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The most influential articles in critical care medicine
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The most influential articles in critical care medicine

Andrew L Rosenberg, Ravi S Tripathi and James Blum
Journal of critical care, Vol.25(1), pp.157-170
03/2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.12.010
PMCID: PMC7127294
PMID: 19327953
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.12.010View
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Abstract

The study aimed to examine query strategies that would provide an exhaustive search method to retrieve the most referenced articles within specific categories of critical care. A comprehensive list of the most cited critical care medicine articles was generated by searching the Science Citation Index Expanded data set using general critical care terms keywords such as "critical care," critical care journal titles, and keywords for subsubjects of critical care. The final database included 1187 articles published between 1905 and 2006. The most cited article was referenced 4909 times. The most productive search term was intensive care. However, this term only retrieved 25% of the top 100 articles. Furthermore, 662 of the top 1000 articles could not be found using any of the basic critical care search terms. Sepsis, acute lung injury, and mechanical ventilation were the most common areas of focus for the articles retrieved. Retrieving frequently cited, influential articles in critical care requires using multiple search terms and manuscript sources. Periodic compilations of most cited articles may be useful for critical care practitioners and researches to keep abreast of important information.
 Information Storage and Retrieval - methods Humans Journal Impact Factor Search Engine Critical Care Databases, Bibliographic Subject Headings Periodicals as Topic

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