Publication Trends of Pediatric and Adult Randomized Controlled Trials in General Medical Journals, 2005-2018: A Citation Analysis.
bibliometrics
child
clinical trials
journal impact factor
pediatrics
publication characteristics
publications
publishing
randomized controlled trials
social media
Journal
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2227-9067
Titre abrégé: Children (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101648936
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Dec 2020
15 Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
18
10
2020
revised:
08
12
2020
accepted:
12
12
2020
entrez:
18
12
2020
pubmed:
19
12
2020
medline:
19
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Policy has been developed to promote the conduct of high-quality pediatric randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Whether these strategies have influenced publication trends in high-impact journals is unknown. We aim to evaluate characteristics, citation patterns, and publication trends of pediatric RCTs published in general medical journals (GMJs) compared with adult RCTs over a 13-year period. Studies were identified using Medline, and impact metrics were collected from Web of Science and Scopus. All RCTs published from 2005-2018 in 7 GMJs with the highest impact factors were identified for analysis. A random sample of matched pediatric and adult RCTs were assessed for publication characteristics, academic and non-academic citation. Citations were counted from publication until June 2019. Among 4146 RCTs, 2794 (67.3%) enrolled adults, 591 (14.2%) enrolled children, and 761 RCTs (18.3%) enrolled adult and pediatric patients. Adult RCTs published in GMJs grew by 5.1 publications per year (95% CI: 3.3-6.9), while the number of pediatric RCTs did not show significant change (-0.4 RCTs/year, 95% CI: -1.4-0.6). Adult RCTs were cited more than pediatric RCTs (median(IQR): 29.9 (68.5-462.8) citations/year vs. 13.2 (6.8-24.9) citations/year;
Identifiants
pubmed: 33333770
pii: children7120293
doi: 10.3390/children7120293
pmc: PMC7765242
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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