Seriwala Haseeb Munaf, Khan Muhammad Shahzeb, Shuaib Waqas, Shah Syed Raza
a Department of Medicine, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences , Karachi , Pakistan.
b Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences , Emory University Hospital , Atlanta , GA , USA.
Expert Rev Respir Med. 2015;9(6):817-24. doi: 10.1586/17476348.2015.1103649. Epub 2015 Nov 2.
Citation classics have been published in almost all medical fields. The main objective of this study was to provide the readers with a complete updated guide using two different citation tracking sources in assessing respiratory literature published in respiratory specific or general medical journals.
Scopus Library database ( www.scopus.com ) was used to determine the 50 most cited articles regarding respiratory medicine using the subject category "respiratory system." The results from the database were sorted using the option "Times cited."
The top 50 articles were published during the time period 1987-2008, with most articles (n = 22) published from 1996 to 2000.The topic that had the highest number of articles (n = 15) was chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders (COPD) followed by asthma (n = 10).
A periodic evaluation of the top cited articles can help researchers identify the quality of work in respiratory system and pinpoint subtopics which have not been given due consideration.
几乎在所有医学领域都有经典文献发表。本研究的主要目的是利用两种不同的引文跟踪来源，为读者提供一份完整的最新指南，以评估发表在呼吸系统专业期刊或普通医学期刊上的呼吸医学文献。
使用Scopus图书馆数据库（www.scopus.com），通过“呼吸系统”主题类别来确定关于呼吸医学被引用次数最多的50篇文章。数据库结果使用“被引用次数”选项进行排序。
排名前50的文章发表于1987年至2008年期间，其中大部分文章（n = 22）发表于1996年至2000年。文章数量最多的主题（n = 15）是慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD），其次是哮喘（n = 10）。
定期评估被引用次数最多的文章有助于研究人员确定呼吸系统研究工作的质量，并找出那些未得到充分关注的子主题。
