Knowledge syntheses in medical education: A bibliometric analysis
| Autor: | Candace Norton, Joseph A. Costello, Lauren A. Maggio, Anthony R. Artino, Erik W. Driessen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Medical education
Bibliometric analysis 020205 medical informatics business.industry Knowledge synthesis 02 engineering and technology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Systematic review Publishing Knowledge translation 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Social media 030212 general & internal medicine Altmetrics Citation business Psychology |
| DOI: | 10.1101/2020.05.12.088542 |
| Popis: | PurposeThis bibliometric analysis maps the landscape of knowledge syntheses in medical education. It provides scholars with a roadmap for understanding where the field has been and where it might go in the future. In particular, this analysis details the venues in which knowledge syntheses are published, the types of syntheses conducted, citation rates they produce, and altmetric attention they garner.MethodIn 2020, the authors conducted a bibliometric analysis of knowledge syntheses published in 14 core medical education journals from 1999 to 2019. To characterize the studies, metadata was extracted from Pubmed, Web of Science, Altmetrics Explorer, and Unpaywall.ResultsThe authors analyzed 963 knowledge syntheses representing 3.1% of total articles published (n=30,597). On average, 45.9 knowledge syntheses were published annually (SD=35.85, Median=33), and there was an overall 2,620% increase in the number of knowledge syntheses published from 1999 to 2019. The journals each published, on average, a total of 68.8 knowledge syntheses (SD=67.2, Median=41) with Medical Education publishing the most (n=189; 19%). Twenty-one knowledge synthesis types were identified; the most prevalent types were systematic reviews (n=341; 35.4%) and scoping reviews (n=88; 9.1%). Knowledge syntheses were cited an average of 53.80 times (SD=107.12, Median=19) and received a mean Altmetric Attention Score of 14.12 (SD=37.59, Median=6).ConclusionsThere has been considerable growth in knowledge syntheses in medical education over the past 20 years, contributing to medical education’s evidence base. Beyond this increase in volume, researchers have introduced methodological diversity in these publications, and the community has taken to social media to share knowledge syntheses. Implications for the field, including the impact of synthesis types and their relationship to knowledge translation, are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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