 research impact on practice guidelines research impact on practice guidelines 50 admin mon 10142019 1831 number of studies produced by the initiative project that have been cited in guidelines issued by a government agency an organization related to the field of study or a nongovernmental organization the indicator shows how the findings are disseminating and cumulating knowledge it measures the diffusion of research outputs into knowledge transfer clinical implementation or community benefit outcomes resulting from research studies additional quantitative n a guidelines count the number of times that a publications research output is cited in guidelines number in physical units outcome number of research studies that have been cited in guidelines annually annually citations may not reflect what is considered valuable in academic terms basic research no sarli c c dubinsky e k holmes k l 2010 beyond citation analysis a model for assessment of research impact  journal of the medical library association jmla   98  1 17 see table 3 available at  https wwwncbinlmnihgov pmc articles pmc2801963  citations 