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    Landmark Articles

    What is a “landmark” article?

    A “landmark” article typically reports on pivotal clinical trials that influence or change medical practice. Such articles are often widely referenced, circulated, and cited by other researchers.

    How can I find landmark articles?

    Landmark articles can be found through curated lists or targeted searches. Below are strategies to explore both methods:

    Curated Lists of Landmark Trials

    Several sources attempt to curate lists of landmark trials. These include:

      • The Classics in Medicine™: Summaries of the Landmark Trials – The Classics in Medicine™ list, created and maintained by the 2 Minute Medicine® website, aims to provide summaries of landmark trials across a variety of specialties, including general medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery. FREE

      • 50 Studies Every Doctor Should Know – Covering trials in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and other specialties, 50 Studies identified landmark trials and provides a concise summary with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, and its implications for practice.

      • Journal Club App – The Journal Club App, available for Apple and Android devices, is the mobile app version of Wiki Journal Club.  It provides concise summaries consisting of a Bottom Line and Major Points section for each trial. Purchase Required

    Citation Indexes: Web of Science and Scopus

    Citation indexes are useful tools for identifying influential articles and authors. They rank articles based on how often they are cited, allowing users to quickly identify highly impactful papers.

    Google Scholar

    Google Scholar uses citation counts to rank articles and displays a “Cited By” number for each result. Though it includes citation-based ranking, it does not allow users to sort results purely by citation count like traditional databases.

    Web of Science search results page showing results sorted by times cited in descending order

    Google Scholar

    Google Scholar is another option for identifying high impact articles since it includes citations in its results ranking algorithm and provides a Cited By number for each search result. 

    While citation count is one component of the Google Scholar results ranking algorithm, causing more highly cited papers to appear higher up on the list of results, Google Scholar does not allow users to sort search results to display the search results in order of times cited.  For this functionality as well as many other useful sort, filter and analyze results options, use a tradition citation index databases (i.e. Web of Science or Scopus).

    Google Scholar search results page with citation counts highlighted in results

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