title: Citation inflation: when the adoption of a new technique becomes an avenue for publication.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky and the Gill Heart Institute, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: Vincent L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Sorrell
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*