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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on December 11, 2007
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsm122
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Identifying the Classics: An Examination of Articles Published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology from 1976–2006

Brandon S. Aylward, MA1, Michael C. Roberts, PhD1, John Colombo, PhD2 and Ric G. Steele, PhD1

1Clinical Child Psychology Program and 2Department of Psychology, University of Kansas

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Michael C. Roberts, PHD, ABPP, Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas, 1000 Sunnyside Ave., Room 2010, Lawrence, KS 66045-7555, USA. Email: mroberts{at}ku.edu


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Objectives The purpose of the present investigation was to identify the top 100 most highly cited "classic" articles in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, from 1976 to 2006. Methods The Cited Reference search option of the Web of Science® was used, which allows for identification of variations in citations. Results One-hundred and four classic articles ranging in citations from 46 to 192 (M = 71.66, SD = 31.15) were identified. These articles were found to be mostly applied research that focused predominantly on children across several age groups with chronic illness. Citation trends among the classics revealed an inverted-u shape relationship between year since publication and citations per year, which peaked around seven years after publication. Conclusions The current findings highlight some of the influential works in the field, which have contributed to important advances not only the field of pediatric psychology but other fields as well.

Key words: citation analysis; classics; Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

Received June 7, 2007; revision received September 24, 2007; accepted November 10, 2007


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