Figure 3. Citations related to cancer survivorship science.
Based on search in SciVerse Scopus database (http://www.scopus.com/home.url), the largest abstract and citation database which covers 17,500 peer-reviewed journals (http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus). Citations include articles, review articles, conference papers, letters, notes, editorials, and short surveys from 1971 through 2011. The search for cancer + survivor* includes all citations with cancer and surivor, survivors, survivor’s, survivors’, or survivorship in the title or abstract, while the search for cancer + survivorship includes only citations that specifically use the word ‘survivorship.’ Europe was defined by the 27 countries in the European Union (E