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Table 6 Frequency of citation of specific obesity research publications across policy documents

From: Does citation matter? Research citation in policy documents as an indicator of research impact – an Australian obesity policy case-study

Type of reference

Frequency of citation of each publication

 

One document

Two documents

Three documents

Four documents

Five+ documents

Total

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

Peer reviewed publications

211

(80)

39

(15)

4

(2)

5

(2)

4

(2)

263

Non-peer reviewed publications

68

(72)

17

(18)

4

(4)

1

(1)

4

(4)

94