The 100 most cited papers in foot and ankle surgery

BackgroundThe number of citations of a paper gives an indication of an article's merit and importance within a medical specialty. We identify and analyse the 100 most cited papers in foot and ankle surgery.MethodThe Science Citation Index Expanded was searched for citations in 15 respected journals containing foot and ankle articles. Papers were analysed for subject, authorship, institution, country and year of publication. The average yearly citation was compared to total number of citations.Results3501 foot and ankle papers were returned. The maximum number of citations was 1084 and the mean was 104. The top 100 papers were published between 1979 and 2007, with the majority published in the last decade. The ankle was the most important anatomical region discussed, and basic science and degenerative disease were popular topics. We found a large discrepancy between the total number of citations with average yearly citation.ConclusionFoot and ankle surgery is a young and rapidly developing sub-specialty within orthopaedics. Recently there has been a significant increase in influential papers published. Certain topics are popular indicating their importance within the field. This study highlights important papers in foot and ankle surgery giving an insight into readership.     

《中华手外科杂志》2005-2009年引文分析

目的 研究<中华手外科杂志>参考文献的引用规律,了解我国手外科领域论文引文的一般规律和科研人员吸收利用科技文献的情况.方法 采用文献计量学方法 ,对该刊2005至2009年共30期942篇文章的引文进行逐篇统计,记录分析,计算引文量、引文率、引文语种、引文类型、引文年代和普赖斯指数.结果 该刊共刊载文献942篇,引文率为87.37%引文量5 390条,平均为6.55条.主要引文类型为期刊(90.71%)和图书(9.29%),普赖斯指数44.9r7%,自引率31.61%,被引用频次前18位的中外文期刊的文献引用量占期刊引文总量的66.21%.结论 <中华手外科杂志>是手外科领域高质量的专业核心期刊,引文的外文语种较为单一,引文内容较新颖.     

《中华手外科杂志》2005-2009年引文分析

目的 研究<中华手外科杂志>参考文献的引用规律,了解我国手外科领域论文引文的一般规律和科研人员吸收利用科技文献的情况.方法 采用文献计量学方法 ,对该刊2005至2009年共30期942篇文章的引文进行逐篇统计,记录分析,计算引文量、引文率、引文语种、引文类型、引文年代和普赖斯指数.结果 该刊共刊载文献942篇,引文率为87.37%引文量5 390条,平均为6.55条.主要引文类型为期刊(90.71%)和图书(9.29%),普赖斯指数44.9r7%,自引率31.61%,被引用频次前18位的中外文期刊的文献引用量占期刊引文总量的66.21%.结论 <中华手外科杂志>是手外科领域高质量的专业核心期刊,引文的外文语种较为单一,引文内容较新颖.     

《中华手外科杂志》2005-2009年引文分析

目的 研究<中华手外科杂志>参考文献的引用规律,了解我国手外科领域论文引文的一般规律和科研人员吸收利用科技文献的情况.方法 采用文献计量学方法 ,对该刊2005至2009年共30期942篇文章的引文进行逐篇统计,记录分析,计算引文量、引文率、引文语种、引文类型、引文年代和普赖斯指数.结果 该刊共刊载文献942篇,引文率为87.37%引文量5 390条,平均为6.55条.主要引文类型为期刊(90.71%)和图书(9.29%),普赖斯指数44.9r7%,自引率31.61%,被引用频次前18位的中外文期刊的文献引用量占期刊引文总量的66.21%.结论 <中华手外科杂志>是手外科领域高质量的专业核心期刊,引文的外文语种较为单一,引文内容较新颖.     

High-impact articles in hand surgery

Background

There have been few attempts to identify classic papers within the hand surgery literature. This study used citation analysis to identify and characterize the top 50 highly cited hand surgery articles published in six peer-reviewed journals.

Methods

The 50 most highly cited hand surgery articles were identified in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) American, JBJS British, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Journal of Hand Surgery (JHS) American, JHS British/European, and Hand. Articles were evaluated for citations per year, surgical/anatomical topic, and type of study. Clinical studies were further sub-categorized by level of evidence. The distribution of topics was compared with all indexed hand surgery articles. The educational relevance was assessed via comparison with lists of “classic” papers.

