The top 100 cited of injury-international journal of the care of the injured: A bibliometric analysis

BackgroundWith nearly 50 years’ of development, Injury has become one of the leading journals in its specialty. The aim of this article is to identify, analyze the characteristics of the 100 most cited articles published by the journal to date.MethodWe searched the Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection for citations of all articles published in Injury since its launch. For the Top 100 most frequently cited articles, title, author name, number of authors, publishing date, citation number, country of origin, institution, pages, number of reference, type of article, study topic, study design, funding source, and level of evidence of each clinical article were recorded and analyzed.ResultsOnly 50 self-citations were found in 12436 total citations of the top100 articles, fifty-four articles exceeded 100 citations. Total citations of the Top 100 articles ranged from 77 to 599. The Top 100 articles were published between 1973 and 2012, the mean authorship and institution number per paper was 3.92 and 1.84 respectively. The mean page number was 8.26 and the mean reference number was 45.2. England, Germany and Switzerland ranked the top three countries of origin. Among the T100 articles, there were 50 clinical studies, 5 basic researches, and 45 reviews. The most common study type was case series, and most common topics were bone reconstruction, trauma and bone fracture. The most common level of evidence was level Ⅳ.ConclusionsThis study may help researchers to find out the important information on the classic articles and provides useful insights for the authors who want to publish their research in Injury.     

A bibliometric analysis of the spine journals

BackgroundSpine is a rapidly growing branch with fully-dedicated peer-reviewed journals. Journal impact factor (JIF), speed of publication, and readership are some critical factors affecting the author’s choice for submission. This study aimed to find the bibliometric data of spine journals.MethodFourteen Spine journals in NCBI (National centre for Biotechnology information, USA) database, meeting the inclusion criterion were analyzed for original articles, collected via stratified sampling from each issue of the journal. The dates to submission (DS), acceptance (DA), and publication (DP), study design, corresponding author’s details like-subject specialization and country of affiliation were recorded for each original article. Data on JIF, number of issues/years, open access availability (OA), article processing charges (APC) were also retrieved. Correlation and geographic plot were used to display the findings.ResultsThe median (interquartile range) time for submission to publication/total time (TT) in spine journals was 175 (120–313) days with a submission to acceptance time of 107 (66–168) days and acceptance to publication time of 54 (20–170). Fifty-seven percent of the journals had APC, and all had options for OA. A significant correlation was noted between all determinants of publication speed and the Scimago Journal rankings (SJR) (AT: r = 0.238, PT: r = 0.074, TT: r = 0.288, p < 0.001). Amongst the author affiliations, the USA (37.5%) and Japan (18.6%) had the maximum contributions. Furthermore, 57.4% of authors were orthopaedicians, and 14.4% were neurosurgeons. Retrospective and prospective cohort studies were the standard study designs (48% vs. 20.9%), while clinical trials accounted for 5.8%.ConclusionSpine journals had comparable publication speed with other biomedical journals; all spine journals had OA options. Observational study dominates the pattern in spine research. The contribution is mainly from orthopaedician, but the trend is changing towards collaborative research with neurosurgeons.     

Bibliometric analysis of the top 50 most cited publications of the Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma

BackgroundThe Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma (JCOT) is one of the top three orthopaedic journals from India. We set out to analyse the top 50 cited articles from JCOT since indexing in PubMed and Scopus.MethodsWe looked into the bibliometrics of the top 50 cited articles and compared citations from PubMed and Scopus, and depicted outputs from VOS viewer analysis on co-authorship and keywords.ResultsTotal citations for top-cited articles were 1076 in numbers, with a maximum of 103.2016 and 2018 were the most productive years. The major contribution was from India with 74%, followed by the USA. New Delhi published maximally at 72%. Clinical topics and narrative reviews were the most common types of studies. Trauma and Adult reconstruction was the most common sub-specialities, and Level 4 was the most frequent level of study. The basic science and COVID-19 related articles received the maximum citations. The authors from Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals published the maximum number of top-50 cited articles in the JCOT.ConclusionsThere is a steady increase in the number of publications in the JCOT, with an increasing number of citation counts. Both the Indian and foreign authors have been publishing in this journal at a comparative rate. Although the citation counts in Scopus are more than those in PubMed for given articles, more than 80% of articles are listed in both databases as top 50 cited articles. The majority of top-cited articles belonged to trauma and adult reconstruction, level III studies, and narrative reviews.     

