Worldwide productivity in the hand and wrist literature: A bibliometric analysis of four highly cited subspecialty journals

Abstract

The number of publications of hand and wrist research shows a significant increase during the past 10 years. The United States is the most productive country in hand and wrist literature. However, some European countries and Australia may have higher quality of articles according to mean 5y-IF and mean citations per article.

Worldwide research productivity in fracture surgery: A 10-year survey of publication activity

“…webofknowledge.com) was conducted to identify papers published on the topic of fracture surgery. The WoS is a worldwide database that may be used for citation analysis and to obtain academic information, and has been widely used in previous publication activity studies (5)(6)(7). A total of 72 journals were in the 'Orthopedics' category of the 2014 Journal Citation Reports in the WoS, and were all included in the current study.…”

“…Publishing articles is a key aspect of scientific research activities, which helps to share new knowledge worldwide (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). Analysis of research productivity is conducted to assess contributions to research and to analyze trends in academic publications (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10).…”

“…Publishing articles is a key aspect of scientific research activities, which helps to share new knowledge worldwide (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). Analysis of research productivity is conducted to assess contributions to research and to analyze trends in academic publications (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). Recently, a number of surveys of publication activity have been conducted to evaluate the contributions of different countries in various fields of medicine, including hand and wrist surgery (5), foot and ankle reasearch (6), arthroscopic surgery (7), rheumatic disease (8), endocrinology and metabolism (9) and emergency medicine (10).…”

“…Recently, a number of surveys of publication activity have been conducted to evaluate the contributions of different countries in various fields of medicine, including hand and wrist surgery (5), foot and ankle reasearch (6), arthroscopic surgery (7), rheumatic disease (8), endocrinology and metabolism (9) and emergency medicine (10). These articles investigated the quantity and quality of the articles published in their fields in recent years, provided the main characteristics of the research contributions from different countries, and analyzed the potential reasons underlying these trends (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). Moreover, these studies give an overview of current research in certain fields, and help the surgeons and researchers to know the worldwide status of scientific productivity in their fields (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10).…”

“…These articles investigated the quantity and quality of the articles published in their fields in recent years, provided the main characteristics of the research contributions from different countries, and analyzed the potential reasons underlying these trends (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). Moreover, these studies give an overview of current research in certain fields, and help the surgeons and researchers to know the worldwide status of scientific productivity in their fields (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10).…”