Bibliometric Analysis of Articles Published from 1980 to 2009 in Physical Therapy, Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association
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In this article, a comprehensive bibliometric assessment of Physical Therapy (PTJ) over the past 30 years to examine trends for all types of studies was conducted. But, the most frequent citations were metric studies and references in PTJ were from journals from a variety of disciplines.Abstract:
Background Recent evidence demonstrates growth in both the quality and quantity of evidence in physical therapy Much of this work has focused on randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews
Objective The purpose of this study was to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric assessment of Physical Therapy (PTJ) over the past 30 years to examine trends for all types of studies
Design This was a bibliometric analysis
Methods All manuscripts published in PTJ from 1980 to 2009 were reviewed Research reports, topical reviews (including perspectives and nonsystematic reviews), and case reports were included Articles were coded based on type, participant characteristics, physical therapy focus, research design, purpose of article, clinical condition, and intervention Coding was performed by 2 independent reviewers, and author, institution, and citation information was obtained using bibliometric software
Results Of the 4,385 publications identified, 2,519 were included in this analysis Of these, 671% were research reports, 230% were topical reviews, and 99% were case reports Percentage increases over the past 30 years were observed for research reports, inclusion of “symptomatic” participants (defined as humans with a current symptomatic condition), systematic reviews, qualitative studies, prospective studies, and articles focused on prognosis, diagnosis, or metric topics Percentage decreases were observed for topical reviews, inclusion of only “asymptomatic” participants (defined as humans without a current symptomatic condition), education articles, nonsystematic reviews, and articles focused on anatomy/physiology
Limitations Quality assessment of articles was not performed
Conclusions These trends provide an indirect indication of the evolution of the physical therapy profession through the publication record in PTJ Collectively, the data indicated an increased emphasis on publishing articles consistent with evidence-based practice and clinically based research Bibliometric analyses indicated the most frequent citations were metric studies and references in PTJ were from journals from a variety of disciplinesread more
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