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Factors Affecting the Use of Medical Articles for Citation and Academic Reference

INTRODUCTION: Increases in publication quantity and the onset of open access have increased the complexity of conducting a literature search. Bibliometric markers, like impact factor (IF), have traditionally been used to help identify high-quality research. These markers exist amongst a variety of o...

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Autores principales: Wiens, Ian, Ramjiawan, Angela, Wiens, Julia, Fung, Kevin, Gooi, Malcolm, Gooi, Patrick, Hu, Amanda, Leitao, Darren, Nguyen, Lily H P, Gooi, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9338393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35915806
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S355465
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author Wiens, Ian
Ramjiawan, Angela
Wiens, Julia
Fung, Kevin
Gooi, Malcolm
Gooi, Patrick
Hu, Amanda
Leitao, Darren
Nguyen, Lily H P
Gooi, Adrian
author_facet Wiens, Ian
Ramjiawan, Angela
Wiens, Julia
Fung, Kevin
Gooi, Malcolm
Gooi, Patrick
Hu, Amanda
Leitao, Darren
Nguyen, Lily H P
Gooi, Adrian
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description INTRODUCTION: Increases in publication quantity and the onset of open access have increased the complexity of conducting a literature search. Bibliometric markers, like impact factor (IF), have traditionally been used to help identify high-quality research. These markers exist amongst a variety of other factors, which poses the following question: what factors are examined when considering articles for clinical and academic research? OBJECTIVE: To determine what factors are involved when authors choose citations to include in their publications. METHODS: A voluntary and anonymous questionnaire-based survey was distributed to medical students, residents, and faculty from multiple medical schools across Canada during the 2020/2021 academic year. Survey ratings were scored on a 5-point Likert scale and open word response. RESULTS: The study collected 156 complete sets of responses including 78 trainees (61 medical students and 17 residents), and 78 faculty. Language of the article (3.93) and availability on PubMed/Medline (3.77) were found more important than country of origin (2.14), institution (2.26), and IF (2.97). Trainees found the following factors more important than faculty: year of publication (3.94 vs 3.47, p = 0.0016), availability on Google/Google Scholar (2.51 vs 1.88, p = 0.0013), Open-access (2.46 vs 1.87, p = 0.0011), and Free access (2.73 vs 2.31, p = 0.049). CONCLUSION: Our study identified differences in faculty and trainee literature search preferences, bias towards English language publications, and the movement towards online literature sources. This knowledge provides insight into what biases individuals may be exposed to based on their language and literature search preferences. Future areas of research include how trainees’ opinions change over time, identifying trainee ability to recognize predatory journals, and the need for better online journal article translators to mitigate the language bias. We believe this will lead to higher quality evidence and optimal patient care amongst healthcare workers.
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spelling pubmed-93383932022-07-31 Factors Affecting the Use of Medical Articles for Citation and Academic Reference Wiens, Ian Ramjiawan, Angela Wiens, Julia Fung, Kevin Gooi, Malcolm Gooi, Patrick Hu, Amanda Leitao, Darren Nguyen, Lily H P Gooi, Adrian Adv Med Educ Pract Original Research INTRODUCTION: Increases in publication quantity and the onset of open access have increased the complexity of conducting a literature search. Bibliometric markers, like impact factor (IF), have traditionally been used to help identify high-quality research. These markers exist amongst a variety of other factors, which poses the following question: what factors are examined when considering articles for clinical and academic research? OBJECTIVE: To determine what factors are involved when authors choose citations to include in their publications. METHODS: A voluntary and anonymous questionnaire-based survey was distributed to medical students, residents, and faculty from multiple medical schools across Canada during the 2020/2021 academic year. Survey ratings were scored on a 5-point Likert scale and open word response. RESULTS: The study collected 156 complete sets of responses including 78 trainees (61 medical students and 17 residents), and 78 faculty. Language of the article (3.93) and availability on PubMed/Medline (3.77) were found more important than country of origin (2.14), institution (2.26), and IF (2.97). Trainees found the following factors more important than faculty: year of publication (3.94 vs 3.47, p = 0.0016), availability on Google/Google Scholar (2.51 vs 1.88, p = 0.0013), Open-access (2.46 vs 1.87, p = 0.0011), and Free access (2.73 vs 2.31, p = 0.049). CONCLUSION: Our study identified differences in faculty and trainee literature search preferences, bias towards English language publications, and the movement towards online literature sources. This knowledge provides insight into what biases individuals may be exposed to based on their language and literature search preferences. Future areas of research include how trainees’ opinions change over time, identifying trainee ability to recognize predatory journals, and the need for better online journal article translators to mitigate the language bias. We believe this will lead to higher quality evidence and optimal patient care amongst healthcare workers. Dove 2022-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9338393/ /pubmed/35915806 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S355465 Text en © 2022 Wiens et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Leitao, Darren
Nguyen, Lily H P
Gooi, Adrian
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9338393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35915806
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S355465
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