- Email: [email protected]
JAMDA Improves Impact Factor
EDITORIALS
JAMDA Improves Impact Factor John E. Morley, MB, BCh
Citation indexing is a widely recognized method of judging the relevance of publications.1–5 The most widely used citation index is the Impact Factor. This is the number of citations in the current year to articles published in the Table 1.
previous 2 years, divided by the total number of articles (excluding editorials and letters) published in the previous 2 years. For 2009, the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association had an Impact Factor of 3.709, which
Top 40 Cited Journals in Geriatrics and Gerontology in 20096
Rank
Journal Title
Impact Factor
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Aging Cell Neurobiol Aging Age Ageing Res Rev Mech Ageing Dev Rejuv Res J Am Med Dir Assoc J Am Geriatr Soc Am J Geriatr Psychiat Exp Gerontol Age Ageing J Gerontol A-Biol Biogerontology Dement Geriatr Cogn Int Psychogeriatr Drug Aging J Gerontol B-Psychol Maturitas Int J Geriatr Psych J Geriatr Psych Neur J Nutr Health Aging Gerontology J Aging Phys Activ Clin Geriatr Med Arch Gerontol Geriat Aging Clin Exp Res Psychogeriatrics Aging Ment Health Am J Geriatr Cardiol Gerodontology Geriatrics Exp Aging Res J Gerontol Nurs Z Gerontol Geriatr Geriatr Nurs Geriatr Gerontol Int Australas J Ageing Int J Gerontol Eur Rev Aging Phys Growth Develop Ag
7.554 5.937 5.839 5.622 4.179 4.138 3.709 3.656 3.353 3.342 3.131 3.083 2.816 2.578 2.506 2.209 2.094 2.093 1.981 1.915 1.712 1.661 1.548 1.469 1.360 1.255 1.213 1.127 1.036 1.014 1.012 0.981 0.815 0.804 0.789 0.717 0.671 0.556 0.550 0.250
Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and GRECC, VA Medical Center, St Louis, MO
Copyright Ó2010 American Medical Directors Association DOI:10.1016/j.jamda.2010.06.009
Address correspondence to John E. Morley, MB, BCh, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Boulevard, M238, St Louis, MO 63104. E-mail: [email protected]
EDITORIALS
Morley
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Table 2.
Top 20 Cited Articles in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association in 2007
No.
1st Author (Ref No.)
Subject
No. Citations
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Morley JE (7) Flaherty JH et al (8) Morley JE (9) Hamid Z et al (10) Yeh SS et al (11) Drinka PJ et al (12) Finucane TE et al (13) Mazza AD et al (14) Levenson SA et al (15) Kamel HK (16) Messinger-Rapport et al (17) Landi F et al (18) Tariq SH (19) Morley JE (20) Koka M et al (21) Wright RM (22) Sawyer P et al (23) Thomas DR (24) Harris Y (25) Haas LB (26)
Weight Loss in the Nursing Home Delirium Vitamin D Vitamin D Deficiency Pharmacological Tx Geriatric Cachexia Vitamin D Levels Tube Feeding in Dementia Update on Diabetes Evidence Rocks in LTC Osteoporosis Management in LTC New Approaches to Medical Issues-LTC Anemia, Hemoglobin, and Mortality Constipation Falls and Fractures Hypertension Control Osteoporosis Medications Daily Pain in NH Residents Anemia and Quality of Life Depression as Risk Factor-NH Admit Optimizing Insulin Use
34 32 31 30 28 28 27 24 22 22 19 19 18 17 14 14 14 14 13 12
LTC, long-term care; NH, nursing home.
makes it the most highly cited clinical geriatrics journal. The full list of Impact Factors for journals of geriatrics and gerontology in 2009 is given in Table 1.6 To give our readers a concept of the articles that are having the most impact, our editorial office has created tables for 2007, 2008, and 2009 of the articles with the most citations (Tables 2–4). The high impact of the Journal highlights the importance that nursing home medicine is assuming. Clearly,
Table 3.
long-term care is a major growth area as the boomers continue to age. The success of the Journal so far is a result of the excellent articles received and the hard work of our editorial board. We believe that over the next few years we will see an even greater interest in long-term care. This is a very important area for future research and the American Medical Directors Association is excited about the increased recognition of the importance of research in this area.
Top 20 Cited Articles in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association in 2008
No.