Results

The most common subjects were distal radius fracture, carpal tunnel syndrome, and flexor tendon repair. There was moderate correlation between the distribution of these topics and all indexed hand surgery articles (rho = 0.71). There were 31 clinical studies, of which 16 were therapeutic, ten were prognostic, and five were diagnostic. These articles assessed the outcomes of an intervention, described an anatomical/functional observation, introduced an innovation, presented a discovery/classification, or validated a questionnaire. There were only three randomized trials. Using citations per year to control for the influence of time since publication, 36 articles were consistently highly cited. Twenty-three articles were on Stern’s Selected Readings in Hand Surgery, considered important in education.

Conclusions

The top 50 highly cited articles in hand surgery reflect the most common clinical, scientific, and educational efforts of the field.     

The fifty most cited Latin-American articles in the orthopaedic literature

Purpose

The number of citations of an article is a marker of its academic influence. Several medical specialties, including orthopaedics, have ranked the articles with more citations. We identified the 50 most cited orthopaedic articles from Latin-America and analyzed the characteristics that made them citable.

Methods

Science Citation Index Expanded was searched for citations of articles originated in Latin-America, published in any of the 63 journals in the category “Orthopaedics” from 1988 to 2013. We created a list ranking the 50 most commonly cited articles and determined the citation density (Citations/years since publication). Information noted for each article included authors, year of publication, country of origin, source journal, article type, and field of research.

Results

Latin-American countries were the origin of 1 % of orthopaedic articles. The top 50 most cited articles had between 29 and 150 citations (mean, 44.48); the citation density ranged from 1.43 to 15.5 citations/years (mean, 5.25). The articles were published in 19 of the 63 journals (11 general and eight sub-specialty journals), and all were published in English. Most articles (n = 29) were published in 2000 or later. The majority were clinical articles (n=40), and the most common fields were arthroscopy (n = 15) and hip surgery (n = 13). The top 50 articles originated mainly from Brazil (n = 20) and Argentina (n = 15).

Conclusions

This top 50 list displays articles that have become important references for the orthopaedic scientific community. Researchers may use this work to make their future publications more influential on future investigators.     

Top 100. Revisión de los artículos más citados sobre cirugía laparoscópica del páncreas

IntroductionThe number of citations is considered as an indirect indicator of the merit of an article, journal or researcher, although it is not an infallible method to determine scientific quality. Our goal is to determine the characteristics of the articles most cited about pancreas and laparoscopy.MethodsWe performed a search of all articles published in any journal about pancreas and laparoscopy until September 2019 and selected the 100 most cited papers. We recorded number of citations, journal, year of publication, quartil, impact factor, institution, country, authors type of paper, type of surgery, topic and area.ResultsThe top 100 citations account 10,970 citations in total. The journal with the most articles is Surgical Endoscopy and 2007 is the year with the highest number of articles in the top 100 citations. The percentage of publications from America and Europe are similar.Case series is the most frequently paper, outcomes/morbidity is the most frequently discussed topic, and distal pancreatectomy is the most frequently type of surgery.ConclusionsThis bibliometric study on pancreas and laparoscopy is conditioned by the time factor, since laparoscopy has arrived later at pancreatic surgery, probably due to the morbidity and mortality associated with pancreatic surgery and the need for a high specialization in this field. The literature is recent and scarce. More and better-quality studies are needed in this field.     

Trends in rotator cuff surgery: Research through the decades

IntroductionThe aim of this study is to analyse the most cited articles in rotator cuff surgery and identify trends in topics by decade to see which areas may still need further investigationMethodsJournal Citation Index was searched to find articles using the search terms pertaining to “rotator cuff repair”. All articles were ranked according to most cited, and then further analysed to find most cited articles in each decade. Articles were grouped into topics to find themes for each decade.ResultsAll the most cited articles were published in 6 orthopaedic journals. Only 4 of the top 30 citations provided level I evidence. Each decade’s most cited articles seemed to fit into a broad topic, with platelet-rich plasma and biologic augmentation being prominent in the last decade.ConclusionThere are still many unanswered questions in rotator cuff surgery, but this may be because success of certain treatment options are highly dependent on patient selection. Despite growing numbers of articles being published on rotator cuff repairs, the level of evidence remains low. Larger, collaborative projects may help in answering the common dilemmas that still face shoulder surgeons.     

