Webster, Berenika M and Penn, Danielle
(2009)
What is the evidence in evidence-based practice? Citation analysis of papers referenced in Australian cancer clinical practice guidelines.
In: Positioning the Profession: the Tenth International Congress on Medical Librarianship, 31 August 2009 - 04 September 2009, Brisbane, Australia.
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Abstract
The Excellence in Research in Australia (ERA) initiative aims at assessing the quality of Australian research. It is relying on the use of publication and citation counts in scientific literature. While the bibliometric approaches are established and accepted for evaluation of the impact research has within the scientific community, less is known about assessing impact of research on clinical practice and outcomes. One of the ways for medical research to influence practice is through the inclusion in clinical guidelines. Clinical practice guidelines, as defined by Cancer Council Australia, bring together the best available evidence to underpin scientifically-valid recommendations for the prevention and diagnosis of cancer and treatment of care of patients. This study provides a bibliometric picture of literature referenced in Australian clinical practice guidelines. In Australia NHMRC develops and/or approves clinical guidelines. Cancer practice guidelines are produced in cooperation with Australian Cancer Network (up to date -- 21 guidelines), National Breast Cancer Centre (5 guidelines) and a small number with Royal Australian Colleges of General Practitioners and of Surgeons. 26 Australian cancer clinical guidelines have been identified for this study. References on these guidelines were analysed by date of publication, field of research, type of research (basic to applied), country of origin(institutional affiliation of authors) and citation impact. Analyses were normalised for field of research, year and type of publication. Finally, the bibliometric profile of the literature in the Australian guidelines was compared to that in UK guidelines (as presented in paper by Lewison and Sullivan (BrJCancer, 2008).
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| Date: |
August 2009 |
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Publication |
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1 - 23 |
| Event Title: |
Positioning the Profession: the Tenth International Congress on Medical Librarianship |
| Event Dates: |
31 August 2009 - 04 September 2009 |
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Conference |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
University libraries > University Library System |
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Yes |
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31 Oct 2013 18:15 |
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17 Feb 2021 20:55 |
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http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19911 |
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