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Medicine (United States)
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Medicine (United States)

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Published by: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 910 493 495 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1511
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1679
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 38
SCIMAGO H-index: 180
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.469
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Medicine?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Internal medicine, Surgery, Meta-analysis, Retrospective cohort study and MEDLINE. Medicine holds forums on Internal medicine that merges themes from other disciplines such as Gastroenterology, Oncology and Cardiology. The work on Oncology addressed in Medicine expands to the thematically related Cancer.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Meta-analysis, apply to Randomized controlled trial as well. The journal focuses on Randomized controlled trial but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Anesthesia, Adverse effect, Physical therapy and Clinical trial. Many of the studies tackled connect Retrospective cohort study with a similar field of study like Incidence (epidemiology).

The journal explores issues in MEDLINE which can be linked to other research areas like Research design, Protocol (science) and Intensive care medicine. Confidence interval research is concerned with Hazard ratio in particular.

  • Internal medicine (30.71%)
  • Surgery (15.79%)
  • Meta-analysis (12.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Chronic granulomatous disease. Report on a national registry of 368 patients. (1418 citations)
  • Dissecting aneurysm of the aorta: a review of 505 cases. (1235 citations)
  • The hypereosinophilic syndrome: analysis of fourteen cases with review of the literature. (1161 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Medicine:

Internal medicine, Surgery, Gastroenterology, Pathology and Immunology are the main subjects of interest in the published articles. While the most cited papers focused on Internal medicine, they were also able to explore topics like Endocrinology and Cardiology. While work presented in the most cited papers provide substantial information on Surgery, it also covers topics in Odds ratio and Incidence (epidemiology).

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chia-Hung Kao (117 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • M. Álvarez-Mon Soto (82 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Cheng-Li Lin (74 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • R. Molina Villaverde (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cheng-Li Lin (54 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sichuan University (1167 papers) published 151 papers at the last edition, 101 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (719 papers) published 77 papers at the last edition, 82 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jilin University (637 papers) published 69 papers at the last edition, 104 less than at the previous edition,
  • Capital Medical University (556 papers) published 65 papers at the last edition, 29 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Alcalá (495 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 19.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.61% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.69% of all publications and 52.16% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Application of Research in Nursing and Healthcare

The integration and application of the research topics discussed above are not just limited to medicine; they can also be extended into related fields such as nursing and healthcare. Many of the advancements, new procedures, and innovative treatments found in medical research significantly influence and shape nursing practices and healthcare policies. Recognized medical conditions, novel surgical procedures, fresh insights from retrospective cohort studies or randomised controlled trials, innovations from areas like Internal medicine, Surgery, and Oncology hold immense potential to revolutionise healthcare. This can take the form for better nursing care plans, improved patient management strategies, and development of more effective preventive and therapeutic healthcare programs. Many accredited nursing colleges and health research institutions make it a point to incorporate such new knowledge and techniques into their nursing curriculum. This provides students and healthcare professionals with the most current and effective practices. One of the top contributors in this regard is Massachusetts, which houses some of the best and highest-ranked nursing schools and medical research institutions in the country. For instance, the accredited nursing schools in Massachusetts have fantastic programs that exemplify this blend of research and practical learning. Students in these programs are provided a robust understanding of the current medical research landscape and taught how to apply their learnings in the practical realm of healthcare. This intersection of medicine, nursing, and broader healthcare represent how impactful these research topics are beyond the world of medical journals and laboratories. This section's importance underscores the critical essence of research, its direct impact, and potential application on health and wellbeing.

Top Publications

  • Mental health circumstances among health care workers and general public under the pandemic situation of COVID-19 (HOME-COVID-19).

    Surapon Nochaiwong;Chidchanok Ruengorn;Ratanaporn Awiphan;Yongyuth Ruanta

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Background styles in systematic review articles are not related to the publication in high-impact-factor journals: A meta-epidemiological study.

    Yuki Kataoka;Shunsuke Taito;Sachiko Yamamoto-Kataoka;Yasushi Tsujimoto

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • Refeeding syndrome is associated with increased mortality in malnourished medical inpatients: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial.

    Natalie Friedli;Jessica Baumann;Ramona Hummel;Milena Kloter

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • Inequality in the health services utilization in rural and urban china: A horizontal inequality analysis.

    Bin Guo;Xin Xie;Qunhong Wu;Xin Zhang

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • Clinical risk factors associated with recurrence of ischemic stroke within two years: A cohort study.

    Yuanyuan Zhuo;Jiaman Wu;Yimin Qu;Haibo Yu

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Real-world efficacy and safety of switching to bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide in older people living with HIV

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • Conversion therapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma after lenvatinib: Three case reports

    Tetsu Tomonari;Yasushi Sato;Hironori Tanaka;Takahiro Tanaka

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Decline in serum albumin concentration is a predictor of serious events in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

    Kazunori Kawaguchi;Yoshio Sakai;Takeshi Terashima;Tetsuhiro Shimode

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • The role of a chest computed tomography severity score in coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia.

    Fausto Salaffi;Marina Carotti;Marika Tardella;Alessandra Borgheresi

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • The association of obesity with health insurance coverage and demographic characteristics: a statewide cross-sectional study.

    Evangelia K Mylona;Gregorio Benitez;Fadi Shehadeh;Elvira Fleury

    (2020)
    33 Citations

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