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Contribution of Case Reports to Brain Metastases Research: Systematic Review and Analysis of Pattern of Citation

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  • Carsten Nieder
  • Adam Pawinski
  • Astrid Dalhaug

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Research activity related to different aspects of prevention, prediction, diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases has increased during recent years. One of the major databases (Scopus) contains 942 scientific articles that were published during the 5-year time period 2006–2010. Of these, 195 (21%) reported on single patient cases and 12 (1%) were reports of 2 cases. Little is known about their influence on advancement of the field or scientific merits. Do brain metastases case reports attract attention and provide stimuli for further research or do they go largely unrecognized? Different measures of impact, visibility and quality of published research are available, each with its own pros and cons. For the present evaluation, article citation rate was chosen. The median number of citations overall and stratified by year of publication was 0, except for the year 2006 when it was 2. As compared to other articles, case reports remained more often without citation (p

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  • Carsten Nieder & Adam Pawinski & Astrid Dalhaug, 2012. "Contribution of Case Reports to Brain Metastases Research: Systematic Review and Analysis of Pattern of Citation," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(3), pages 1-4, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0034300
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034300
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