Lydie A Lebrun-Harris1, Sarika R Parasuraman2, Candace Norton3, Alicia A Livinski3, Reem Ghandour2, Stephen J Blumberg4, Michael D Kogan2. 1. US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (LA Lebrun Harris, SR Parasuraman, R Ghandour, MD Kogan), Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, Md. Electronic address: lharris2@hrsa.gov. 2. US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (LA Lebrun Harris, SR Parasuraman, R Ghandour, MD Kogan), Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, Md. 3. US Department of Health and Human Services (C Nortan), National Institutes of Health, NIH Library, Bethesda, Md. 4. US Department of Health and Human Services (SJ Blumberg), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Md. Dr Norton is now with the US Department of Defense, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Bibliometric analyses are commonly used to measure the productivity of researchers or institutions but rarely used to assess the scientific contribution of national surveys/datasets. We applied bibliometric methods to quantify the contributions of the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) to the body of pediatric health-related research. We also examined dissemination to nonresearch audiences by analyzing media coverage of statistics and research produced from the surveys. METHODS: We conducted a search of the Web of Science database to identify peer-reviewed articles related to the NSCH and NS-CSHCN published between 2002 and 2019. We summarized information about citation counts, publishing journals, key research areas, and institutions using the surveys. We used the Lexis Advance database Nexis to assess media coverage. RESULTS: The publication set included 716 NSCH/NS-CSHCN journal articles published between 2002 and June 2019. These publications have in turn been cited 22,449 times, including in 1614 review articles. Over 180 journals have published NSCH/NS-CSHCN articles, and the most commonly covered research areas are in pediatrics; public, environmental and occupational health; psychology; and health care sciences and services. Over 500 institutions have used NSCH/NS-CSHCN data to publish journal articles, and over 950 news media articles have cited statistics or research produced by the surveys. CONCLUSIONS: NSCH/NS-CSHCN data are widely used by government, academic, and media institutions. Bibliometric methods provide a systematic approach to quantify and describe the contributions to the scientific literature made possible with these data. Published by Elsevier Inc.
OBJECTIVE: Bibliometric analyses are commonly used to measure the productivity of researchers or institutions but rarely used to assess the scientific contribution of national surveys/datasets. We applied bibliometric methods to quantify the contributions of the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) to the body of pediatric health-related research. We also examined dissemination to nonresearch audiences by analyzing media coverage of statistics and research produced from the surveys. METHODS: We conducted a search of the Web of Science database to identify peer-reviewed articles related to the NSCH and NS-CSHCN published between 2002 and 2019. We summarized information about citation counts, publishing journals, key research areas, and institutions using the surveys. We used the Lexis Advance database Nexis to assess media coverage. RESULTS: The publication set included 716 NSCH/NS-CSHCN journal articles published between 2002 and June 2019. These publications have in turn been cited 22,449 times, including in 1614 review articles. Over 180 journals have published NSCH/NS-CSHCN articles, and the most commonly covered research areas are in pediatrics; public, environmental and occupational health; psychology; and health care sciences and services. Over 500 institutions have used NSCH/NS-CSHCN data to publish journal articles, and over 950 news media articles have cited statistics or research produced by the surveys. CONCLUSIONS: NSCH/NS-CSHCN data are widely used by government, academic, and media institutions. Bibliometric methods provide a systematic approach to quantify and describe the contributions to the scientific literature made possible with these data. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs; National Survey of Children's Health; bibliometrics; research Impact
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