Hi, all -
Here are 2 articles you might be interested in - please feel free to
pass on to others who may be interested.

Hesse BW. Trust and sources of health information: the impact of the
Internet and its implications for health care providers: findings from
the First Health Information National Trends Survey.
Archives of Internal Medicine 2005 Dec 12/26; 165(22): 2618-
(Conclusion: The Health Information National Trends Survey data portray
a tectonic shift in the ways in which patients consume health and
medical information, with more patients looking for information online
before talking with their physicians.)

Cartwright VA. Ophthalmology and vision science research. Part 1:
understanding and using journal impact factors and citation indices.
Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2005 Oct; 31(10): 1999-
(...and we conclude that citation analysis can be considered a
reasonable measure of journal research quality only (my emphasis) if
used correctly.)



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