Factors Associated With Low and High Article Citations in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Literature.

Purpose: We assessed the factors in reported oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) studies associated with the number of citations.

Materials And Methods: We identified all primary research studies reported from 1998 to 2008 in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Journal of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery (JOMS), British Journal of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery (BJOMS), and Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. Of the identified studies, 66 had obtained only 0 to 3 citations in the 10 years after publication.