Los top 100. Revisión de los artículos más citados en cirugía

Introduction

We performed a study of the top 100 most cited articles in the five general surgery journals with the highest impact according to Journal Citation Report.

One Hundred Citation Classics in General Surgical Journals

The number of times an article is cited in scientific journals reflects its impact on a specific biomedical field or specialty and reflects the impact of the authors’ creativity. Our objective was to identify and analyze the characteristics of the 100 most frequently cited articles published in journals dedicated to general surgery and its close subspecialties. Using the database (1945–1995) of the Science Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information, 1500 articles cited 100 times and more were identified and the top 100 articles selected for further analysis. The 100 articles were published between 1931 and 1990, with more than two-thirds of them published after 1960. The mean number of citations per article was 405, (range 278–1013). Altogether, 84 of the articles originated from North America (USA 78, Canada 6) and the UK (12). New York State led the list of U.S. states with 14, and Harvard and Columbia University led the list of institutions with 6 articles each. The 100 articles were published in 10 surgical journals led by theAnnals of Surgery (n = 40), followed bySurgery (n = 15), Archives of Surgery (n = 12), Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics (n = 11), and British Journal of Surgery (n = 10). A total of 80 of the articles reported clinical experiences, 6 were clinical review articles, and 14 dealt with basic science. Eighteen articles reported a new surgical technique and six a prosthetic device. Gastrointestinal surgery and trauma and critical care led the list of the surgical fields, each with 25 articles, followed by vascular surgery (n = 15). Thirty-four persons authored two or more of the top-cited articles. This list of the top-cited papers identifies seminal contributions and their originators, facilitating the understanding and discourse of modern surgical history and offering surgeons hints about what makes a contribution a "top-cited classic." To produce such a "classic" the surgeon and his or her group must come up with a clinical or nonclinical innovation, observation, or discovery that has a long-standing effect on the way we practice—be it operative or nonoperative. Based on our findings, to be well cited such a contribution should be published in the English language in a high-impact journal. Moreover, it is more likely to resonant loudly if it originates from a North American or British "ivory tower."     

基于文献检索分析减重及代谢外科基础研究现状及未来方向

基础研究课题来自于临床问题,而通过开展基础研究则可进一步指导临床实践.同样,减重及代谢外科的发展也离不开基础研究.检索2017年1月至2020年11月发表在非减重及代谢外科专业临床期刊的减重及代谢外科相关纯基础研究论著,最终获得66篇文献,进行归类分析总结.高影响因子(IF)期刊文章相对较少,IF值＞10分的文献共有5...     

References in articles published in Revista Española de anestesiología y reanimación: 1999-2003

OBJECTIVE: To determine the characteristics in citations of articles published in Revista Espa?ola de Anestesiología y Reanimación (REDAR). METHOD: References cited in REDAR articles published from 1999 through 2003 were analyzed in terms of type of document, number of pages, language, country of publication, and visibility. Obsolescence was studied based on document age, Burton and Kebler's half-life index, and Price's index. Citation errors were also counted. RESULTS: A total of 14271 citations in 692 articles published in the aforementioned years were studied. Journal articles were the type of document cited most often (n=13113; 91.9%). The average length of documents cited in REDAR articles was 7.29 pages. The language of the cited articles was English in 80.7% of the cases and the majority (51.8%) were published in the United States of America. Journals with impact factors were the sources cited 76% (n=10 833) of the time. The average age of cited works was 9.81 years, the half-life was 6 years, and Price's index was 38.8%. A total of 1610 errors were detected; 609 of them interfered with access to the document. CONCLUSION: The bibliographic references in REDAR are similar to those of other Spanish medical journals and other anesthesiology journals.     

