Postgraduate Medicine

Top Research Topics at Postgraduate Medicine?

The topics of Internal medicine, Intensive care medicine, Surgery, Disease and MEDLINE are the focal point of discussions in Postgraduate Medicine. Issues in Internal medicine were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Diabetes mellitus, Endocrinology, Oncology, Cardiology and Gastroenterology.

• Internal medicine (18.53%)
• Intensive care medicine (16.08%)
• Surgery (11.57%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Screening Depressed Patients in Family Practice: A Rapid Technic (1559 citations)
• Causalgia and Other Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophies (454 citations)
• The myofascial genesis of pain. (377 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Postgraduate Medicine:

The most cited papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Internal medicine, Intensive care medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry and MEDLINE. The most cited publications address concerns in the field of Internal medicine by exploring it in line with topics in Diabetes mellitus which intersect with Insulin subjects. The most cited publications explore issues in Intensive care medicine which can be linked to other research areas like Primary care, Physical therapy, Disease and Incidence (epidemiology).

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

• Internal medicine
• Disease
• Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Internal medicine, Intensive care medicine, Disease, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and In patient. Some problems in Internal medicine that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Gastroenterology, Diabetes mellitus and Cardiology. The research on Intensive care medicine tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Clinical trial, Primary care, Pharmacotherapy and Thrombosis, Venous thrombosis.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which encompasses Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Pandemic, is the main subject of Postgraduate Medicine. The journal holds forums on Confidence interval that merges themes from other disciplines such as Odds ratio and Logistic regression.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• JAK-STAT pathway inhibition and their implications in COVID-19 therapy (18 citations)
• Home-based exercise can be beneficial for counteracting sedentary behavior and physical inactivity during the COVID-19 pandemic in older adults. (14 citations)
• Lack of residual morning effects of lemborexant treatment for insomnia: summary of findings across 9 clinical trials. (7 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 Postgraduate Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

• Glen C. Griffin (137 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Paul C. Hodges (90 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ellis S. Benson (89 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Harvey N. Mandell (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert B. Howard (84 papers) absent at the last 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 Postgraduate Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

• Mayo Clinic (343 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Minnesota (289 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Harvard University (169 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
• United States Department of Veterans Affairs (139 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Cleveland Clinic (127 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 12.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 6.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.45% of all publications and 79.39% 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.

Preparing for a Career in Postgraduate Medicine

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