Vuillemin, Nicolas; Pape, Hans-Christoph; Rommens, Pol Maria; Lippuner, Kurt; Siebenrock, Klaus-Arno; Keel, Marius Johann; Bastian, Johannes Dominik (2021). A Bibliometric Analysis of Fragility Fractures: Top 50. Medicina, 57(6) MDPI 10.3390/medicina57060639
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Background and Objectives: The population is aging and fragility fractures are a research topic of steadily growing importance. Therefore, a systematic bibliometric review was performed to identify the 50 most cited articles in the field of fragility fractures analyzing their qualities and characteristics. Materials and Methods: From the Core Collection database in the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge, the most influential original articles with reference to fragility fractures were identified in February 2021 using a multistep approach. Year of publication, total number of citations, average number of citations per year since year of publication, affiliation of first and senior author, geographic origin of study population, keywords, and level of evidence were of interest. Results: Articles were published in 26 different journals between 1997 and 2020. The number of total citations per article ranged from 12 to 129 citations. In the majority of publications, orthopedic surgeons and traumatologists (66%) accounted for the first authorship, articles mostly originated from Europe (58%) and the keyword mostly used was "hip fracture". In total, 38% of the articles were therapeutic studies level III followed by prognostic studies level I. Only two therapeutic studies with level I could be identified. Conclusions: This bibliometric review shows the growing interest in fragility fractures and raises awareness that more high quality and interdisciplinary studies are needed.
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Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Osteoporosis |
UniBE Contributor: |
Vuillemin, Nicolas Sébastien, Lippuner, Kurt, Siebenrock, Klaus-Arno, Keel, Marius, Bastian, Johannes Dominik |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1648-9144 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Kathrin Aeschlimann |
Date Deposited: |
11 Nov 2021 12:07 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:53 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/medicina57060639 |
PubMed ID: |
34205638 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
bibliometric analysis fragility fracture hip osteoporosis |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/160087 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/160087 |
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