The 100 most-cited articles on non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection from 1995 to 2015

• Published in: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 2017-01, Vol.21 (1), p.100-106
• Main Authors: Jhun, B. W., Kim, S-Y., Kong, J. H., Park, J. R., Park, S. Y., Shim, M. A., Jeon, K., Park, H. Y., Shin, S. J., Koh, W-J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Citation; Humans; Journal Impact Factor; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium Abscessus; Mycobacterium Avium Complex; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous; Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria; Periodicals as Topic - trends
• ISSN: 1027-3719; 1815-7920
• DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0527

SETTING: Citation analyses aid in assessing quality, trends and future directions of research fields.OBJECTIVE: To identify the most influential articles on infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in the last 20 years.DESIGN: We performed a cited reference search of the Web of Science database from 1995 to 2015. The 100 most cited articles on NTM infections were analysed.RESULTS: The top 100 articles were cited 114-1471 times, and were published from 1995 to 2013. Sixty-five were laboratory-based, basic science articles, with the major topics being pathophysiology (n = 20) and molecular methods for NTM identification (n = 15). Among the 35 non-laboratory studies, major topics were clinical management (n = 15) and epidemiology (n = 14). The top article was a clinical treatise on the management of NTM disease, published in 2007. Although there was a correlation between article rank and journal impact factor (P = 0.043, ρ = −0.202), the five articles from the journals with highest impact factors did not rank among the top 10 articles.CONCLUSION: A large proportion of influential articles on NTM infection are basic scientific studies, and the most influential articles are not always published in high-impact journals.