Highly Cited Occupational Therapy Articles in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index: A Bibliometric Analysis

A bibliometric analysis was completed of highly cited occupational therapy literature and authors published from 1991 to 2014 and accessible in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) databases. Data were obtained from the SCI-Expanded and SSCI. A...

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Published in:The American journal of occupational therapy 2017-11, Vol.71 (6), p.7106300010p1-7106300010p11
Main Authors: Brown, Ted, Gutman, Sharon A, Ho, Yuh-Shan, Fong, Kenneth N K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Bibliographic citations
Bibliometrics
Citation Analysis
Citation indexes
Editorials
Feasibility studies
Geriatrics
Internet resources
Law Enforcement
Letters to the editor
Library and information science
Library associations
Medical journals
Medical libraries
Occupational therapy
Open access publishing
Outcomes of Education
Periodicals
R&D
Rehabilitation
Research & development
Research and Development
Resistance (Psychology)
Science
Social sciences
Statistical Analysis
Statistics
Stroke
Therapists
Traumatic brain injury
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Summary:A bibliometric analysis was completed of highly cited occupational therapy literature and authors published from 1991 to 2014 and accessible in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) databases. Data were obtained from the SCI-Expanded and SSCI. Articles referenced >100 times were categorized as highly cited articles (HCA). Of 6,486 articles found, 31 were categorized as HCA. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published the largest number of HCA (n = 8; 26%). The 31 HCA were distributed across seven countries: United States (20 articles), Canada (3), United Kingdom (3), Australia (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), and Sweden (1). The three authors with the highest Y-index were S. J. Page, F. Clark, and W. Dunn. A latency period of 4 to 5 yr post-publication appears to be needed for a journal article to gain citations.
ISSN:0272-9490
1943-7676
DOI:10.5014/ajot.2017.023747