Article processing charge may be a barrier to publishing

Recently most of the journals charge a fee known as article processing charge (APC) for publication of an article. These charges can vary from journal to journal. This publication fee is often paid by the author, the author’s institution, or their research funder organization. Though low- and middle-income countries are usually exempted from APC, India does not come under the category of waiver by most of the journals that ask for the APC. Most of the Indian institutes do not pay for publication and research thus individual researcher suffers huge financial burden due to APC. Hence, less affluent institutions, scholars, and students are unable to publish their work due to these barriers. These articles highlight the challenges faced by authors and solutions for publishers and journals to avoid APCs.     

机器人手术的临床应用分析

目的运用文献计量学的方法分析国内外机器人手术相关研究文献,了解机器人手术的临床应用现状。 方法计算机检索Web of Science和CNKI数据库,查找国内外机器人手术相关研究文献。运用Citespace 5.1.R6和Excel 2016分析机器人手术相关研究文献的国家合作关系、发文量、作者、机构、词频、期刊分布、被引频次等。 结果目前国际上开展机器人手术研究的国家共有67个,发文量居前列的主要有美国、德国、意大利、中国等,其中以美国的发文量最多,且与其他国家的合作度最高。1999年开始机器人手术研究文献量逐年增加,且国外文献量增长趋势尤为显著。国外机器人手术研究文献的期刊分布种类和被引频次明显多于国内。当前机器人手术研究热点集中于外科手术、泌尿外科、肿瘤等方面。 结论机器人手术是当前微创外科学研究的一大热点,主要应用于良性、恶性肿瘤切除,发展速度较快。与国际水平相比,国内机器人手术研究及临床应用相对滞后,主要表现在研究论文数量少、被引频次少及与其他国家的合作度低等方面。     

Analysis of bibliographic citations received by Spanish anesthesiologists for work indexed by Science Citation Index, 1988-2002

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the international impact of articles published by authors in Spanish anesthesiology departments. METHOD: Citable articles indexed by Science Citation Index between 1988 and 2002 and authored by members of Spanish departments of anesthesiology were considered. Citations were counted 2 years and 5 years after publication. Authors and institutions were ranked according to number of citations received. We also determined the journals Spanish anesthesiologists most often chose for publishing their work. RESULTS: Of the 322 citable articles identified, 61.8% were cited in the 2 years following publication (total 587 citations), and 79.5% were cited within 5 years (total 1472 citations). The most frequently cited articles received 17 citations in 2 years and 45 in 5 years after publication. Articles from the Department of Anesthesiology of Hospital Clinic i Provincial of Barcelona received the largest number of citations (333 citations in 5 years). The author with the highest rate of citations received 11.57 per article. The author with the largest number of citations received 86. Anesthesia & Analgesia was the journal publishing the largest number of articles by Spanish anesthesiologists (35 articles). CONCLUSION: This citation analysis shows the international impact of publications by Spanish anesthesiologists.     

Bibliometric study of articles published in the Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación in 1996-2001

OBJECTIVE: This evaluation of articles published by Revista Espa?ola de Anestesiología y Reanimación (REDAR) between 1996 and 2001 focused on authorship, institutional participation and citations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Eight hundred twelve articles from 1996 through 2001 were examined for the following information: mean number of authors per article, professional categories and affiliations of the authors, inter-institutional collaboration, number of references, number of self-citations of previous work by one of the authors, rate of journal self-citation, number of citations of Spanish authors, insularity index, immediacy index, number of references that could be evaluated should REDAR analyzed as be a source journal. RESULTS: The mean number of authors per article the period analyzed was 4.26 and the mean number did not differ significantly from year to year. Anesthesiologists accounted for 89.7% of the authors. Institutional collaboration led to 259 articles and the collaboration index was 1.5. The number of references per article was 19.4, the rate of journal self-citation was 6.42%, and the rate of citation authors' own work was 2.73%. The insularity index was 11.9, and the immediacy index was 0.17; 2,430 citable works were counted for calculation of an impact factor. REDAR was the most-cited journal. CONCLUSIONS: The authorship indexes for REDAR are similar to those of other Spanish publications, although the institutional rate is lower. The number of references is similar to those in other Spanish journals. REDAR is the journal receiving the largest number of references and has the greatest effect on the immediacy index.     

