Journal impact factor and methodological quality of surgical randomized controlled trials: an empirical study

High Impact Factor (IF > 5) — 6 citations

1. FJ Hüttner, L Capdeville, F Pianka…. Systematic review of the quantity and quality of randomized clinical trials in pancreatic surgery. academic.oup.com. 2019. doi:10.1002/bjs.11030.

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2. M Pędziwiatr, M Mizera, M Wysocki, P Małczak…. The fragility of statistically significant results from clinical nutrition randomized controlled trials. Elsevier. 2020. doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2019.05.024.

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3. R Teasell, MR Safaei-Qomi, JL Fleet…. Comparing the characteristics of randomized controlled trials of post-stroke upper extremity rehabilitation in low-middle-income and high-income countries. journals.lww.com. 2025. doi:10.1097/phm.0000000000002726.

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4. G Doulaveris, K Vani, G Saccone, SP Chauhan…. Number and quality of randomized controlled trials in obstetrics published in the top general medical and obstetrics and gynecology journals. Elsevier. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.ajogmf.2021.100509.

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5. F Morisawa, Y Nishizaki, P Devos…. The association between research funding status and clinical research papers' citation impact in Japan: A cross-sectional bibliometric study. frontiersin.org. 2022. doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.978174/full.

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6. V Nagendrababu, A Jakovljevic…. Critical analysis of the reporting quality of randomized trials within Endodontics using the Preferred Reporting Items for RAndomized Trials in Endodontics (PRIRATE) …. Wiley Online Library. 2021. doi:10.1111/iej.13489.

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