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Vol. 1 (2020)

July 2020

The Features of Cardiovascular Papers and Impact on Citations

  • Hossein Motahari-Nezhad
  • Maryam Shekofteh*
  • Sara Jambarsang

Journal of Medical Library and Information Science, Vol. 1 (2020), 1 July 2020 , Page 1-9
https://doi.org/10.22037/jmlis.v1i.31733 Published: 2020-08-12

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Abstract

Introduction: The number of citations is a factor in evaluating the quality of scientific articles. The present study aims to examine the factors affecting the citation rate of cardiovascular articles.

Methods: In this scientometrics study, the research population is all cardiovascular articles in 2014 in Web of Science (WoS), including a sample of 381 articles studied. Pearson correlation coefficient, Mann–Whitney, Kruskal–Wallis, and Bonferroni tests were used to examine the impact of article features on citations.

Results: The results indicated that all quantitative variables (title length, number of authors, author's H-index, journal IF, number of pages, number of author's keywords, number of keywords-plus, number of references)had a significant relationship with the number of citations (P-value<0.001), except for the number of article keywords.  All of the qualitative variables (title length, number of authors, author's H-index, journal IF, number of pages, number of author's keywords, number of keywords-plus, number of references) also affect the number of citations (P-value<0.001). Open access articles, articles with the first author from Australia and North America, articles with international collaboration, and meta-analysis articles have received a more citation rate.

Conclusion: Paying attention to the factors affecting the citation rate of cardiovascular articles can be of help to cardiovascular centers for policy-making and researchers in determining the research approach. In this way, they can improve the citation of their works.

Keywords:
  • Citation
  • H-index
  • Impact Factor
  • Research quality
  • Study Design
  • Scientific Collaboration
  • Cardiovascular Articles
  • Scientometrics
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Motahari-Nezhad, H. ., Shekofteh*, M., & Jambarsang, S. . (2020). The Features of Cardiovascular Papers and Impact on Citations. Journal of Medical Library and Information Science, 1, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.22037/jmlis.v1i.31733
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