An application of Bradford’s law: identification of the core journals of pediatric neurosurgery and a regional comparison of citation density

Bradford's law describes the number of core journals in a given field or subject and has recently been applied to neurosurgery. The objective of this study was to use currently accepted formulations of Bradford's law to identify core journals of pediatric neurosurgery. An additional analysis was completed to compare regional dependence on citation density among North American and European neurosurgeons.All original research publications from...