title: What is generated and what is used: a description of public health research output and citation.
abstract: The aim of this short report was to describe the output and citation rates of public health. Data-based publications and literature reviews from the year 2008, and their 5-year citation rates were extracted from 10 randomly selected public health journals. In total, 86.2% of publications were descriptive/epidemiological studies, 56.8% used cross-sectional (56.8%) designs and 77.8% were classified as research translation stage 2. Reviews and publications describing randomized controlled trials were the most highly cited, but were infrequently published. Strategies to address the discordance between public health research output and research citation may improve the impact of public health research.
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308 Australia 2 Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1000, New Lambton, NSW, 2305 Australia 3 Hunter New England Population Health, Locked Bag 10, Wallsend, NSW, 2287 Australia luke.wolfenden@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wolfenden
authors.affiliation: 4 The University of Sydney, School of Public Health, Sydeny, NSW, 2006 Australia 5 The NSW Ministry of Health, Locked Mail Bag 961, North Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2059.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Milat
authors.affiliation: 3 Hunter New England Population Health, Locked Bag 10, Wallsend, NSW, 2287 Australia.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lecathelinais
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308 Australia 2 Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1000, New Lambton, NSW, 2305 Australia.
authors.forename: Rob W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Sanson-Fisher
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308 Australia 2 Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1000, New Lambton, NSW, 2305 Australia.
authors.forename: Mariko L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308 Australia 2 Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1000, New Lambton, NSW, 2305 Australia.
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308 Australia 2 Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1000, New Lambton, NSW, 2305 Australia.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308 Australia 2 Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1000, New Lambton, NSW, 2305 Australia 3 Hunter New England Population Health, Locked Bag 10, Wallsend, NSW, 2287 Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wiggers
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308 Australia 2 Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1000, New Lambton, NSW, 2305 Australia.
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clinton-McHarg
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308 Australia 2 Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1000, New Lambton, NSW, 2305 Australia 3 Hunter New England Population Health, Locked Bag 10, Wallsend, NSW, 2287 Australia.
authors.forename: Sze
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lin Yoong
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011634:Public Health; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*