1st Author (Ref No.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
van Kan GA et al (27) Rockwood K et al (28) Rolland Y et al (29) Morley JE (30) Sloane PD et al (31) Morley JE (32) Bales CW et al (33) Thakur M et al (34) Joseph J et al (35) Morley JE (36) Ozbolt LB et al (37) Campbell-Taylor I (38) Koka M et al (39) Thomas DR et al (40) Banks MR et al (41) Levin CA et al (42) Galik EM et al (43) Husebo BS et al (44) Colberg SR et al (45) Eeles E et al (46)
Subject
No. Citations
Frailty – Clinical Definition Grading Frailty Physical Activity and Alzheimer’s Managing Dementia Nutritional Issues Magic of Exercise Obesity and Weight Reduction Depression in LTC HgA1C, Blood Pressure, and Cholesterol Caring for the Vulnerable Elderly Atypical Antipsychotics & Delirium Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in LTC Optimal Control of LDL Cholesterol Clinical Dehydration and Treatment Animal-assisted Therapy and Loneliness Treatment of Diagnosed Depression Restorative Care Intervention Dementia and Pain Physical Activity/Diabetes/Cognition Delirium
27 24 19 18 17 17 16 16 15 14 13 11 11 10 10 10 9 8 8 8
LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LTC, long-term care; NH, nursing home.
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Table 4.
Top 20 Cited Articles in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association in 2009
No.
1st Author (Ref No.)
Subject
No. Citations
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Levenson SA (47) Morley JE (48) Voyer P et al (49) Schnelle J et al (50) Morley JE (51) Levenson SA (52) Morley JE (53) Levenson SA (54) Braddy KK et al (55) Flaherty JH et al (56) Rowland FN et al (57) Nijs K et al (58) Juo S et al (59) Caprio TV et al (60) Volicer L (61) Rappaport SA et al (62) Ouslander JG et al (63) Lee M et al (64) Kutsal YG et al (65) Aman E et al (66)
Improving & Reforming LTC-Part 2 Phronesis and the Medical Director Detecting Delirium Chronic Kidney Disease, Anemia & ADLs Polypharmacy in the Nursing Home Improving & Reforming LTC-Part 1 Vitamin D Redux Improving & Reforming LTC-Part 3 Vitamin D Deficiency-Veterans Mental Status Vital Sign Medical Director Certification Malnutrition and Mealtime Ambiance Feeding-Tube Use in NH Profile of Physicians in NH Behaviors in Advanced Dementia Aripiprazole in Acutely Agitated Pts Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations Dementia and Life Expectancy Polypharmacy Supervised Exercise to Reduce Agitation
7 7 7 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
ADLs, activities of daily living; LTC, long-term care; NH, nursing home.
REFERENCES 1. Morley JE, Ferrucci L. Publication productivity in geriatrics. 1995–2006. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2008;63:584–585. 2. Morley JE. Citations, impact factor, and the Journal. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2002;57:M765–M769. 3. Morley JE, Thomas DR, Gammack JK. The medical director, JAMDA, and the twenty-first century. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:65–67. 4. Morley JE. The future history of long-term care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:553–556. 5. Morley JE. Citation indexing and JAMDA. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009; 10:447–449. 6. ISI Web of knowledge. Available at: http://admin-apps.isiknowledge. com/JCR/JCR?RQ5LIST_SUMMARY_JOURNAL. (subscription necessary) Accessed June 18, 2010. 7. Morley JE. Weight loss in the nursing homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007; 8:201–204. 8. Flaherty JH, Rudolph J, Shay K, et al. Delirium is a serious and under recognized problem: Why assessment of mental status should be the sixth vital sign. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:273–275. 9. Morley JE. Should all long-term care residents receive vitamin D? J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:69–70. 10. Hamid Z, Riggs A, Spencer T, et al. Vitamin D deficiency in residents of academic long-term care facilities despite having been prescribed vitamin D. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:71–75. 11. Yeh SS, Lovitt S, Schuster MW. Pharmacological treatment of geriatric cachexia: Evidence and safety in perspective. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007; 8:363–377. 12. Drinka PJ, Krause PF, Nest LJ, et al. Determinants of vitamin D levels in nursing home residents 2007;8:76–79. 13. Finucane TE, Christmas C, Leff BA. Tube feeding in dementia: How incentives undermine health care quality and patient safety. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:205–208. 14. Mazza AD, Morley JE. Update on diabetes in the elderly and the application of current therapeutics. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8: 489–492. 15. Levenson SA, Morley JE. Evidence rocks in long-term care, but does it roll? J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:493–501. 16. Kamel HK. Update on osteoporosis management in long-term care: Focus on bisphosphonates. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:434–440. 17. Messinger-Rapport BJ, Morley JE, Thomas DR, et al. Intensive session: New approaches to medical issues in long-term care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:421–433. EDITORIALS
