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
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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Auteurs

Michael L Groff (ML)

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.

Martin Offringa (M)

Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada.
Division of Neonatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.

Abby Emdin (A)

Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.

Quenby Mahood (Q)

Division of Hospital Library and Archives, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.

Patricia C Parkin (PC)

Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada.
Division of Pediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.

Eyal Cohen (E)

Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada.
Division of Pediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.

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