Article Figures & Data
Tables
- Table 1:
Citation characteristics of journal sections (2010–2012) based on the first 2 years of citations
Journal Category No. Mean SD Minimum Maximum Median % with Citations in First 2 Years VIF Expedited Pub 11 43.73 31.94 13 116 36 1.000 24.38 Review 53 9.38 7.95 0 38 7 0.981 5.23 Interventional 232 8.13 9.91 0 83 5 0.948 4.54 Brain 321 6.64 6.18 0 61 5 0.941 3.70 Extracranial Vascular 9 6.33 5.96 0 19 5 0.889 3.53 Pediatrics 98 5.22 4.99 0 36 4 0.949 2.91 Othera 68 5.12 6.18 0 31 3 0.868 2.85 Functional 34 4.91 3.75 0 17 4 0.941 2.74 Head & Neck 131 4.02 4.63 0 34 3 0.824 2.24 Spine 92 3.33 3.13 0 15 3 0.848 1.85 Noncategorizedb 77 1.91 3.92 0 19 0 0.403 1.06 Note:—Pub indicates Publication.
↵a Other includes Patient Safety (n = 31), Pharmacology Vignette (n = 10), Research Perspectives (n = 9), Practice Perspectives (n = 7), Health Care Reform Vignette (n = 6), and Methodologic Perspective (n = 5).
↵b While the citation characteristics for these noncategorized items (editorials, letters to the editor, and so forth) are presented here, they were not considered in the formula for determining the VIF correction factor.
Topic No. Mean SD Minimum Maximum Median % with Citations in First 2 Years VIF Interventional 317 8.52 12.54 0 116 5 0.927 4.753 Functional/advanced 199 6.80 5.49 0 36 6 0.965 3.791 Brain 484 6.57 6.28 0 61 5 0.940 3.663 Pediatrics 115 5.36 5.12 0 36 4 0.930 2.987 Head and neck 189 4.42 4.46 0 34 3 0.868 2.463 Spine 145 4.16 3.69 0 19 3 0.883 2.319 Editor's Choicea 83 9.22 9.75 0 61 6 0.976 5.139 Fellows' Journal Cluba 82 6.87 5.72 0 31 6 0.902 3.828 Nonvascular interventional 122 6.07 5.78 0 34 4.5 0.918 3.387 Peds head and neck 17 4.94 3.42 0 11 4 0.941 2.755 Spine interventional 64 4.14 3.37 0 15 7 0.891 2.309 Note:—Peds indicates Pediatics.
↵a “Fellows' Journal Club” and “Editor's Choices” are journal designations that are independent of the journal-selection category.
