ArticleFamily medicine2025
A Descriptive Bibliometric Study of CERA Publication Dissemination, Authorship, and Citation Rates.
Article in Family medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Connection, Commitment, and Community in Family Medicine.Family medicine · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesBarriers to performing family medicine research include funding, infrastructure, and mentorship shortages. The Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) was created in 2011 to address these issues. This study explores the scope and impact of CERA-related publications in family medicine.
methodsWe performed a descriptive bibliometric study of CERA-related publications from 2011 to 2023. Articles were sourced from Medline (PubMed), SCOPUS, and the CERA website. Data analysis focused on publication type, authors, CERA survey type, and citation rates.
resultsFrom a total of 231 articles retrieved via initial searches and 166 from the CERA website, 174 were included in the analysis. Most studies (95.4%) were original research, with the journal Family Medicine publishing the majority (69.4%). General membership surveys had the highest citations per publication (6.3), while publications prior to 2017 had more citations on average (6.3) compared to those after 2017 (2.4). CERA-related publications featured 515 unique authors across 153 affiliations, with top contributors being Kelly Everard and Arch Mainous III.
conclusionsCERA provides essential infrastructure for family medicine research, fostering diversity in authorship and affiliations. While impactful in family medicine journals, opportunities exist to extend CERA's reach. Continued support and enhancements in data use are both needed.
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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.