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Updating the landmark literature for the practice of geriatrics: Notable articles from 2012-2019

Laurence M Solberg1,2, Mandi Sehgal3, Pragnesh Patel4

  • 1North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health Service, Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|January 26, 2022
PubMed

Insights

This study identifies landmark geriatric medicine articles published 2012-2019, using altmetrics and expert consensus. It provides essential reading for healthcare professionals in geriatrics.

Area of Science:

  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Bibliometrics

Background:

  • Maintaining currency with peer-reviewed literature is crucial for medical education and evidence-based practice.
  • This study updates a previous publication on landmark geriatric medicine articles.
  • It incorporates altmetrics and notable articles from 2012-2019.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and rank the most influential articles in geriatric medicine published between 2012 and 2019.
  • To incorporate altmetrics alongside traditional citation counts for article evaluation.
  • To provide an updated resource for healthcare professionals educating on geriatric care principles.

Main Methods:

  • Searched Web of Science and Scopus for highly cited, clinically relevant geriatric articles.
  • Utilized Altmetric Explorer for articles with high altmetric scores.
  • Evaluated articles using a bibliometric score including adjusted journal impact factor, citation count, and altmetric score.

Main Results:

  • A consensus panel selected the top 12 notable geriatric articles.
  • Articles were ranked using an expert opinion survey.
  • The study combined subjective and objective measures to identify landmark publications.

Conclusions:

  • The identified articles serve as a valuable educational resource for geriatrics.
  • Future updates of landmark articles should occur every five years.
  • A national professional society should govern the update process.
Abstract

Keywords:
bibliometricseducationevidence-based practicegeriatricsmedical

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