18. Landi F, Russo A, Danese P, et al. Anemia status, hemoglobin concentration, and mortality in nursing home older residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:322–327. 19. Tariq SH. Constipation in long-term care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8: 209–218. 20. Morley JE. Falls and fractures. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:276–278. 21. Koka M, Joseph J, Aronow WS. Adequacy of control of hypertension in an academic nursing home. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:538–540. 22. Wright RM. Use of osteoporosis medications in older nursing facility residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:453–457. 23. Sawyer P, Lillis JP, Bodner EV, et al. Substantial daily pain among nursing home residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:158–165. 24. Thomas DR. Anemia: It’s all about quality of life. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:80–82. 25. Harris Y. Depression as a risk factor for nursing home admission among older individuals. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:502–510. 26. Haas LB. Optimizing insulin use in type 2 diabetes: Role of basal and prandial insulin in long-term care facilities. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:502–510. 27. van Kan GA, Rolland YM, Morley JE, et al. Frailty: Toward a clinical definition. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:71–72. 28. Rockwood K, Abeysundera MJ, Mitnitski A. How should we grade frailty in nursing home patients? J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:595–603. 29. Rolland Y, van Kan GA, Vellas B. Physical activity and Alzheimer’s disease: From prevention to therapeutic perspectives. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:390–405. 30. Morley JE. Managing persons with dementia in the nursing home: High touch trumps high tech. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:139–146. 31. Sloane PD, Ivey J, Helton M, et al. Nutritional issues in long-term care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:476–485. 32. Morley JE. The magic of exercise. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:375–377. 33. Bales CW, Buhr G. Is obesity bad for older persons? A systematic review of the pros and cons of weight reduction in later life. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:302–312. 34. Thakur M, Blazer DG. Depression in long-term care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:82–87. 35. Joseph J, Koka M, Aronow WS. Prevalence of a hemoglobin A1c less than 7.0%, of a blood pressure less than 130/80 mm Hg, and of a serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol less than 100 mg/dL in older patients with diabetes mellitus in an academic nursing home. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:51–54. 36. Morley JE. Caring for the vulnerable elderly: Are available quality indicators appropriate? J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:1–3.
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37. Ozbolt LB, Paniagua MA, Kaiser RM. Atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of delirious elders. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:18–28. 38. Campbell-Taylor I. Oropharyngeal dysphagia in long-term care: Misperceptions of treatment efficacy. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:523–531. 39. Koka M, Joseph J, Aronow WS. Prevalence of adequate and of optimal control of serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in an academic nursing home. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:604–606. 40. Thomas DR, Cote TR, Lawhorne L, et al. Understanding clinical dehydration and its treatment. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:292–301. 41. Banks MR, Willoughby LM, Banks WA. Animal-assisted therapy and loneliness in nursing homes: Use of robotic versus living dogs. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:173–177. 42. Levin CA, Wei W, Akincigil A, et al. Prevalence and treatment of diagnosed depression among elderly nursing home residents in Ohio. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:585–594. 43. Galik EM, Resnick B, Gruber-Baldini A, et al. Pilot testing of the restorative care intervention for the cognitively impaired. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:516–522. 44. Husebo BS, Strand LI, Moe-Nilssen R, et al. Who suffers most? Dementia and pain in nursing home patients: A cross-sectional study. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:427–433. 45. Colberg SR, Somma T, Sechrist SR. Physical activity participation may offset some of the negative impact of diabetes on cognitive function. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:434–438. 46. Eeles E, Rockwood K. Delirium in the long-term care setting: Clinical and research challenges. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9:157–161. 47. Levenson SA. The basis for improving and reforming long-term care, part 2: Clinical problem solving and evidence-based care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:520–529. 48. Morley JE. Phronesis and the medical director. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:149–152. 49. Voyer P, Richard S, Doucet L, et al. Detecting delirium and subsyndromal delirium using different diagnostic criteria among demented longterm care residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:181–188. 50. Schnelle J, Osterweil D, Globe D, et al. Chronic kidney disease, anemia, and the association between chronic kidney disease-related anemia and activities of daily living in older nursing home residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:120–126. 51. Morley JE. Polypharmacy in the nursing home. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:289–291.
