Methodological rigor and citation frequency in patient compliance literature

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ID11030477
AuthorsJohn T Bruer (corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume72
Issue10
Pages1119-1123
Publication date1982-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.72.10.1119
PMID7114334
OpenAlexW2045645022
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

An exhaustive bibliography which assesses the methodological rigor of the patient compliance literature, and citation data from the Science Citation Index (SCI) are combined to determine if methodologically rigorous papers are used with greater frequency than substandard articles by compliance investigators. There are low, but statistically significant, correlations between methodological rigor and citation indicators for 138 patient compliance papers published in SCI source journals during 1975 and 1976. The correlation is not strong enough to warrant use of citation measures as indicators of rigor on a paper-by-paper basis. The data do suggest that citation measures might be developed as crude indicators of methodological rigor. There is no evidence that randomized trials are cited more frequently than studies that employ other experimental designs

Citation · Citation analysis · Citation index · Compliance (psychology) · Library science · MEDLINE · Political science · Rigour · Science Citation Index · Warrant · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics · Medication Adherence and Compliance · Medicine · Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology

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