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Comparing Bibliometric Analysis Using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science Databases
Published on: October 24, 2019
Highly Cited Occupational Therapy Articles in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index:
Ted Brown1, Sharon A Gutman2, Yuh-Shan Ho3
1Ted Brown, PhD, MSc, MPA, BScOT (Hons), OT(C), OTR, MRCOT, FOTARA, is Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University-Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, Australia; ted.brown@monash.edu.
Objective:
A bibliometric analysis was completed of highly cited occupational therapy literature and authors published from 1991 to 2014 and accessible in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) databases.
Method:
Data were obtained from the SCI-Expanded and SSCI. Articles referenced >100 times were categorized as highly cited articles (HCA).
Results:
Of 6,486 articles found, 31 were categorized as HCA. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published the largest number of HCA (n = 8; 26%). The 31 HCA were distributed across seven countries: United States (20 articles), Canada (3), United Kingdom (3), Australia (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), and Sweden (1). The three authors with the highest Y-index were S. J. Page, F. Clark, and W. Dunn.
Conclusion:
A latency period of 4 to 5 yr post-publication appears to be needed for a journal article to gain citations.
