title: Majority of the most-cited articles on cutaneous malignant melanoma are published in non-dermatology/melanoma specialized journals.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The most-cited articles. (MCAs) are likely those that impressed other researchers and had profound influence on clinical practice or future developments in the related scientific field.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to explore a bibliometric approach to assess in where the cutaneous malignant melanoma. (CMM) related MCAs have been published.
  
  
  METHODS
  We identified journals for publications with the word "melanoma" in the title by using the ISI Web of Knowledge Database between 2000 and 2010. The term MCAs arbitrarily defined as equal or more than 100 citations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 425 MCAs were published in 93 journals, led by the Cancer Research. (n = 58) and Journal of Clinical Oncology. (n = 53). Journal categories with the MCAs were the Oncology with 232 articles, followed by the Medicine with 138. articles. The median number of citations was 147. The total numbers of citations were most prominent for the journal Nature and the New England Journal of Medicine. (NEJM) (median 385 and 354, respectively). Total number of citations was the highest for the Science.categorized journals. (median 211). Articles categorized as Dermatology and Melanoma was the least (median 132.5). The median number of citations per year was 14.91. The most valuable cited articles of per year were also published in the journal Nature. (median 59.67) and the NEJM. (median 48.67). The number of citation was the highest for the Science-categorized journals. (median 25.92).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Majority of the MCAs on CMM were published in non-dermatology/melanoma specialized journals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tas
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D003880:Dermatology; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012878:Skin Neoplasms; D000096142:Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma