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Table 1 Comparisons of citation rate among articles’ characteristics (n = 619)

From: Factors associated with citation rate of randomised controlled trials in physiotherapy

Variable

 

frequency

citations

p value

Language

 

< .001

 

English

580 (93.7 %)

28 ± 41

 

Others

39 (6.3 %)

3 ± 4

 

Subdiscipline

 

.023

 

Musculoskeletal

187 (30.2 %)

22 ± 21

 

Neurology

91 (14.7 %)

26 ± 28

 

Cardiothoracics

89 (14.4 %)

36 ± 69

 

Pediatrics

18 (2.9 %)

19 ± 11

 

Gerontology

52 (8.4 %)

31 ± 56

 

Continence/womens’ health

25 (4.0 %)

16 ± 14

 

Oncology

29 (4.7 %)

28 ± 20

 

Sport

11 (1.8 %)

28 ± 24

 

Occupational health

8 (1.3 %)

16 ± 9

 

Endocrinology

68 (11.0 %)

38 ± 57

 

Others

41 (6.6 %)

14 ± 12

 

Pubmed

< .001

 

yes

576 (93.1 %)

28 ± 41

 
 

no

43 (6.9 %)

5 ± 5

 

Countries

.919

 

Australia

50 (8.1 %)

34 ± 58

 
 

Canada

26 (4.2 %)

44 ± 84

 
 

United Kingdom

57 (9.2 %)

24 ± 35

 
 

USA

137 (22.1 %)

32 ± 34

 
 

Sweden

26 (4.2 %)

19 ± 14

 
 

Brazil

29 (4.7 %)

16 ± 14

 
 

Germany

25 (4.0 %)

19 ± 19

 
 

Turkey

26 (4.2 %)

23 ± 23

 
 

The Netherlands

35 (5.7 %)

33 ± 37

 
 

China

41 (6.6 %)

19 ± 58

 
 

Others

167 (27.0 %)

  

Type of access

 

< .001

 

Open access

79 (12.6 %)

34 ± 56

 

Delayed open access

175 (28.9 %)

37 ± 59

 

Restricted access

365 (58.5 %)

20 ± 18

 

Number of centres

< .001

 

multicentric

532 (85.9 %)

26 ± 1

 
 

single-centre

87 (14.1 %)

83 ± 9

 

5-year Impact Factor

< .001

 

Yes

507 (81.9 %)

29 ± 43

 
 

No

112 (18.1 %)

12 ± 16

 

Academic setting

.965

 

Yes

455 (73,5 %)

26 ± 36

 
 

No

164 (26.5 %)

26 ± 49

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