American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria ®: a bibliometric analysis of panel members

ConclusionThe composition of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria panels reflects many members with little or no previously published literature on the topic of consideration. Similar pool of experts exists on multiple expert panels formulating imaging appropriateness guidelines.Key PointsThere were 68 (17.5%) panel experts on ≥ 10 ACR-AC panels.Nearly 45% of the panel experts had zero median number of relevant papers.Fifteen panels (44%) had>  50% of members having zero relevant papers.

Source: Insights into Imaging - July 3, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: research