Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Top Research Topics at Pediatric Critical Care Medicine?

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Intensive care medicine, Anesthesia, MEDLINE, Internal medicine and Emergency medicine. It links adjacent topics like Intensive care medicine with Sepsis. The work on Anesthesia tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Cardiac surgery, Surgery and Prospective cohort study.

The research on Internal medicine tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Gastroenterology and Cardiology. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine facilitates discussions on Emergency medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Psychological intervention and Retrospective cohort study. Topics in Retrospective cohort study were tackled in line with various other fields like Odds ratio and Pediatrics.

• Intensive care medicine (27.82%)
• Anesthesia (16.26%)
• MEDLINE (13.24%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• International pediatric sepsis consensus conference: definitions for sepsis and organ dysfunction in pediatrics. (2189 citations)
• Vasoactive-inotropic score as a predictor of morbidity and mortality in infants after cardiopulmonary bypass (607 citations)
• Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents--second edition. (475 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Pediatric Critical Care Medicine:

The journal papers investigate studies in Intensive care medicine, Pediatric intensive care unit, MEDLINE, Anesthesia and Intensive care. The most cited papers hold forums on Intensive care medicine that merge themes from other disciplines such as Prospective cohort study, Severity of illness, Retrospective cohort study and Sepsis. While Pediatric intensive care unit is the key highlight in the published papers, thet also covered some subjects on Emergency medicine and Psychological intervention.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Intensive care medicine, Emergency medicine, Internal medicine, Anesthesia and Pediatric intensive care unit. Critically ill is a focus of the Intensive care medicine works in it. The presented Emergency medicine research focuses mostly on Psychological intervention and, on occasion, topics in MEDLINE.

The majority of Internal medicine studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Retrospective cohort study. The study on Retrospective cohort study presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Interquartile range. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is focused mainly on Anesthesia, particularly Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Children's Hospital in New York City: Patient Characteristics and an Institutional Protocol for Evaluation, Management, and Follow-Up. (33 citations)
• Caring for Critically Ill Children With Suspected or Proven Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection: Recommendations by the Scientific Sections' Collaborative of the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care. (11 citations)
• Decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: A systematic review (8 citations)

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.

Top authors and change over time

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

• Niranjan Kissoon (126 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Patrick M. Kochanek (101 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Vinay Nadkarni (101 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Robert C. Tasker (86 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Joseph A. Carcillo (86 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• Boston Children's Hospital (712 papers) published 66 papers at the last edition, 28 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Pittsburgh (208 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Pennsylvania (179 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (172 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 22 less than at the previous edition,
• Baylor College of Medicine (143 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 9 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, 79.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 45.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.78% of all publications and 26.67% 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.

Career Opportunities in Pediatric Critical Care Nursing

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