Identifying Trends in the Most Cited Nursing Articles: Research Topics, Author Gender Representation and Characteristics Correlated With Citation Counts.

IF 3.8 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Journal of Advanced Nursing Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI:10.1111/jan.16562

Christopher Holmberg

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AIM To assess the top 1000 cited nursing articles in terms of their impact, conceptual and social characteristics. DESIGN Bibliometric literature review design. METHODS A bibliometric analysis on the 1000 most cited nursing articles in English, focusing on assessing their impact and prevalent terms, keywords, co-occurrence networks and topic trends. Non-parametric statistical tests were used. DATA SOURCES Web of Science Core Collection (accessed 14 February 2024). RESULTS The 1000 most cited articles were exported from 201,310 eligible articles. The most cited articles received a total of 319,643 citations. The Journal of Advanced Nursing and the International Journal of Nursing Studies were the most cited journals. Literature reviews accounted for 21% of the most cited articles, compared to only 7% of all eligible articles. Most first authors were female, 63%. The data showed an increase in female first authorship among the most cited articles over time. This may reflect a shift towards greater gender equity in nursing research. Shorter article titles and fewer article pages were associated with more citations. CONCLUSION Methodological and conceptual articles received the most citations, likely due to their broad applicability (e.g., across disciplines) and enduring relevance. There was a statistically significant correlation between article brevity and citation count, but the relationship should be viewed with caution given the small effect size. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSION Bibliometrics is important for evidence-based practice because it helps nurses evaluate journals, articles and research topics. Since citation counts do not always indicate research quality, nurses and nursing students would benefit from training in bibliometrics to enhance their critical thinking in this area. IMPACT Top-cited nursing articles indicate influential research topics and methods. They also influence authors' academic career opportunities, allowing assessment of research equity in terms of dominant countries and author gender representation. REPORTING METHOD The Preferred Reporting Items for Bibliometric Analysis (PRIBA) guidelines. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION No Patient or Public Contribution.

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识别被引用次数最多的护理文章的趋势：研究课题、作者性别比例以及与引用次数相关的特征。

目的从影响力、概念和社会特征的角度评估被引用次数最多的 1000 篇护理文章。方法对被引用次数最多的 1000 篇英文护理文章进行文献计量分析，重点评估其影响力和流行术语、关键词、共现网络和主题趋势。结果从 201,310 篇符合条件的文章中导出了 1000 篇被引用次数最多的文章。被引用次数最多的文章共被引用 319,643 次。高级护理学杂志》和《国际护理研究杂志》是被引用次数最多的期刊。文献综述占被引用次数最多文章的 21%，而在所有符合条件的文章中仅占 7%。大多数第一作者为女性，占 63%。数据显示，随着时间的推移，在被引用次数最多的文章中，女性为第一作者的情况有所增加。这可能反映了护理研究中性别平等的转变。较短的文章标题和较少的文章页数与较多的引用次数有关。结论方法论和概念性文章的引用次数最多，这可能是因为它们具有广泛的适用性（如跨学科）和持久的相关性。文章的简短程度与引用次数之间存在统计学意义上的显著相关性，但由于影响范围较小，因此应谨慎看待两者之间的关系。对专业的启示文献计量学对于循证实践非常重要，因为它可以帮助护士评估期刊、文章和研究课题。由于引用次数并不总能说明研究质量，因此护士和护理专业学生将受益于文献计量学的培训，以提高他们在该领域的批判性思维能力。影响被引用次数最高的护理文章表明研究主题和方法具有影响力。它们还影响着作者的学术生涯机会，可以从主要国家和作者性别代表方面评估研究的公平性。报告方法文献计量学分析首选报告项目（PRIBA）指南。

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Journal of Advanced Nursing 医学-护理

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

7.90%

发文量

369

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Advanced Nursing (JAN) contributes to the advancement of evidence-based nursing, midwifery and healthcare by disseminating high quality research and scholarship of contemporary relevance and with potential to advance knowledge for practice, education, management or policy. All JAN papers are required to have a sound scientific, evidential, theoretical or philosophical base and to be critical, questioning and scholarly in approach. As an international journal, JAN promotes diversity of research and scholarship in terms of culture, paradigm and healthcare context. For JAN’s worldwide readership, authors are expected to make clear the wider international relevance of their work and to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural considerations and differences.