Citation classics in main pain research journals

The number of citations of an article in scientific journals reflects its impact on a specific biomedical field and its recognition in the scientific community. In the present study, we identified and analyzed the characteristics of the 100 most frequently cited articles published between 1970 and 2010 in journals pertaining to pain research and related fields. These articles were identified using the database of the Science Citation Index (1970 to present). The most cited article received 3,017 citations and the least cited article received 302 citations, with a mean of 585 citations per article. These citation classics were published in six high-impact journals, led by Pain (84 articles). Of the 100 articles, 39 were observational studies, 25 were review articles, and 20 concerned basic science. The articles originated from 14 countries, with the United States contributing 47 articles; 67 institutions produced these 100 top-cited articles, led by National Institutes of Health of the United States (8 articles) and University College London (6 articles); 18 persons authored 2 or more of the top-cited articles. This analysis of the top citation classics allows for the recognition of major advances in pain research and gives a historical perspective on the scientific progress of this specialty.     

Trends in the most cited articles in shoulder surgery, 1900–2019

BackgroundOur purpose was to identify the 100 most cited articles in the shoulder surgery literature published in past decade and to compare them with the 100 most cited “classic” shoulder surgery articles to identify trends in the topics of shoulder research.MethodsUsing the term “shoulder,” we searched the Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science Core Collection database for 2 periods: 2010 through 2019 (“contemporary group,” n = 12,394) and 1900 through 2009 (“classic group,” n = 8790). We used the database sort function to order articles by number of citations. Titles, abstracts, and, when necessary, full text were screened to determine relevance to orthopedic shoulder topics until the 100 most cited articles were determined for each group. We analyzed the following article characteristics: title, author(s), publication year, journal, geographic origin, article type (clinical vs basic research), study design, and level of evidence (for clinical articles). P < .05 was considered significant.ResultsThe 3 journals with the most articles in the contemporary group were the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM) (28%), the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES) (28%), and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American volume (JBJS Am) (23%). The top 3 journals in the classic group were JBJS Am (45%), AJSM (16%), and JSES (15%). The 3 most frequent topics in the contemporary group were rotator cuff tear (43%), instability (14%), and fractures (10%); those in the classic group were pathoanatomy (29%), rotator cuff (28%), and instability (17%). Compared with the classic group, the contemporary group had more articles on outcomes of common shoulder procedures, including rotator cuff repair (25% vs. 17%), arthroplasty (21% vs. 15%), arthroscopy (17% vs. 11%), reverse shoulder arthroplasty (13% vs. 7%), and the Latarjet procedure (7% vs. 2%). More articles reporting complications were found in the contemporary (9%) than in the classic (2%) group (P = .03). The contemporary group contained articles on topics not found in the classic group, such as platelet-rich plasma (8%), scaffolds (3%), infection (3%), Cutibacterium acnes (2%), stem cells (2%), superior capsular reconstruction (2%), bony increased offset reversed shoulder arthroplasty (2%), opioid issues (1%), and tendon transfer (1%).ConclusionThe most cited studies from 1900 to 2009 and 2010 to 2019 reported on the rotator cuff and shoulder instability. The most cited articles from 2010 to 2019 reflect the development of shoulder arthroscopy, shoulder arthroplasty, treatment of surgical complications, and augmentation or biologic interventions for rotator cuff repair.Level of evidenceLevel IV; Review Article     

《中华手外科杂志》2000-2004年引文分析

目的 了解《中华手外科杂志》（下称该刊）引文引用规律及情报吸收能力，找出我国手外科研究领域的文献需求特征，为该学科研究人员利用文献提出建议。方法 采用引文计量分析法按文章发表的时序，逐篇统计该刊2000—2004年间刊载的642篇文章所引用的参考文献。结果 该刊642篇文章中．引文率为78．66％，引文量3127条，平均引文量6．19条。主要引文类型为期刊（87．56％）和图书（11．96％），普赖斯指数44．77％，自引率17．20％，被引用频次前15位的中外文期刊的文献引用量占期刊引文总量的53．36％。结论 《中华手外科杂志》是该学科具有权威性和代表性的专业期刊。引文类型以期刊为主，引文语种以英、中文为主，引文内容新颖．质量水平高。引文数量有待于进一部提高。     

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.     

