Academic Impact of Qualitative Studies in Healthcare: Bibliometric Analysis
PLoS ONEPublished 13 March 2013Open access
Hiroko Mori, Takeo Nakayama
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The median number of citations for qualitative studies was almost the same as the median of BMJ’s impact factor during the survey period, and medical disciplines were more frequently cited than non-medical disciplines for all three study designs.
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The median number of citations for qualitative studies was almost the same as the median of BMJ's impact factor during the survey period. For a suitable evaluation of qualitative studies in healthcare, it will be necessary to develop a reporting framework and include explicit discussions of clinical implications when reporting findings. Coordination between researchers and editors will be needed to achieve this goal.
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