Worldwide orthopaedic research activity 2010-2014 : publication rates in the top 15 orthopaedic journals related to population size and gross domestic product
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Hohmann, Erik
Glatt, Vaida
Tetsworth, Kevin
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Baishideng Publishing Group
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AIM : To perform a bibliometric analysis of publications rates in orthopedics in the top 15 orthopaedic journals. METHODS : Based on their 2015 impact factor, the fifteen highest ranked orthopaedic journals between January 2010 and December 2014 were used to establish the total number of publications| cumulative impact factor points (IF) per country were determined, and normalized to population size, GDP, and GDP/capita, comparison to the median country output and the global leader. RESULTS : Twenty-three thousand and twenty-one orthopaedic articles were published, with 66 countries publishing. The United States had 8149 publications, followed by the United Kingdom (1644) and Japan (1467). The highest IF was achieved by the United States (24744), United Kingdom (4776), and Japan (4053). Normalized by population size Switzerland lead. Normalized by GDP, Croatia was the top achiever. Adjusting GDP/capita, for publications and IF, China, India, and the United States were the leaders. Adjusting for population size and GDP, 28 countries achieved numbers of publications to be considered at least equivalent with the median academic output. Adjusting GDP/capita only China and India reached the number of publications to be considered equivalent to the current global leader, the United States. CONCLUSION : Five countries were responsible for 60% of the orthopaedic research output over this 5-year period. After correcting for GDP/capita, only 28 of 66 countries achieved a publication rate equivalent to the median country. The United States, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, and Germany were the top five countries for both publication totals and cumulative impact factor points.
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Bibliometrics, Orthopedic surgery, Impact factor, Publication productivity
Sustainable Development Goals
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Hohmann E, Glatt V, Tetsworth K. Worldwide orthopaedic research
activity 2010-2014: Publication rates in the top 15 orthopaedic
journals related to population size and gross domestic product.
World J Orthop 2017; 8(6): 514-523 Available from: URL: http://
www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/full/v8/i6/514.htm DOI: http://dx.DOI.
org/ 10.5312/wjo.v8.i6.514.