The 100 Most-Cited Articles Focused on Ultrasound Imaging: A Bibliometric Analysis

作者：Moon J Y; Yun E J^*; Yoon D Y; Choi C S; Seo Y L; Cho Y K; Lim K J; Baek S; Hong S J; Yoon S J

来源：Ultraschall in der Medizin, 2017, 38(3): 311-317.

DOI：10.1055/s-0042-120259

• bibliometrics
• citation analysis
• ultrasound
• publication

Purpose The number of citations that an article has received reflects its impact on a particular research area. The aim of this study was to identify the 100 most-cited articles focused on ultrasound (US) imaging and to analyze the characteristics of these articles.
Methods We determined the 100 most-cited articles on US imaging via the Web of Science database, using the search term. The following parameters were used to analyze the characteristics of the 100 most-cited articles: publication year, journal, journal impact factor, number of citations and annual citations, authors, department, institution, country, type of article, and topic.
Results The number of citations for the 100 most-cited articles ranged from 1849 to 341 (median: 442.0) and the number of annual citations ranged from 108.0 to 8.1 (median: 22.1). The majority of articles were published in 1990 - 1999 (39 %), published in radiology journals (20 %), originated in the United States (45 %), were clinical observation studies (67 %), and dealt with the vessels (35 %). The Department of Internal Medicine at the University of California and the Research Institute of Public Health at the University of Kuopio (n = 4 each) were the leading institutions and Salonen JT and Salonen R (n = 4 each) were the most prolific authors.
Conclusion Our study presents a detailed list and analysis of the 100 most-cited US articles, which provides a unique insight into the historical development in this field.

• 出版日期2017-6