• H S J Kim, M Wahid, C Choi, P Das, S Jung, and F Khosa.
• Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada.
• Burns. 2020 Nov 1; 46 (7): 1686-1692.

BackgroundThe number of citations an article receives is a reassuring marker for its influence in the academic world.ObjectiveWe aimed to discover characteristics of dermatology articles that may impact their citation.MethodsThis cross-sectional study collected and analyzed articles published between January and June 2013 from ten highest impact dermatology journals. The study included manuscript characteristics i.e. the length of an article, the presence of visual aids, accessibility, originality, and clarity. Citation analysis statistics required multiple tools such as linear regression, point-biserial correlation, Spearman's rank-order correlation, and Kruskal-Wallis to determine the association between these study variables and the number of citations of articles.ResultsOf 748 articles included in our study, the number of citations ranged from 0 to 814 (median: 18), with weak positive correlations to the length of manuscript (word count: rs 0.3, p<0.001; pages: rs 0.3, p<0.001). Having a structured abstract (rpb -0.15, p<0.001) and increasing number of references (rs -0.26, p<0.001) showed a negative correlation. Studies originating in North America were associated with higher citations, followed by Europe and Asia (p<0.001). Review articles had a higher number of citations (p<0.001).ConclusionsWe found that the number of words and the number of pages within a dermatology manuscript had the strongest positive correlation for a higher citation count. The results of this study can benefit authors who may improve the citation of their articles by utilizing this bibliometric study when assembling their manuscript.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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