The Kardashian Index of Cardiologists: Celebrities or Experts?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, John H Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
³ Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

Muhammad Shahzeb Khan et al. JACC Case Rep. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;2(2):330-332.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.068. Epub 2020 Jan 29.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, John H Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
³ Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

No abstract available

Keywords: citations; social media.

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Social Media and Assessing the "Impact" of Medical Publications.
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A Perspective on the K-Index.
Califf RM. Califf RM. JACC Case Rep. 2020 Feb 5;2(2):335-336. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.01.003. eCollection 2020 Feb. JACC Case Rep. 2020. PMID: 34317237 Free PMC article.

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