100 citation classics from the Journal of the American Medical Association
E. Garfield
The 100 most-cited JAMA articles were identified using the 1955 through
1983 Science Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information.
The most-cited article received 705 citations, while the least-cited
article received 158. The oldest was published in 1910 and the most recent
in 1976. These articles describe important medical advances in areas such
as asbestos exposure, smoking, and oral contraceptives. Most of the 285
JAMA authors are Americans and include Baruch S. Blumberg and Edward A.
Doisy, both Nobel laureates. Thirteen of the articles were included in
JAMA's original landmark series; the editorial committee used a combination
of peer review and citation frequency to select 51 articles.
