Table 2 Frequency distribution showing publication years of the 50 top-cited articles.
From: The top cited clinical research articles on sepsis: a bibliometric analysis
Period | Number of articles | Mean number of citations |
|---|---|---|
1970 to 1984 | 6 | 455 |
1985 to 1989 | 3 | 773 |
1990 to 1994 | 16 | 556 |
1995 to 1999 | 10 | 508 |
2000 to 2004 | 10 | 1593 |
2005 to present | 5 | 522 |