[Effects of articles published in the Dutch Journal of Medicine]. / Effecten van artikelen gepubliceerd in het Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
; 143(39): 1957-62, 1999 Sep 25.
Article
in Nl
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10526615
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To inventory the effects of publishing in the NTvG.DESIGN:
Retrospective, descriptive.METHODS:
The first authors of the articles of the sections Clinical lessons, Capita selecta, For practice, Original articles, Case reports and Side effects of drugs, from the issues 27-53 of Volume 138 (1994) of the NTvG were approached for a written enquiry about the effects of their articles. Reactions in the form of letters to the editor were assessed by screening the relevant section.RESULTS:
The results of the enquiry concerned 165 articles. The authors of 160 articles (97%) reported that they had been approached in person with reference to the publication, on average 15.7 times orally and 2.0 times in writing. The authors of 66 articles (40%) were invited to deliver a lecture, data from 62 articles (38%) were used by others and 54 articles (33%) resulted in (continuation) research. An approach by the media followed after 23 articles (14%). A positive effect on the number of relevant patient referrals was mentioned of 4 (44%) articles from section For practice and 7 (30%) articles from section Clinical lessons. Various other effects were reported of 48 articles (29%). Forty (20%) of the total of 197 articles involved in the study were followed by one or two letters to the editor, prompted mostly by Clinical lessons (33%).CONCLUSION:
Virtually all articles produced an effect. Many articles were followed by personal reactions and many articles elicited a response indicating influence on medical teaching, science or clinical activity.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Periodicals as Topic
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Publishing
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Bibliometrics
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Family Practice
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
Nl
Journal:
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article