Increase in Numbers and Proportions of Review Articles in Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology

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作者：
Colebunders, Robert [1 ,2 ]
Kenyon, Chris [1 ]
Rousseau, Ronald [3 ,4 ,5 ]
机构：
[1] Inst Trop Med, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
[2] Univ Antwerp, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium
[3] KHBO VIVES, Fac Engn Technol, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium
[4] Univ Antwerp, IBW, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
[5] Katholieke Univ Leuven, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium
来源：
JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2014年 / 65卷 / 01期
关键词：
IMPACT;
D O I：
10.1002/asi.23026
中图分类号：
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
This article examines whether the absolute and relative numbers of reviews are increasing in the following three subfields of medical sciences: Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology. It further examines if reviews are cited more frequently than are "normal" articles. All research questions are answered affirmatively: The absolute as well as the relative numbers of reviews in these three subfields are indeed increasing. In addition, reviews in these fields are cited more frequently than are normal articles: about 70% more often than are "normal" articles in Infectious Diseases and Oncology and about 50% more often in Tropical Medicine. The article discusses possible reasons for this increase and concludes that medical journals should strive to achieve an optimal balance between review papers and original articles.
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