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EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA
Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 975-982Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13774
Keywords
citation rate; impact factor; journal; paramedicine; publication; research literature
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The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the top 100 cited articles in the field of paramedicine. The analysis revealed that these articles were predominantly written by medical doctors, published across 48 different journals, and had a high citation count. While most of the studies focused on clinical research, there was a relative lack of contributions from paramedic practitioners and female researchers.
Objective Understanding the impact different journal articles have in any academic field is important - particularly in emerging professions. A bibliometric analysis like this does not yet exist for paramedicine, despite the rapid increase in its primary literature. The objective of the present study was to identify and analyse the 100 top-cited articles about paramedicine. Methods We searched the Scopus database in August 2020 for studies relating to paramedicine. After screening titles and abstracts, we extracted the citation count, journal name, publication year, and country of origin. We manually assessed whether the study was clinical or not, noted the sex of the authors, the profession of first and last authors and the study design used. Results The median citation count for the top 100 papers in paramedicine was 58 (interquartile range 46-84 citations). The articles were published across 48 different journals, with Resuscitation and Prehospital Emergency Care being the two most frequent. The top-cited paramedic papers originated from 16 different countries and were written predominantly by medical doctors. Three quarters (73%) of the studies had a clinical focus, and a quarter (26%) were randomised controlled trials. Conclusions The evolution of paramedicine towards professionalism is backed up by the growth of its own body of knowledge. This analysis of the 100 most cited studies in paramedicine is the first of its kind and highlights that paramedicine articles have a high citation count and are published across numerous journals, but with a relative lack of contribution from paramedic practitioners and female researchers.
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