STUDY DESIGN Bibliometric study of current literature. OBJECTIVE To identify and analyze the 100 most cited publications in cervical spine research. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The cervical spine is a dynamic field of research with many advances made within the last century. The literature has, however, never been comprehensively analyzed to identify and compare the most influential articles...

The evolution of the electronic age has led to the development of numerous medical databases on the World Wide Web, offering search facilities on a particular subject and the ability to perform citation analysis. We compared the content coverage and practical utility of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The official Web pages of the databases were used to extract information o...

In recent years, obesity has become a major public health problem and its prevalence is increasing at an alarming pace. Moreover, this problem has affected children and adolescents in marked fashion. Considering this situation, public policies on nutrition were created as strategies to attempt to combat/control the high Brazilian obesity indices. The scope of this study was to conduct a histori...

With the fast expansion of computer networks, it is inevitable to study data mining on heterogeneous databases. In this paper we proposeMDBM, an accurate and efficient approach for classification on multiple heterogeneous databases. We propose a regression-based method for predicting the usefulness of inter-database links that serve as bridges for information transfer, because such links are au...

Shortages of school psychologists and the underrepresentation of minorities in school psychology represent longstanding concerns. Scholars recommend that one way to address both issues is to recruit individuals from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds into school psychology. The purpose of this study was to explore the characteristics and minority focused findings of school psychology r...

AIMS This discussion paper reports development of a model to advance nursing science and practice in trauma care based on an analysis of the literature and expert opinion. BACKGROUND The continuum of clinical care provided to trauma patients extends from the time of injury through to long-term recovery and final outcomes. Nurses bring a unique expertise to meet the complex physical and psycho...

OBJECTIVE This systematic review examines the empirical literature in an emerging body of evidence for the effectiveness of biopsychosocial interventions involving equines across populations with chronic illness or health challenges. METHOD Selected quantitative studies published in peer-reviewed journals were reviewed for inclusion; the gray literature and white papers were also explored. Po...

good papers are usually recognized quickly by the scientific community, often achieving citation rates higher than those of high-impact journals. Furthermore, the strict page limits of high-impact journals can force authors to omit valuable information [1], sometimes reducing the reach and citation rate of a paper. A rejection also forces a scientist to spend time revising and resubmitting, ins...

OBJECTIVES This study updated Reed's 1999 "Mapping the Literature of Occupational Therapy." An analysis of citation patterns and indexing coverage was undertaken to identify the core literature of occupational therapy and to determine access to that literature. METHODS Citations from three source journals for the years 2006 through 2008 were studied following the common methodology of the "Ma...

We analyse the coauthorship networks of researchers affiliated at universities in Turkey by using two databases: the international SSCI database and the Turkish ULAKBIM database. We find that coauthorship networks are composed largely of isolated groups, permitting little knowledge diffusion. Moreover, there seems to be two disparate populations of researchers. While some scholars publish mostl...