2005至2009年《中华骨科杂志》载文被引分析

目的 从文献引证的角度透视<中华骨科杂志>的学术水平和期刊质量.方法 利用<中国生物医学期刊引文数据库>(chinese medical citation index,CMCI),采用文献计量方法对<中华骨科杂志>载文被CMCI来源期刊引用的情况进行统计分析,主要文献计量学统计指标包括各年度发文被引率、篇均论文被引次数、单篇论文被引情况、作者被引情况、被引作者的地区和高产机构分布、主要引用期刊和自引率及被引论文年代分布等.结果 2005至2009年<中华骨科杂志>发表论文1182篇,被引用了663篇(3728次),平均发文被引比例为56.09%,单篇论文平均被引5.62次,单篇论文最高被引为104次.单篇被引5次以上论文210篇,共被引2835次,占总被引篇数的31.68%,占被引总频次的76.04%.663篇被引论文中,共有国内外作者485人,作者最高被引篇数为12篇,被引1篇的作者386人,占作者总数的79.58%.被引作者群的地域分布30个省(自治区)、直辖市和香港、台湾地区及美国、加拿大、法国.北京、上海和天津在骨科学研究领域居于国内前列,其中北京居第一位,占32.16%.有445种期刊引用<中华骨科杂志>.<中华骨科杂志>自引217条,自引率为0.058.结论 <中华骨科杂志>所载文献质量高,在我国医学研究领域已具有较强的影响力,是骨科先进科研成果交流的平台.     

2005至2009年《中华骨科杂志》载文被引分析

目的 从文献引证的角度透视<中华骨科杂志>的学术水平和期刊质量.方法 利用<中国生物医学期刊引文数据库>(chinese medical citation index,CMCI),采用文献计量方法对<中华骨科杂志>载文被CMCI来源期刊引用的情况进行统计分析,主要文献计量学统计指标包括各年度发文被引率、篇均论文被引次数、单篇论文被引情况、作者被引情况、被引作者的地区和高产机构分布、主要引用期刊和自引率及被引论文年代分布等.结果 2005至2009年<中华骨科杂志>发表论文1182篇,被引用了663篇(3728次),平均发文被引比例为56.09%,单篇论文平均被引5.62次,单篇论文最高被引为104次.单篇被引5次以上论文210篇,共被引2835次,占总被引篇数的31.68%,占被引总频次的76.04%.663篇被引论文中,共有国内外作者485人,作者最高被引篇数为12篇,被引1篇的作者386人,占作者总数的79.58%.被引作者群的地域分布30个省(自治区)、直辖市和香港、台湾地区及美国、加拿大、法国.北京、上海和天津在骨科学研究领域居于国内前列,其中北京居第一位,占32.16%.有445种期刊引用<中华骨科杂志>.<中华骨科杂志>自引217条,自引率为0.058.结论 <中华骨科杂志>所载文献质量高,在我国医学研究领域已具有较强的影响力,是骨科先进科研成果交流的平台.     

Disparities Among Leading Publishers of Arthroplasty Research

BackgroundDespite the importance of diversity in advancing scientific progress, diversity among leading authors in arthroplasty has not been examined. This study aimed to identify, characterize, and assess disparities among leading authors in arthroplasty literature from 2002 to 2019.MethodsArticles published between 2002 and 2019 from 12 academic journals that publish orthopedic and arthroplasty research were extracted from PubMed. Original articles containing keywords related to arthroplasty were analyzed. Author gender was assigned using the Genderize algorithm. Gender and characterization of the top 100 male and female authors utilized available information on academic profiles.ResultsFrom the 14,692 articles that met inclusion criteria, the genders of 23,626 unique authors were identified. Women were less likely than men to publish 5 years after beginning their publishing careers (adjusted odds ratio 0.51, 95% confidence interval 0.45-0.57, P < .001). Of the top 100 authors, 96 were men, while only 4 were women. Orthopedic surgeons made up 93 of 100 top authors, of which 92 were men and 1 was a woman. Among the top 10 publishing female and male authors, 10 of 10 men were orthopedic surgeons, only 2 of 10 women were physicians, and only one was an attending orthopedic surgeon.ConclusionWhile the majority of authors with high arthroplasty publication volume were orthopedic surgeons, there were significant gender disparities among the leading researchers. We should continue working to increase gender representation and supporting the research careers of women in arthroplasty.     

Characteristics and Trends of Orthopedic Publications between 2000 and 2009

Background

This study was undertaken to investigate the trends of orthopedic publications during the last decade, and to document the country of origin, journal, funding source, and language of contribution using PubMed.

Methods

Orthopedic articles published between 2000 and 2009 were retrieved from PubMed using the following search terms: "orthopaedic[Affiliation] AND ("2000/1/1"[PDAT]: "2009/12/31"[PDAT])" and "orthopedic[Affiliation] AND ("2000/1/1"[PDAT]: "2009/12/31"[PDAT])." The articles were downloaded in XML file format, which contained the following information: article title, author names, journal names, publication dates, article types, languages, authors'' affiliations and funding sources. These information was extracted, sorted, and rearranged using the database''s management software. We investigated the annual number of published orthopedic articles worldwide and the annual rate of increase. Furthermore, the country of publication origin, journal, funding source, and language of contribution were also investigated.

