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Clinical Practice Guidelines: a Cornucopia of Evidence for EBP/EBM
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines a clinical practice guideline as “a scientific investigation that focuses on a specific question and uses explicit, prespecified scientific methods to identify, select, assess, and summarize the findings of similar but separate studies.” Similar to systematic reviews and meta-analyses, these publication types contain a wealth of information on a given clinical topic/question. Take a look at the resources below from the MSK Library website for finding guidelines. Continue reading
Article-Level Metrics, Citation Metrics, Altmetrics, Bibliometrics… What Does it all Mean?
When it comes to measuring the impact, influence, or relevance of a given article, many researchers look to the metrics surrounding that publication. Metrics, in this case, refers to the number of times a paper has been cited by other investigators (AKA – cited references). Another way to gauge the impact of a paper is via Altmetrics, a relatively new way of examining the social media coverage and lay press surrounding published research. Both modes of evaluating article-level metric information is acceptable, each with their own benefits and shortcomings. Discovering metrics about an article is commonly referred to by the umbrella term known as bibliometrics. Follow the steps below for some hands-on experience with each of these citation metric methods and try incorporating them into your research workflow!