Factors Associated with Low and High Article Citations in Four Prominent Orthopaedic Surgery Journals
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Factors Associated with Low and High Article Citations in Four Prominent Orthopaedic Surgery Journals John T. Wilson1 · Carter J. Boyd1 · Jared Halstrom1 · Aseel Dib1 · Kimberly Martin1 · Michael D. Johnson1 Received: 12 May 2020 / Accepted: 2 July 2020 / Published online: 10 July 2020 © Indian Orthopaedics Association 2020
Abstract Background Research is a cornerstone for the advancement of clinical practice and guidelines across all medical and surgical fields. To achieve significant contribution to the field, research must be circulated, read, and understood. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate which factors are associated with higher and lower citation rates in orthopaedic surgery literature. Methods A query was performed to identify all of the primary research articles published between 1998 and 2008 in four prominent orthopaedics journals. From there, the 50 most highly and lowly cited articles were identified and analyzed for various factors that distinguished the highly cited group from the lowly cited group. Various statistical tests were used depending on the type of variable being evaluated. Results After data compilation and statistical analysis, 16 statistically significant factors were apparent that differed between the two groups. Seven non-statistically significant factors were also identified. Conclusion This study illustrates that certain statistically significant factors influence the citation rates of papers in orthopaedic surgery literature. If utilized appropriately, these factors could lead to increased consumption and circulation of future orthopaedic surgery literature. Keywords Citation · Literature · Reference · Publication · Orthopaedics · Orthopaedic surgery
Introduction Research is a cornerstone for the advancement of clinical practice and guidelines across all medical and surgical fields. While this paper acknowledges that all research has some * John T. Wilson [email protected] Carter J. Boyd [email protected] Jared Halstrom [email protected] Aseel Dib [email protected] Kimberly Martin [email protected] Michael D. Johnson [email protected] 1
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1313 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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value, it also recognizes not all research projects are equally impactful. To achieve significant contribution to the field, research must be circulated, read, and understood. The number of citations a paper receives has been used as a measurement tool for a project’s impact [1, 2]. This metric is not without flaws, but it is a long-standing measurement tool that serves as a surrogate for the impact of a publication. Other fields including radiology, urology, and cardiology have examined which factors are associated with highly and lowly cited articles in their respective literature [1–3]. To the authors’ knowledge, an investigation such as this has not been undertaken in the field of orthopaedic surgery. This classification of article structure and stud
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