Results

A total of 46,322 orthopedic articles were published and registered in PubMed in the last 10 years. The worldwide number of published orthopedic articles increased from 2,889 in 2000 to 6,909 in 2009, showing an annual increase of 384.6 articles, or an annualized compound rate of 10.2%. The United States ranked highest in the number of published orthopedic articles, followed by Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Republic of Korea. Among the orthopedic articles published worldwide during the last 10 years, 37.9% pertained studies performed in the United States. Fifty-seven point three percent (57.3%) of articles were published in journals established in the United States. Among the published orthopaedic articles, 4,747 articles (10.2%) disclosed financial support by research funds, of which 4,688 (98.8%) articles utilized research funds from the United States. Most articles were published in English (97.2%, 45,030 articles).

Conclusions

The number of published orthopedic articles has been increasing over the last decade. The number of orthopedic articles, journals publication, and funding sources were dominated by research conducted in the United States, while share and growth of Asian countries including Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China were notable.     

The influence of first author sex on acceptance rates of submissions to Anaesthesia Cases

More than 50% of medical students and 45% of practising doctors are female in the UK. In the specialty of anaesthesia, 32% of consultants are female. However, compared with males, females are under-represented as authors of articles published in high-impact journals. We investigated the proportion of female first authors by examining the case reports submitted to Anaesthesia Cases since its inception in 2013. We defined authors by their sex (male or female), that is, biological characteristics, rather than their gender. There were a total of 802 submissions to Anaesthesia Cases over 4.5 years. Sixteen submissions were excluded and of the remaining 786 submissions, 279 were accepted and 507 rejected, an acceptance rate of 35.5%. Twenty (2.5%) authors’ sex could not be identified. The overall proportion of female first authors was 37.1%. The proportion of female first authors of accepted case reports was 42.1% and females were first authors of rejected case reports in 34.4%. We found that, compared with previous studies on female sex and gender bias in publishing, there was a relatively high proportion of female first authors publishing in Anaesthesia Cases and female first authors were more likely to be accepted than male first authors. Authorship is considered to reflect career success and there continues to be sex/gender inequity that must be tackled at all levels, from application to medical school, through research funding, journals and Editorial Boards.     

《中华胃肠外科杂志》 2002- 2004年载文与引文及著者的统计分析

目的了解《中华胃肠外科杂志》载文与引文及著者的特点.方法用文献计量学的方法对 2002- 2004年《中华胃肠外科杂志》的载文、引文和著者的情况进行统计分析.结果 《中华胃肠外科杂志》 3年载文 546篇,期均载文量 34,篇密度为 0.44,平均发表时滞 7.52个青岛大学医学院图书馆基金项目论文占 14.3%;著者来自 28个省、直辖市及中国香港,合著率 88.88%,合作度 4.18;92%的论文有引文, 93.78%的引文来自期刊,引文语种主要为英文,普莱斯指数为 60.1%.结论 《中华胃肠外科杂志》是一个高质量的学术期刊,具有广泛的社会影响力,积极推动着我国胃肠外科的发展和建设.     

An analysis of citations of publications in anaesthesia journals

Which journals cite work published in anaesthetic journals is of potential interest to authors, editors and publishers. We analysed citations made in 2017–2018 for articles, reviews, editorials and letters published by 12 anaesthetic journals in 2016, using the Web of Science™ citation index platform. We analysed 12,544 citations made for 3518 items. Citations were most often made by specialist anaesthesia journals and critical care journals, and occurred most commonly in articles, followed by reviews, editorials and letters. The median (IQR [range]) number of citations made per item was 3.3 (2.6–4.1 [1.6–5.1]). The median (IQR [range]) number of journals that cited the 12 source journals was 302 (236–449 [139–671]). The median (IQR [range]) proportion of citations made by the same journal that published the items (i.e. ‘self-citations’) was 15% (11–17% [5–32%]). There were 1305/1932 (68%) citations made by North American journals for items published in North American journals and 1712/2063 (83%) citations made by European journals for items published in European journals, p < 0.0001. Our analysis may inform authors, editors and publishers where to submit work, what editorial policy to pursue and what journal strategy to follow, respectively.     

