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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2018

Fifty top-cited spine articles from mainland China: A citation analysis.

Yaohong Wu, Yachao Zhao, Linghan Lin, Zhijun Lu, Zhaoyang Guo, Xiaoming Li, Rongchun Chen, Huasong Ma

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. The 100 top-cited studies on vaccine: a bibliometric analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Yaohong Wu1 Department of Orthopaedics, Ganzhou People's Hospital, Ganzhou, China.
Yachao Zhao2 The Third Clinical College, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Linghan Lin2 The Third Clinical College, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhijun Lu1 Department of Orthopaedics, Ganzhou People's Hospital, Ganzhou, China.
Zhaoyang Guo1 Department of Orthopaedics, Ganzhou People's Hospital, Ganzhou, China.
Xiaoming Li1 Department of Orthopaedics, Ganzhou People's Hospital, Ganzhou, China.
Rongchun Chen1 Department of Orthopaedics, Ganzhou People's Hospital, Ganzhou, China.
Huasong Ma3 Department of Orthopaedics, The 306th Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective To identify the 50 top-cited spine articles from mainland China and to analyze their main characteristics. Methods Web of Science was used to identify the 50 top-cited spine articles from mainland China in 27 spine-related journals. The title, year of publication, number of citations, journal, anatomic focus, subspecialty, evidence level, city, institution and author were recorded. Results The top 50 articles had 29-122 citations and were published in 11 English-language journals; most (32) were published in the 2000s. The journal Spine had the largest number of articles and The Lancet had the highest impact factor. The lumber spine was the most discussed anatomic area (18). Degenerative spine disease was the most common subspecialty topic (22). Most articles were clinical studies (29); the others were basic research (21). Level IV was the most common evidence level (17). Conclusions This list indicates the most influential articles from mainland China in the global spine research community. Identification of these articles provides insights into the trends in spine care in mainland China and the historical contributions of researchers from mainland China to the international spine research field.

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Journal Impact FactorPeriodicals as TopicChinaHumansLumbosacral RegionSpinal DiseasesSpinecitation analysismainland ChinaSpine

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PMID29239253
PMCPMC5971490

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