Abstract
BackgroundArticles cited counts are catalogued and help identify landmark papers. This study provides a citation classics of anesthesiology literature using the framework of subspecialties to provide a review of well-developed areas of research in anesthesiology.MethodsA comprehensive list of the most-cited articles in anesthesia was compiled using a bibliometric database and general search terms such as "anesthesia" as well as subspecialty-specific search terms. Queries were reviewed for relevance to anesthesiology practice, categorized by subspecialty, and ranked according to their citation counts.ResultsThe database resulted in 2519 articles published between 1945 and 2008. The specialty areas most represented were chronic pain medicine (11%), pharmacology (9%), and pain sciences (9%).ConclusionsThis citations classic allows for advances in anesthesiology and its subspecialties to be highlighted as well to provide useful manuscripts to guide patient care, direct future research, and serve as sources for future academic pursuit.
Highlights
Articles cited counts are catalogued and help identify landmark papers
After excluding duplicates and irrelevant articles in the manner listed in methods, the database of articles specific to the conduct of anesthesiology itself included only 2519 articles (13% of the original search)
The purpose of this study was to provide updated citation classics of anesthesiology literature using the framework of subspecialties within the general field to provide a review of well-developed areas of research in anesthesiology
Summary
Articles cited counts are catalogued and help identify landmark papers. This study provides a citation classics of anesthesiology literature using the framework of subspecialties to provide a review of well-developed areas of research in anesthesiology. The diversity of diseases, the patients, and the basic sciences that encompass the specialty of anesthesiology and its related specialties is reflected by a similar heterogeneity of the journals in which anesthesiology knowledge is published. As this body of knowledge increases, it is important to enhance methodologies that identify especially relevant and important papers within the overall field, as well as within its multiple subspecialties. With the development of Internet-based search engines, numerous methods to search for relevant medical literature exist While these databases are easy to use, the results of basic keyword or topic searches are often overwhelming and shed little light on the most relevant articles. There is a need to improve a practioners’ ability to quickly find important articles
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