title: The top papers by download and citations from the International Journal of Cardiology in 2007.
abstract: We have compared the top 25 papers as assessed by download statistics for papers published during 2007 in the International Journal of Cardiology with the top 25 papers as assessed by citations. There was very little overlap with only three papers being in both lists. This indicates very different criteria for seeking to read as opposed to cite recent scientific publications and calls into question the reliability of commonly sued measures quality and/or impact for papers at the individual publication level.
authors.forename: Andrew J S
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Coats
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002309:Cardiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results