The Need for Higher Levels of Evidence in Plastic Surgery
Our data show that articles assigned level I evidence in PRS trend toward higher numbers of citations compared with articles assigned lower LOEs. These findings should encourage investigators to publish high-quality research to advance the field of plastic surgery.
Authors
- Charles T. Schafer
- Jeffrey E. Janis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6103-4798)
- Jennifer Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-9100)
- Albert Losken
- Thomas Steele
Institutions
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000006263
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.92