The citation disadvantage of clinical research

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Highlights:

• Clinical research papers tend to be less cited than basic science papers.

• Citations of clinical research papers have a higher dispersion.

• Difference in citations between clinical and basic research papers decreases as citation-window length increases.

摘要

•Clinical research papers tend to be less cited than basic science papers.•Citations of clinical research papers have a higher dispersion.•Difference in citations between clinical and basic research papers decreases as citation-window length increases.

论文关键词:Biomedicine,Basic research,Clinical medicine,Citation analysis,Bias

论文评审过程:Received 19 August 2019, Revised 2 December 2019, Accepted 3 December 2019, Available online 15 December 2019, Version of Record 15 December 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.100998