Reporting of weight loss outcomes in bariatric surgery following introduction of 2015 ASMBS guidelines

BackgroundHeterogeneity in reporting weight loss (WL) outcomes within the bariatric surgery literature limits synthesis and meta-analysis. In 2015, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) published reporting guidelines to achieve consistency in the literature.ObjectivesWe aimed to assess the effect of the ASMBS guidelines in the bariatric surgery literature.MethodsNine PubMed-indexed bariatric surgery journals were screened for articles published in the first 6 months of 2015 and 2021. Of 1807 articles, 105 and 158 articles in 2015 and 2021, respectively, reported primarily on WL outcomes following surgery.ResultsOverall ASMBS compliance increased from 5% to 20%, P < .05. Initial weight and body mass index (BMI) was reported in all studies, but specification of this as the immediate preoperative weight reduced from 15% to 6%, P < .05. The percent total WL (%TWL) increased from 17% to 61%, P < .05. Change in the BMI (DBMI) remained 41%. The percent excess BMI or WL (%EBMIL or %EWL) did not significantly change from 76% to 69%, P = .203. In 2021, 2 of the 9 journals gave guidance on reporting WL in their instructions to authors. Thirty percent (42/142) of articles did not comply with the journals’ WL reporting guidance. The number of unique WL outcomes used increased from 45 to 54.ConclusionsSignificant heterogeneity in reporting WL outcomes remains, hindering robust meta-analysis of articles. Use of referral weight instead of preoperative weight can inflate WL in those with mandated preoperative WL, clarifying initial weight is needed. Use of nonstandard measures of WL remains high.     

The effect of bariatric surgery on reducing the risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of 3,233,044 patients

BackgroundThe published literature presents conflicting results regarding the impact of bariatric surgery on the incidence of colorectal cancer. There are important new studies that have addressed this question with longer follow-up.ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of bariatric surgery on the risk of developing colorectal cancer in patients with obesity.SettingMeta-analysis.MethodsPubMed and Scopus were searched for relevant articles. Articles published by November 2021 were retrieved; data were extracted according to the evidence-based PICO (population, intervention, control, outcome) model and analyzed using a random-effects model to estimate the pooled relative risk (RR) and its 95% confidence interval. The heterogeneity of studies was tested and quantified using Cochran’s Q.ResultsThe initial search yielded 327 articles. After evaluation, 13 studies were analyzed. The thorough evaluation resulted in 13 articles, which were analyzed. A total number of 3,233,044 patients were included in the meta-analysis. The mean time of follow-up was 9.5 ± 7.9 years. The pooled estimate of the adjusted RR was .63 (95% confidence interval, .50–.79). Heterogeneity χ² was 107.96 (df = 12; P < .001; I² = 89%).ConclusionPatients who underwent bariatric surgery had a 37% reduction in the risk of developing colorectal cancer compared with patients with obesity who had no surgery.     

The Top 100 Most-Cited Articles on Hallux Valgus

BackgroundTo perform the citation and content analysis of 100 articles on Hallux valgus from the most cited to the least.Materials and methodsArticles published on Hallux valgus between 1980 and 2020 were analyzed by making use of the Web of Science database. Articles were ranked from most cited to the least. Content analysis of all articles was also carried out. Original research articles, reviews, and clinical trials were included in the study whereas case reports were excluded from the study.ResultsThe total number of citations of the 100 most-cited articles was 7,697. The most-cited article was ‘Prevalence of hallux valgus in the general population; systematic review and meta-analysis’ published by Sheere Nix in Journal of Foot and Ankle Research in 2010. The country where the articles were mostly produced was USA (n = 46). The most interesting issue was the osteotomy techniques and changes in Hallux valgus surgery.ConclusionThe treatment of the Hallux valgus disease is still discussed today. Citation analyses have shown that surgical developments related to HV surgery still attract attention, and this information will be updated continuously in line with the increasing number of articles.