The "top 50": a perspective on the BMJ drawn from the Science Citation Index.

Abstract

The emergence of modern epidemiology, the in- creasingly detailed study of drug side effects and metabolism, and the considerable individual influence of Sir Richard Doll are three themes to emerge from my study of the 50 Bnrtish Medical Journal papers that were cited more frequently than any others during 1945-89.The study also discloses some surprises in the list of ihdividual papers that have been heavily cited and whose impact thus reflects their unusual influence on other authors.In addition, the analysis provides

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