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Median numbers of pages, citations and citations per page for all articles in the surgical journals of 2001 (n = 120). |
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| Original articles |
Reviews |
p value* |
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| Total |
16452 |
631 |
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| Number of pages per article |
5 (4–7) |
8 (5–11) |
p < 0.0001 |
| Number of citations per article |
1 (0–4) |
2 (1–6) |
p < 0.0001 |
| Number of citations per article page |
0.286 (0–0.667) |
0.333 (0.083–0.707) |
p = 0.013 |
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*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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