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ArticleF1000Research2019

Reporting of academic degrees in high-impact medical journals.

Nikola Stankovic, Jerry P Nolan, Lars W Andersen

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Article in F1000Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nikola StankovicResearch Center for Emergency Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jerry P NolanRoyal United Hospital, Bath, UK.
Lars W AndersenResearch Center for Emergency Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5752-8082

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Academic degrees following author names are often included in medical research papers. However, it remains unclear how many journals choose to include academic degrees and whether this is more common in certain types of journals. We examined the 100 highest impact medical journals and found that only 24 medical journals reported academic degrees. Moreover, this was substantially more common in journals based in North America compared with Europe. Further research is required to explore the implications of listing academic degrees on the readers' attitude towards research quality.

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AuthorshipBiomedical ResearchJournal Impact FactorPeriodicals as TopicDisclosureEducational StatusEuropeNorth AmericaAcademicdegreehigh-impactimpact factorjournalspublication

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PMID32089827
PMCPMC7014575

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