Table 1

Median numbers of pages, citations and citations per page for all articles in the immunology journals of 2001 (n = 105).

Original articles

Reviews

p value*


Total

11755

524

Number of pages per article

7 (5–9)

9 (7–13)

<0.0001

Number of citations per article

3 (1–6)

6 (2–13)

<0.0001

Number of citations per article page

0.43 (0.14–1)

0.6 (0.25–1.31)

<0.0001


*Mann-Whitney U-test

Weale et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2004 4:14   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-4-14

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