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52. Levenson SA. The basis for improving and reforming long-term care, part 1: The foundation. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:459–465. 53. Morley JE. Vitamin D redux. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:591–592. 54. Levenson SA. The basis for improving and reforming long-term care. Part 3: Essential elements for quality care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009; 10:597–606. 55. Braddy KK, Imam SN, Palla KR, et al. Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency practice patterns in a Veterans Health Administration long-term care population: A retrospective analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10: 653–657. 56. Flaherty JH, Shay K, Weir C, et al. The development of a mental status vital sign for use across the spectrum of care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009; 10:379–380. 57. Rowland FN, Cowles M, Dickstein C, et al. Impact of medical director certification on nursing home quality of care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:431–435. 58. Nijs K, de Graaf C, van Staveren WA, et al. Malnutrition and mealtime ambiance in nursing homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:226–229. 59. Kuo S, Rhodes RL, Mitchell SL, et al. Natural history of feeding-tube use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:264–270. 60. Caprio TV, Karuza J, Katz PR. Profile of physicians in the nursing home: Time perception and barriers to optimal medical practice. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:93–97. 61. Volicer L. Behaviors in advanced dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009; 10:146. 62. Rappaport SA, Marcus RN, Manos G, et al. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled tolerability study of intramuscular Aripiprozole in acutely agitated patients with Alzheimer’s, vascular, or mixed dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:21–27. 63. Ouslander JG, Perloe M, Givens JH, et al. Reducing potentially avoidable hospitalizations of nursing home residents: Results of a pilot quality improvement project. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:644–652. 64. Lee M, Chodosh J. Dementia and life expectancy: What do we know? J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:466–471. 65. Kutsal YG, Barak A, Atalay A, et al. Polypharmacy in the elderly: A multicenter study. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10:486–490. 66. Aman E, Thomas DR. Supervised exercise to reduce agitation in severely cognitively impaired persons. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009; 10:271–276.
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JAMDA Improves Impact Factor John E. Morley, MB, BCh
Citation indexing is a widely recognized method of judging the relevance of publications.1–5 The most widely used citation index is the Impact Factor. This is the number of citations in the current year to articles published in the Table 1.
previous 2 years, divided by the total number of articles (excluding editorials and letters) published in the previous 2 years. For 2009, the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association had an Impact Factor of 3.709, which
Top 40 Cited Journals in Geriatrics and Gerontology in 20096
Rank
Journal Title
Impact Factor
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Aging Cell Neurobiol Aging Age Ageing Res Rev Mech Ageing Dev Rejuv Res J Am Med Dir Assoc J Am Geriatr Soc Am J Geriatr Psychiat Exp Gerontol Age Ageing J Gerontol A-Biol Biogerontology Dement Geriatr Cogn Int Psychogeriatr Drug Aging J Gerontol B-Psychol Maturitas Int J Geriatr Psych J Geriatr Psych Neur J Nutr Health Aging Gerontology J Aging Phys Activ Clin Geriatr Med Arch Gerontol Geriat Aging Clin Exp Res Psychogeriatrics Aging Ment Health Am J Geriatr Cardiol Gerodontology Geriatrics Exp Aging Res J Gerontol Nurs Z Gerontol Geriatr Geriatr Nurs Geriatr Gerontol Int Australas J Ageing Int J Gerontol Eur Rev Aging Phys Growth Develop Ag
7.554 5.937 5.839 5.622 4.179 4.138 3.709 3.656 3.353 3.342 3.131 3.083 2.816 2.578 2.506 2.209 2.094 2.093 1.981 1.915 1.712 1.661 1.548 1.469 1.360 1.255 1.213 1.127 1.036 1.014 1.012 0.981 0.815 0.804 0.789 0.717 0.671 0.556 0.550 0.250
Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and GRECC, VA Medical Center, St Louis, MO
Copyright Ó2010 American Medical Directors Association DOI:10.1016/j.jamda.2010.06.009
Address correspondence to John E. Morley, MB, BCh, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Boulevard, M238, St Louis, MO 63104. E-mail: [email protected]
EDITORIALS
Morley
379
Table 2.
Top 20 Cited Articles in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association in 2007
No.
1st Author (Ref No.)