《中华男科学》杂志2000～2002年载文及引文分析

目的 :评价《中华男科学》杂志的地位和社会影响力。　方法 :用文献计量学方法对 2 0 0 0～ 2 0 0 2年《中华男科学》杂志载文及其引文情况进行统计分析。　结果 :除综述性文献和译文外 ,3年 16期共载文 34 3篇 ,其中333篇文献有引文 ,占载文总数的 97.0 8%;论著共计 183篇 ,占 5 3.35 %;基金项目论文 6 2篇 ,占总载文量的18.0 8%;载文量与基金项目论文篇数逐年增加 ;分布在全国 30个省及直辖市 ,作者中 43.37%为高级职称 ,拥有博士、硕士学位的占 40 .80 %;期刊与作者平均自引率为 6 .30 %、3.39%;文献发表 5年内被引用的频率最高 ,普赖斯指数为 5 6 .0 3%;引文语种以英文文献为主 ,期刊占引文总数的 83.0 2 %。　结论 :该刊拥有一批优秀的作者群体 ,具有很强的社会影响力以及广阔的发展前景 ,是一高质量的学术期刊。     

Treatment of Umbilical Granuloma in Infants With Topical Application of Common Salt: A Scoping Review

BackgroundCommon salt is a safe, effective and cheap home-made remedy for umbilical granuloma. The aim of this scoping review is to identify and summarize the available evidence and examine the research conducted on salt treatment for umbilical granuloma.MethodsA literature search was performed in the second week of September, 2022 using Google scholar, PubMed, MEDLINE and EMBASE databases using the keywords ‘umbilical granuloma’ and ‘salt treatment’ to identify all English articles pertaining to salt treatment for umbilical granuloma. Tables were made to summarize the methodological characteristics, results and the dosage regimens of salt used by different authors. The Cochrane Collaboration's tool was used for assessing risk of bias in RCTs. The indexing statuses of the journals publishing these studies were also noted. The overall efficacy with the use of common salt was calculated by adding the success rates mentioned in each study.ResultsTwenty-four articles (2 systematic reviews, 6 Randomized Controlled Trials, 11 prospective cohort studies, 1 case control study, 3 retrospective case series and 1 case report) were included. An overall 93.91% success rate (1033/1100) was seen with common salt application, without any reports of complications/recurrences.ConclusionTopical application of common salt for umbilical granulomas is simple, effective and inexpensive. This scoping review provides a broader outlook at the existing level of evidence and may help in planning interventional comparative studies, so that recommendations can be formulated. It also highlights a lack of properly designed randomized controlled trials on this topic.Level of EvidenceI.     

Internationalization of general surgical journals: origin and content of articles published in North America and Great Britain from 1983 to 1998

HYPOTHESIS: The origin and characteristics of articles published in the 6 highest rated (Institute for Scientific Information classification) English-language general surgical journals have changed significantly during the past 15 years. DESIGN: All articles published in 1983, 1988, 1993, and 1998 in 5 US surgical journals and 1 British surgical journal were reviewed and characterized. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Absolute numbers and proportions of national and international articles published in each journal. RESULTS: Articles reviewed included 4868 in US journals and 1380 in the British journal. The total number of US journal articles decreased by 15.1%. The total number of British journal articles increased by 58.9%.The percentage of national articles decreased from 87.5% to 68.8% in US journals (P<.001) and constituted the minority of freely submitted articles in 1998 in 3 of 5 US journals. The percentage of national articles also decreased from 74.8% to 47.1% in the British journal (P<.001). Articles by European and Asian authors showed the most striking increases in all journals. The percentage of basic research articles declined in US journals from 23.3% to 17.9% (P =.001) owing to a 14.9% decline in national basic research articles. The percentage of clinical randomized studies increased from 2.2% to 4.1% (P<.008), but the increase was attributable to international articles. Government funding alone decreased from 13.6% to 11.2%, and government plus another source of funding decreased from 19.2% to 16.7% for national articles in US journals. CONCLUSIONS: Internationalization of the highly rated British and the 5 highest rated US general surgical journals has occurred. The decrease in the number of national articles in the US journals has been accompanied by significant decreases in government funding and basic research articles and a static output of clinical randomized studies from North America.     

《中华肝胆外科杂志》被引分析研究

目的从文献引证角度透视《中华肝胆外科杂志》的学术水平和期刊质量。方法依据《中国生物医学期刊引文数据库》（Chinese Medical Citation Index，CMCI），采用文献计量方法对《中华肝胆外科杂志》载文被CMCI来源期刊引用的情况进行统计分析及评价。结果单篇论文平均被引次数为2．93次，被引频次较高的论文数量较多，被引作者群的地域分布30个省、直辖市和特区，北京、上海和广东在肝胆外科研究领域居于前列。引用期刊种数多，有355种期刊引用该刊，自引率为11．89％。结论《中华肝胆外科杂志》不仅是我国肝胆外科研究领域最重要的信息源之一，也是我国医学领域的主要核心期刊。