Impact Factor Trends of Top Obstetrics and Gynecology Journals During COVID-19.

Minhazur Sarker, Emily Yang, Ukachi Emeruwa, Timothy Wen

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Article in Interactive journal of medical research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Minhazur SarkerDivision of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Dr, Mail Code 7433, San Diego, CA, 92037, United States, 1 858 249 1207.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-3023

Emily YangDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7206-6058

Ukachi EmeruwaDivision of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Dr, Mail Code 7433, San Diego, CA, 92037, United States, 1 858 249 1207.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5876-6960

Timothy WenDivision of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Dr, Mail Code 7433, San Diego, CA, 92037, United States, 1 858 249 1207.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1749-3142

Funding

TRAINING IN REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCEST32HD007203 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI PAMELA L MELLON · 1988 to 2026

$4.8M

NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007203

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: Obstetrics and gynecology journal impact factor trends during the COVID-19 pandemic were similar to those seen among other medical specialties, and our findings further highlight the ongoing need to implement a metric of research impact that is not as easily manipulated by selective publication.

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COVID-19impact factorresearch impact

Identifiers

PMID40526897

DOI10.2196/70554

PMCPMC12187028

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