Bibliometric analysis of orthopaedic related publications by Indian authors from the last decade

Abstract

Bibliometric studies have been established methods of analysing publications on a particular topic. These studies have been done on various orthopaedic topics and are increasing. The advantages of these studies have been highlighted in previous publications. Although some studies have been done on Indian publications from other specialties, those analysing Indian Orthopaedic Publications are lacking. Methods: We performed a search in Scopus to look for all publications related to orthopaedics from India. Our search strategy in Scopus included ((TITLE-ABS-KEY(Orthopaedics OR Orthopaedics) AND AFFIL(India)) AND PUBYEAR > 2009 AND PUBYEAR < 2020) which resulted in 3270 articles on 02/11/2021. We analyzed the most publishing universities, city, state, specialty, authors, and anatomic location of these publications. We also mined the data to draw word clouds based on data obtained from the titles of articles, keywords and the affiliations of each of the articles published. Results: Tamil Nadu and New Delhi and their institutes appear to be the epicenter of publication activities in Orthopaedics in India. There has been a healthy trend of growth of articles in the orthopaedic specialty. Since there is a significant overlap of technology and engineering, it is not surprising to see engineering and technology institutes among the top 10 published institutes and even journals for the publications on orthopaedics. Conclusion: There has been a steady increase in the number of publications in the last decade. New Delhi and its Universities and Institutes appear to contribute the majority of citations and publications related to orthopaedics. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma was the most publishing journal for Indian authors on Orthopaedic related articles.

A Scientometric Analysis of the most Highly Cited Publications on Fracture Research from India: 1989-2022

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“…Despite a large burden of fractures in the Indian population, due to road accidents 1 2 and other causes, not much research has been done so far, especially on the prevalence of these fractures and the published literature from Indian authors on this topic. However, the research output of the Indian authors in other fields like orthopaedics 30 31 32 and arthroplasty 33 have been studied. Rupp et al 34 found an increase in the incidence of fractures by 14% in Germany between 2009 and 2019.…”

International Orthopaedics journal: A bibliometric analysis during 1977-2022

“…The majority of HCP (126/128) were original research (n=89) and review (n=37). Karlapudi et al (2022) studied the Orthopaedic related publications by Indian authors and observed that the basic science related papers were more cited than the 'general category' articles. Similar to our study, Lao et al (2013) reported a significant annual increase in Orthopaedic publications between 2000 to 2012 from the USA, Japan and China, with the USA contributing maximally at 35.3% of the total world output in orthopedics in 2012, and accumulated the highest number of citations.…”

The impact of Canadian-produced research on the global orthopedic literature: a bibliometric analysis

“…In recent years, there has been increased transparency in the disclosure of publication data in the field of orthopedics in some countries. 1 , 2 , 6 , 18 , 19 However, little is known about how Canada ranks in terms of orthopedic research productivity on a global scale or about the contribution of orthopedic research to the overall scientific research output of the country. The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of Canadian authors to the orthopedic literature both nationally and globally, productivity in orthopedic research in Canada, the productivity in orthopedics of individual academic centres and the level of networking and collaboration in Canadian centres.…”

“…A number of factors have been described to assess academic productivity using this model, in terms of both the volume and the scientific impact of the research produced. Bibliometric analysis allows for a broad and complete evaluation of the productivity and scientific impact of the research produced in a particular country or specific discipline (such as medicine or surgery), [1][2][3][4][5] individual journals [6][7][8] and studies presented at annual scientific meetings, [9][10][11] as well as the impact of individual authors. 3,12,13 Using this model, Saab and colleagues showed that orthopedic research originating in France has increased by more than 50% over the past 10 years.…”