
doi: 10.1136/ebm.9.1.5
While it’s nice to be able to curl up with a cup of tea and the latest paper issue of EBM, the electronic version has a number of advantages too. Although most subscribers still seem to prefer the paper version, there has been a gradual shift since the journal went online in April 2001. We believe that the electronic version will soon predominate because it has many useful features only possible in electronic form, and we plan to continue the enhancement of the website and its interface. Although it is ever changing, we thought it timely to provide our paper readers with a brief description of the features of the website. The majority of the website—including the search engine—is free. The full text contents can be searched back to January 2000. Searching options include: text word, title word, author, and commentator searches, which can include Booleans (AND, OR, and NOT) and truncations. It helps to read the search tips online, but to illustrate, consider trying to find the article: …
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
