Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations - Latest articlesThe latest articles from Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations (ISSN 1742-5573) published by BioMed CentralFactors related to the frequency of citation of epidemiologic publications- February 26, 2008 Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that the frequency with which a publication is cited varies greatly. Our objective was to determine whether author, country, journal, or topic were associated with the number of times an epidemiological publication is cited. Methods: We used outcome-based sampling and investigated one public health issue child injury prevention, and one clinical topic coronary artery disease (CAD) prevention. Using the Institute for Scientific Information's (ISI).http://www.epi-perspectives.com/content/5/1/3 |