Search Google Scholar.
Pay attention to the Cited By numbers
. Again, most often (but not always–remember controversial articles are sometimes highly cited, too) articles with high Cited By numbers will be landmark articles.
How do I find landmark articles?
Search Google Scholar.
Pay attention to the Cited By numbers
. Again, most often (but not always–remember controversial articles are sometimes highly cited, too) articles with high Cited By numbers will be landmark articles.
How do I find landmark studies?
To identify landmark papers, you can also
consult the bibliography of your textbook
if you have already taken classes that cover (even briefly) your subfield of interest. If your textbook is one that is used by a lot of university professors, then it probably covers landmark papers well.
What are landmark papers?
Landmark papers are
highly influential papers that have substantially changed the practice of medicine or provided the missing evidence to support current practices
.
What is landmark trial?
The studies that demonstrated that something works or that some method is better than another
. But Landmark Trials are bunkum. There's a couple of problems with Landmark Trials though; firstly – the general rule is that the earliest trials in a subject show report much greater effects than later ones.
What is a seminal or landmark study?
Seminal works, sometimes called pivotal or landmark studies, are
the initial pieces that presented an important or influential idea within a particular discipline
. These articles are referred to (referenced) repeatedly in the literature, so you're likely to see the citations again and again.
How do I find seminal articles?
- You can use Google Scholar or Web of Science to locate seminal works on a topic.
- In Google Scholar, search for your topic. …
- In Web of Science, search broadly for your topic. …
- You can use Google Scholar and Web of Science to look up how many times a particular work has been cited.
What are some examples of seminal works?
A famous example of a seminal paper is the
1953 publication of ‘A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid' by James D. Watson and Francis Crick
in the journal Nature in which they describe the structure of DNA for the first time.
How do I find leading scholars in a field?
- Start a Topic Search.
- Refine your results by Hot or Highly Cited Papers (located on the left-hand side)
- Analyze results by author (Find out more about this here).
What are seminal sources?
Seminal sources tend to be
the major studies that initially presented an idea of great importance or influence within a particular discipline
. These works were generally published in the past 20-50 years.
What is the synonym of landmark?
- memorial.
- milestone.
- monument.
- museum.
- tree.
- mountain.
- stone.
- vestige.
What is a Journal Club in medicine?
A journal club is
an educational meeting in which a group of individuals discuss published articles
, to keep themselves abreast of new knowledge, promoting in them the awareness of current research findings, teaching them to critique and appraise research, and encourage them to utilize research in evidence based …
What makes something a landmark?
In modern usage, a landmark includes
anything that is easily recognizable
, such as a monument, building, or other structure. In American English it is the main term used to designate places that might be of interest to tourists due to notable physical features or historical significance.
What is the Accord trial?
ACCORD is the
first large clinical trial to compare the cardiovascular effects of a statin (simvastatin) and placebo, or inactive pill
, to combination therapy of a statin (simvastatin) and a fibrate (fenofibrate) in high-risk adults with type 2 diabetes. The ACCORD lipid trial involved 5,518 participants.
Has the Ischemia Trial been published?
We are pleased to announce that the ISCHEMIA Trials have been recognized by the
New England Journal of Medicine
and by the Clinical Research Forum! The ISCHEMIA main results publication was selected by NEJM editors as one of the most notable studies published in 2020.
How do I know if my study is seminal?
Identifying seminal articles relies heavily on your own thoroughness in the examination and synthesis of the scholarly literature. Typically, there will not be any explicit labels placed on articles, identifying them as seminal. Rather, you will begin to
see the same authors or articles cited
frequently.
