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ReviewKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2018

Level of evidence and authorship trends of clinical studies in knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy, 1995-2015.

Ryan P Judy, Jason J Shin, Christopher McCrum, Olufemi R Ayeni, Kristian Samuelsson, Volker Musahl

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Review in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Ten Years ofSports health
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  7. Significant increase in quantity and quality of knee arthroplasty related research in KSSTA over the past 15 years.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022
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  8. The profile of orthopaedic sports medicine publishing in South Africa.South African journal of sports medicine · 2022
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  9. Twenty Five-Year Publication Trends in Foot and Ankle Literature: Improved Methodological Quality and Internationality With Time.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ryan P JudyDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. rpj11@pitt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3624-4627
Jason J ShinDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Christopher McCrumDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Olufemi R AyeniDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Kristian SamuelssonDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Volker MusahlDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThere is increasing emphasis on publication quality and internationalization of author groups in orthopaedic literature. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the type of studies and the level of evidence (LOE) published in knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy (KSSTA) from 1995 to 2015. The secondary aim was to analyze trends in authorship characteristics in KSSTA.

methodsTwo reviewers reviewed the table of contents of KSSTA and identified original papers from 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015. The reviewers graded LOE from Levels I to IV using guidelines from the University of Oxford's Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. For each article, the total number of authors and country of author group were also analyzed.

resultsA total of 880 papers were analyzed. The proportions in LOE have stayed consistent throughout the study period (n.s.). There has been a significant increase in the number of published articles and the number of Level I and II studies (P < 0.01). Therapeutic articles were the most common type. The mean number of authors per KSSTA article significantly increased from 3.9 to 5.7 over the 20-year period (P < 0.01). The number of represented countries increased yearly and academic institutions from 40 different nationalities published articles in the Journal. Of the examined years, the percent of articles with international collaboration was 17.6%.

conclusionThe proportion of LOE I and II articles published in KSSTA remains consistently high. Therapeutic studies are the most frequently published articles. There is an increase in international groups publishing in KSSTA. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.

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ArthroscopyAuthorshipSports MedicineBibliometricsClinical Studies as TopicEvidence-Based MedicineHumansKnee JointOrthopedic ProceduresOrthopedicsPublishingTraumatology

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PMID29138917

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