title: Identifying seminal papers in the Australasian Journal on Ageing 1982-2011: a Delphi consensus approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to identify seminal Australasian Journal on Ageing papers published over 30 years through a Delphi consensus process.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main data collection was a three-round Delphi consensus study with 38 past and current members of the Australasian Journal on Ageing Editorial Board, Editorial Team and Management Committee.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three papers were agreed as top-ranking. One of the top-ranking articles was also highly cited. One article was published in the 1990 s, two in 2001.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While it is difficult to judge how well the top-ranking papers represent seminal papers arising over 30 years, these papers do represent three different research strengths in Australasia, they do span three different disciplines, and they do reflect some of the diversity that characterises ageing research in Australasia over 30 years.
authors.affiliation: Health Collaborative Research Network, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parkinson
authors.forename: Kristy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Vasi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Naganathan
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brooke
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lindley
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging; D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D044362:Australasia; D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D032921:Consensus; D003697:Delphi Technique; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Delphi technique; ageing; publications