Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/807912
- Title
- Highly cited articles in environmental and occupational health, 1919-1960
- Author/Creator
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Smith, Derek R.
- Institution
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Health Sciences
- Description
- Although numerous lists of "citation classics" have been compiled across a variety of scientific fields, few have included articles from environmental and occupational health (EOH). This investigation sought to identify and analyze the most highly cited articles ever published in the Journal of Industrial Hygiene (1919-1935), the Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (1936-1949) the Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine (1950), the American Medical Association (A.M.A.) Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine (1950-1954), and the A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health (1955-1960). Regularly cited topics included metal fume fever and various studies of beryllium, whereas the most highly cited article of all was a 1957 paper describing the control of heat casualties at military training centers. Interestingly, the most highly cited articles were not the oldest, and nor were they written as literature reviews. Overall, this Study suggests that although some citation patterns in EOH reflect those of other disciplines, the trend is not uniform and EOH itself appears to have some distinctive bibliometric characteristics.
- Relation
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health Vol. 64, Issue S1, p. 32-42
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19338240903286743
- Date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Heldref Publications
- Keyword(s)
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citation classics;
environmental health;
highly cited articles;
occupational health;
publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/807912
- Identifier
- ISSN:1933-8244
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