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As the performance of the clinical medicine relies on evidence-based facts as well as particular landmark researches; this collection of influential medical articles that changed and/or guided most current recommendations used in the daily basis of clinical medicine gives the top spotlight of new trends of management and treatment. The compilation is made from a search into MEDLINE; PubMed; DynaMed; CINAHL; and Academic Search Premier as well as systematically from reference lists of studies and relevant reviews. The inclusion criterion was based on the impact factor of publishing journals that were mostly renowned magazines; which expresses a measurement of the frequency that an article has been cited during a period of time. 478 articles classified according to specialties and sub-specialties were collected from 103 medical journals published approximately in a period of 20 years (1990-2012). In fact; referral materials (Books et Encyclopedias; on-line links; etc) sustained the selecting process that; although we assume exhaustive in the methodology used; but exiguous considered how challengeable and quickly-progressing clinical researches are; gave the most eventful recent researches that had influenced the clinical Medicine. However; opinions expressed within articles compiled are not necessary gold standards or landmarking facts; though they open the perspective on multiple interchangeable evidence-based factors that guide the universal tendency upon the medical management. Thus; regarded how fast medical researches and new facts progress; we recommend checking furthermore on diagnostic and treatment new approaches
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Collection , Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures , Evidence-Based Practice , Journal Impact Factor , Serial PublicationsABSTRACT
Background. Cannabis has been a topic of political and medical controversy in many countries over the past century. Although many publications on this topic are available, there is currently no comprehensive evaluation of global research activities in the field. Objective. This study was conducted in order to provide a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the worldwide research output on cannabis. Methods. In a quantitative approach, items concerning cannabis published between 1900 and 2008 were retrieved from the ISI Web of Science databases developed by the Thompson Institute of Scientific Information and analysed using scientometric methods. In a second step, research fields of growing interest were identified. Results. We found that publications on this topic increased during the late 1960s, as well as during the period 1990 - 2008. We noted that South Africa was one of the countries with a high research output; having published numerous articles on cannabis. A comparison of cannabis with other drugs (e.g. alcohol, tobacco, cocaine and heroin) showed that in relation to the proportion of respective drug users, cocaine and heroin are overly represented in terms of research output. When analysing the main subjects of the publications; psychiatry was prominent, especially with regard to research on psychosis. Conclusion. There is increasing interest in research on cannabis. The research only partially reflects the drug's importance with regard to number of users