Table 4.
Citations at 36 months by subject area.
| Category and intervention | Articles, n | Citations, mean (SD) | Mean difference (95% CI) | P value | ||||||
| Business, economics, and management | 3.95 (–0.66 to 8.56) | .24 | ||||||||
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Control | 200 | 18.75 (20.45) |
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TrendMD | 200 | 22.70 (26.14) |
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| Chemical and materials sciences | 12.68 (–1.84 to 27.20) | .18 | ||||||||
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Control | 200 | 60.46 (64.48) |
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TrendMD | 200 | 73.14 (82.17) |
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| Engineering and computer science | 8.61 (–3.07 to 20.29) | .40 | ||||||||
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Control | 200 | 36.80 (46.04) |
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TrendMD | 200 | 45.41 (70.31) |
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| Health and medical sciences | 37.49 (–6.91 to 81.89) | .08 | ||||||||
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Control | 200 | 92.43 (173.73) |
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TrendMD | 200 | 129.92 (267.99) |
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| Humanities, literature, and arts | –0.35 (–3.73 to 4.43) | .89 | ||||||||
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Control | 200 | 12.98 (23.63) |
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TrendMD | 200 | 12.63 (17.40) |
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| Life sciences and earth sciences | 13.51 (–0.91 to 27.93) | .03 | ||||||||
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Control | 200 | 47.97 (66.14) |
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TrendMD | 200 | 61.48 (79.95) |
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| Physics and mathematics | 6.43 (–1.53 to 11.33) | .12 | ||||||||
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Control | 200 | 14.46 (16.00) |
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TrendMD | 200 | 20.89 (31.38) |
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| Social sciences | 1.90 (–2.4 to 6.20) | .05 | ||||||||
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Control | 200 | 16.39 (20.13) |
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TrendMD | 200 | 18.29 (23.52) |
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