Citation indexes do not reflect methodological quality in lung cancer randomised trials.
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Date publication
mai 2003
Journal
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MASCAUX Céline
Tous les auteurs :
Berghmans T, Meert AP, Mascaux C, Paesmans M, Lafitte JJ, Sculier JP
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Résumé
Citation factors are applied to assess scientific work despite the fact that they were developed commercially in order to compare competing journals. The aim of the present study was to determine whether there is a relationship between citation factors and a trial's methodological quality using published randomised trials in lung cancer clinical research. Material and methods All of the randomised trials included in nine systematic reviews performed by the European Lung Cancer Working Party (ELCWP) were assessed using two quality scales (Chalmers and ELCWP).
Mots clés
Chi-Square Distribution, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, drug therapy, Peer Review, Research, methods, Periodicals as Topic, standards, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, methods, Statistics, Nonparametric
Référence
Ann. Oncol.. 2003 May;14(5):715-21