The intellectual structure and substance of the knowledge utilization field: A longitudinal author co-citation analysis, 1945 to 2004

Table 4 Most cited publications by decade

Decades	# cites	Paper	Domain	Institution	Country
1945 to 1954	-	All cited articles only cited once	-	-	-
1955 to 1964	9	Wilkening, E. A. (1952, May). 'Acceptance of improved farm practices in three coastal plains countries.' Technical Bulletin 98. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.	Diffusion of innovation	University of Chicago	USA
1965 to 1974	36	Rogers, E.M. (1962). Diffusion of Innovations. First Edition. New York: The Free Press.	Diffusion of innovation	Ohio State University, United States	USA
1975 to 1984	70	Rogers, E.M. & Shoemaker, F.F. (1971). Communication of Innovations: A Cross Cultural Approach.* New York: The Free Press	Diffusion of innovation	Stanford University/University of Denver	USA
1985 to 1994	89	Rogers, E.M. (1983). Diffusion of Innovations. Third Edition. New York: The Free Press.	Diffusion of innovation	University of Southern California	USA
1995 to 2004	229	Evidence-based Medicine Working Group (1992). 'Evidence-based medicine. A new approach to teaching the practice of medicine.' JAMA, 268(17), 2420–2425.	EBM	McMaster University	Canada

*Note: The second edition of Everett Rogers' 'Diffusion of Innovations' was co-authored with F. Shoemaker and published under the title of 'Communication of Innovations'. Subsequent editions were authored by Rogers only, and published under the name 'Diffusion of Innovations'.

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