The most frequently cited articles in the SCI and SSCI of the Zeltschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie (Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy) - A review and analysis

Abstract

Aim: We investigate which articles out of the entire fifty volumes of the Zeitschrift far Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie (Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (Psychoanalysis)) have been most frequently cited. These articles are analysed according to the groups of authors and topics. Methods: The citation frequency was determined in the source journals listed by the ISI and contained in the SCI and SSCI data banks. Results: 58 articles were cited at least ten times, and five of these articles were cited at least twenty times. One article was cited 45 times and thus was the top runner. The authors who are particularly important in their specialized areas dominated, and the most frequently cited articles were distributed quite evenly in both psychosomatic and psychotherapeutic topics. Discussion: A relatively large number of articles in this journal have a sustained influence among experts in the field. Since there are not many of German journals listed in the ISI data banks or have only recently been included by them, the number of citations is most likely considerably higher.