title: Factors influencing citations to systematic reviews in skin diseases: a cross-sectional study through Web of Sciences and Scopus.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Disseminating information derived from systematic reviews is a fundamental step for translating evidence into practice.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine which features of dermatological SR are associated with systematic review dissemination, using citation rates as an indicator.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dermatological systematic reviews published between 2008 and 2012 were obtained from Scopus, the ISI Web of Sciences and the Cochrane Skin Group. Bibliometric data of every systematic review were collected and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 320 systematic reviews were analyzed. Univariable analysis showed that the journal impact factor, number of authors, and total references cited were positively associated with the number of citations. There was a significant difference in the median number of citations with regard to the corresponding author's country, type of skin disease, type of funding, and presence of international collaboration. Cochrane reviews were significantly associated with a lower number of citations. Multivariable analysis found that the number of authors, number of references cited and the corresponding author from United Kingdom were independently correlated with many citations. Cochrane systematic reviews tended to be independently associated with a lower number of citations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Citation number to systematic reviews may be improving by increasing the number of authors, especially collaborative authors, and the number of cited references. The reasons for the association of Cochrane SRs with fewer citations should be addressed in future studies.
authors.affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manriquez
authors.affiliation: Luis Tisne Brousse Hospital, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cataldo
authors.affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Isidora
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Harz
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D015706:Bibliometrics; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012016:Reference Values; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D012871:Skin Diseases; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors