The 100 Top-Cited Articles about Kienböck’s Disease: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Introduction The aim of this study was to analyze the 100 top-cited articles about Kienböck’s disease and their features.

Materials and Methods A search through the Elsevier, Scopus database journal articles about Kienböck’s disease yielded 1,025 results. The 100 top-cited articles were identified and filtered again to exclude self-citations. The 100 top-cited articles without self-citations were analyzed for the number of citation, citation density, publishing journal, language, authorship, and geographic origin. The abstracts of the articles were obtained to review and determine the types of articles and levels of evidence.

Results The mean of the 100 top-cited articles’ absolute number of citations was 63.3 ± 34 (range: 23–199). Citation densities ranged from 1 to 8. A total of 97 (97%) articles were written in English. The leading countries were the United States with 50 (50%) articles followed by Japan with 16 (16%) articles. Forty (40%) articles have been published in the Journal of Hand Surgery American volume. Among the 100 top-cited articles, nine articles were devoted to basic science and 91 articles have dealt with clinical science. There were three articles with level II, 24 articles with level III, 46 articles with level IV, and 18 articles with level V of evidences.

Conclusion The current study presents an insight to the classic articles about Kienböck’s disease. The 100 top-cited articles have established a foundation that the science on Kienböck’s disease has been elaborated. The current study is likely helpful for educational purposes and further research about Kienböck’s disease.

Level of Evidence Economic and decision analysis/Level IV.

Keywords

bibliographic analysis - bibliometric science - classic article - citation - Kienböck’s disease - wrist surgery

Publication History

Article published online:
17 September 2020

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