Subject
No. Citations
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Morley JE (7) Flaherty JH et al (8) Morley JE (9) Hamid Z et al (10) Yeh SS et al (11) Drinka PJ et al (12) Finucane TE et al (13) Mazza AD et al (14) Levenson SA et al (15) Kamel HK (16) Messinger-Rapport et al (17) Landi F et al (18) Tariq SH (19) Morley JE (20) Koka M et al (21) Wright RM (22) Sawyer P et al (23) Thomas DR (24) Harris Y (25) Haas LB (26)
Weight Loss in the Nursing Home Delirium Vitamin D Vitamin D Deficiency Pharmacological Tx Geriatric Cachexia Vitamin D Levels Tube Feeding in Dementia Update on Diabetes Evidence Rocks in LTC Osteoporosis Management in LTC New Approaches to Medical Issues-LTC Anemia, Hemoglobin, and Mortality Constipation Falls and Fractures Hypertension Control Osteoporosis Medications Daily Pain in NH Residents Anemia and Quality of Life Depression as Risk Factor-NH Admit Optimizing Insulin Use
34 32 31 30 28 28 27 24 22 22 19 19 18 17 14 14 14 14 13 12
LTC, long-term care; NH, nursing home.
makes it the most highly cited clinical geriatrics journal. The full list of Impact Factors for journals of geriatrics and gerontology in 2009 is given in Table 1.6 To give our readers a concept of the articles that are having the most impact, our editorial office has created tables for 2007, 2008, and 2009 of the articles with the most citations (Tables 2–4). The high impact of the Journal highlights the importance that nursing home medicine is assuming. Clearly,
Table 3.
long-term care is a major growth area as the boomers continue to age. The success of the Journal so far is a result of the excellent articles received and the hard work of our editorial board. We believe that over the next few years we will see an even greater interest in long-term care. This is a very important area for future research and the American Medical Directors Association is excited about the increased recognition of the importance of research in this area.
Top 20 Cited Articles in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association in 2008
No.
1st Author (Ref No.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
van Kan GA et al (27) Rockwood K et al (28) Rolland Y et al (29) Morley JE (30) Sloane PD et al (31) Morley JE (32) Bales CW et al (33) Thakur M et al (34) Joseph J et al (35) Morley JE (36) Ozbolt LB et al (37) Campbell-Taylor I (38) Koka M et al (39) Thomas DR et al (40) Banks MR et al (41) Levin CA et al (42) Galik EM et al (43) Husebo BS et al (44) Colberg SR et al (45) Eeles E et al (46)
Subject
No. Citations
Frailty – Clinical Definition Grading Frailty Physical Activity and Alzheimer’s Managing Dementia Nutritional Issues Magic of Exercise Obesity and Weight Reduction Depression in LTC HgA1C, Blood Pressure, and Cholesterol Caring for the Vulnerable Elderly Atypical Antipsychotics & Delirium Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in LTC Optimal Control of LDL Cholesterol Clinical Dehydration and Treatment Animal-assisted Therapy and Loneliness Treatment of Diagnosed Depression Restorative Care Intervention Dementia and Pain Physical Activity/Diabetes/Cognition Delirium
27 24 19 18 17 17 16 16 15 14 13 11 11 10 10 10 9 8 8 8
LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LTC, long-term care; NH, nursing home.
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Table 4.
Top 20 Cited Articles in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association in 2009
No.
1st Author (Ref No.)
Subject
No. Citations
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Levenson SA (47) Morley JE (48) Voyer P et al (49) Schnelle J et al (50) Morley JE (51) Levenson SA (52) Morley JE (53) Levenson SA (54) Braddy KK et al (55) Flaherty JH et al (56) Rowland FN et al (57) Nijs K et al (58) Juo S et al (59) Caprio TV et al (60) Volicer L (61) Rappaport SA et al (62) Ouslander JG et al (63) Lee M et al (64) Kutsal YG et al (65) Aman E et al (66)
Improving & Reforming LTC-Part 2 Phronesis and the Medical Director Detecting Delirium Chronic Kidney Disease, Anemia & ADLs Polypharmacy in the Nursing Home Improving & Reforming LTC-Part 1 Vitamin D Redux Improving & Reforming LTC-Part 3 Vitamin D Deficiency-Veterans Mental Status Vital Sign Medical Director Certification Malnutrition and Mealtime Ambiance Feeding-Tube Use in NH Profile of Physicians in NH Behaviors in Advanced Dementia Aripiprazole in Acutely Agitated Pts Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations Dementia and Life Expectancy Polypharmacy Supervised Exercise to Reduce Agitation
7 7 7 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
ADLs, activities of daily living; LTC, long-term care; NH, nursing home.
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