general medicine and a neutral journal. The issues of the year 2008 of the selected journals were searched for papers dealing with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Results -The search in the selected journals retrieved 49 papers, 36 (74%) in clinical journals, 5 (10%) in surgical journals, 2 (4%) in general medicine journals, and 6 (12%) in the neutral journal. Thirty one (63%) had a clinical origin, 13 (26%) a surgical origin, and 5 (10%) a neutral origin. Surgical journals published only surgical papers and general medicine journals published only clinical papers. Clinical journals and general medicine journals showed a higher proportion of clinical/surgical references compared to surgical journals (p<0.001) and the neutral journal (p<0.001). There was no differences in the proportion of clinical/ surgical references when surgical and the neutral journal were compared (p=0.06). Clinical journals and general medicine journals showed a similar proportion of clinical/ surgical references (p=0.06). Conclusion -Clinicians make significantly less references to surgical journals than surgeons do to clinical journals.RESUMO -Racional -Várias doenças podem ser tratadas médica ou cirurgicamente; no entanto, a terapêutica clínica ou cirúrgica não é muitas vezes usada como diferente opção para o mesmo paciente, mas sim como diferente filosofia médica na abordagem. Objetivo -Verificar se os principais periódicos cirúrgicos e clínicos fazem referências aos seus congêneres, tendo a doença do refluxo gastroesofágico como um modelo de doença clínico/cirúrgica. Método -Foram revistos os cinco primeiros periódicos classificados na área de gastroenterologia, cirurgia geral e medicina geral e um jornal neutro. Os números do ano 2008 dos periódicos selecionados foram pesquisados no como lidar com a doença do refluxo gastroesofágico. Resultados -Foram selecionados 49 trabalhos, 36 (74%) em revistas clínicas, 5 (10%) em revistas de cirurgia, 2 (4%) em revistas de medicina geral e 6 (12%) no jornal neutro. Trinta e um (63%) tiveram origem clínica, 13 (26%) cirúrgica, e 5 (10%) a origem foi neutra. Revistas cirúrgicas publicaram apenas artigos cirúrgicos e revistas de medicina geral, publicaram apenas trabalhos clínicos. Revistas e jornais de medicina clínica geral mostraram maior proporção de referências clínic...

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What American surgeons read: a survey of a thousand Fellows of the American College of Surgeons

Cited by 52 publications

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National vs. international journals: views of medical professionals in Croatia

National vs. international journals: views of medical professionals in Croatia

Doença do refluxo gastroesofágico na literatura cirúrgica versus literatura clínica: clínicos não leem revistas cirúrgicas

Too Many Journals, Societies, and Meetings?

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