Commentary on: Who is Publishing in Facial Cosmetic Surgery? A Citation Analysis Across Specialties Over Five Decades

“Who is Publishing in Facial Cosmetic Surgery? A Citation Analysis Across Specialties Over Five Decades” is a literature review of the articles published in facial cosmetic surgery over the past 5 decades.1 It provides a good analysis of the trends in published literature, both with respect to when the articles were published and interspecialty publication trends in publication.The primary goal of this article is to analyze the most cited peer reviewed literature over the past five decades and to identify any publication trends across the four specialties of plastic surgery, otolaryngology, dermatology, and ophthalmology. The top 50 cited articles for each decade from the 1970s to 2010s were identified for the topics of facelift, rhinoplasty, browlift, and blepharoplasty using the Thomson/Reuters Web of Knowledge. The number of citations/article, first authors' specialty affiliation, and journal specialty affiliation were measured and analyzed. Data were plotted graphically and publishing trends …