Purpose
To highlight the characteristics of the 100 most-cited articles on arthroscopy and
provide the variation trend of citation rate among the top 25 articles in the past
9 years. We further analyzed the topics of interest in the past or currently.
Methods
The Thomson ISI Web of Science database was used to identify arthroscopy-related articles
that were published from 1950 to March 31, 2020. The 100 most-cited articles were
selected for further analysis. In addition, author key words of the articles that
published in the recent 5 years were further analyzed.
Results
Mean of citations was 433.59 ± 400.73. The publication year ranged from 1980 to 2013.
Most articles were focused on cartilage lesions and treatments (26%). A large proportion
of articles were published in the 2000s (61%). Arthroscopy—the Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery (23%) was the most popular journal. One half of the articles originated from the
United States. The most prolific institution and first author were the Steadman Philippon
Research Institute (5%) and Marc J. Philippon (4%), respectively. Most of the articles
were Level IV evidence (33%). The citation rate increased by 131% from the previous
top 25 articles published in 2011. A growth trend can be seen in the citation density
over time. “Shoulder” (occurrences = 535) was the most used joint key word and “rotator
cuff” (342) was the most used key word of research objective in the last 5 years,
whereas “cartilage” only occurred 262 times.
Conclusions
Based on bibliometric analysis of the 100 most-cited articles on arthroscopy combined
with network analysis of the whole articles that published in the recent 5 years,
the topic of most interest in the recent 5 years was rotator cuff rather than cartilage.
The number of citations among the 25 most-cited articles is growing rapidly and has
at least doubled in size on average in the past 9 years. Citation density among the
100 most-cited articles on arthroscopy has seen a growth trend.
Clinical Relevance
This article clarifies the characteristics of the 100 most-cited papers and provides
guidance on the topics of interest in the past or currently as a roadmap for future
research on arthroscopy.
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: February 01, 2021
Accepted:
January 12,
2021
Received:
July 6,
2020
See commentary on page 1798Footnotes
The authors report that they have no conflicts of interest in the authorship and publication of this article. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.
Investigation performed at the Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University.
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