Assessing research impact with Google Scholar: The most cited articles in the journal 2008–2010

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Table I. Original articles published in the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care (SJPHC) with the highest number of citations per issue in 2008–2010.¹

SJPHC issue	Article title	Google Scholar cumulated citations	Thomson journals cumulated citations (SJPHC)	Impact factor (IF) citations/share of SJPHC 2010 IF	Author country
2008–1	Problems in sickness certification of patients: A qualitative study on views of 26 physicians in Sweden [7]	35	21 (5)	10/6.9%	Sweden
2008–2	Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: How common? [8]	24	18 (2)	7/4.9%	Norway
2008–3	Secular trends in cardiovascular risk factors with a 36-year perspective: Observations from 38- and 50-year-olds in the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg [9]	17	14 (4)	6/4.2%	Sweden
2008–4	Cancer rehabilitation: Psychosocial rehabilitation needs after discharge from hospital? [10]	18	13 (3)	1/0.7%	Denmark
2009–1	Falls risk among a very old home-dwelling population [11]	16	10 (0)	5/3.5%	Finland
2009–2	Does patient education facilitate diabetic patients’ possibilities to reach national treatment targets? [12]	9	6 (2)	2/1.4%	Sweden
2009–3	The Norwegian General Practice (NORGEP) criteria for potentially inappropriate prescriptions to elderly patients [13]	20	17 (2)	5/3.5%	Norway
2009–4	GPs’ antibiotic prescription patterns for respiratory tract infections – still room for improvement [14]	11	8 (1)	1/0.7%	Norway
2010–1	Early detection of COPD combined with individualized counseling for smoking cessation: A two-year prospective study [15]	6	6 (0)		Finland
2010–2	What do GPs feel about sickness certification? A systematic search and narrative review [16]	9	5 (2)		England
2010–3	Associations between successful palliative trajectories, place of death and GP involvement [17]	3	3 (1)		Denmark
2010–4	Influence of CRP testing and clinical findings on antibiotic prescribing in adults presenting with acute cough in primary care [18]	4	4 (0)		Norway

Note: ¹SJPHC citations in brackets. Impact factor citations are citations in Thomson journals during 2010. The articles’ percentage share of the 2010 impact factor follows.

von Knorring M, Sundberg L, Löfgren A, Alexanderson K. Problems in sickness certification of patients: A qualitative study on views of 26 physicians in Sweden. Scand J Prim Health Care 2008;26:22–8.

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Brekke M, Rognstad S, Straand J, Furu K, Gjelstad S, Bjørner T, Dalen I. Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: How common? Baseline data from the Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study. Scand J Prim Health Care 2008;26:80–5.

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Björkelund C, Andersson-Hange D, Andersson K, Bengtsson C, Blomstrand A, Bondyr-Carlsson D, Eiben G, Rödström K, Sjöberg A, Sundh V, Weman L, Zylberstein D, Hakeberg M, Lissner L. Secular trends in cardiovascular risk factors with a 36-year perspective: Observations from 38- and 50-year-olds in the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg. Scand J Prim Health Care 2008;26:140–6.

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Mikkelsen TH, Søndergaard J, Jensen AB, Olesen F. Cancer rehabilitation: Psychosocial rehabilitation needs after discharge from hospital? Scand J Prim Health Care 2008;26:216–21.

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Iinattiniemi S, Jokelainen J, Luukinen H. Falls risk among a very old home-dwelling population. Scand J Prim Health Care 2009;27:25–30.

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Adolfsson ET, Smide B, Rosenblad A, Wikblad K. Does patient education facilitate diabetic patients’ possibilities to reach national treatment targets? A national survey in Swedish primary healthcare. Scand J Prim Health Care 2009;27:91–6.

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Rognstad S, Brekke M, Fetveit A, Spigset O, Wyller TB, Straand J. The Norwegian General Practice (NORGEP) criteria for assessing potentially inappropriate prescriptions to elderly patients: A modified Delphi study. Scand J Prim Health Care 2009;27:153–9.

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Gjelstad S, Dalen I, Lindbaek M. GPs’ antibiotic prescription patterns for respiratory tract infections – still room for improvement. Scand J Prim Health Care 2009;27:208–15.

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Toljamo T, Kaukonen M, Nieminen P, Kinnula VL. Early detection of COPD combined with individualized counselling for smoking cessation: A two-year prospective study. Scand J Prim Health Care 2010;28:41–6.

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Wynne-Jones G, Mallen CD, Main CJ, Dunn KM. What do GPs feel about sickness certification? A systematic search and narrative review. Scand J Prim Health Care 2010;28:67–75.

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Neergaard MA, Vedsted P, Olesen F, Sokolowski I, Jensen AB, Sondergaard J. Associations between successful palliative trajectories, place of death and GP involvement. Scand J Prim Health Care 2010;28:138–45.

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Jakobsen KA, Melbye H, Kelly MJ, Ceynowa C, Mölstad S, Hood K, Butler CC. Influence of CRP testing and clinical findings on antibiotic prescribing in adults presenting with acute cough in primary care. Scand J Prim Health Care 2010;28:229–36.

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