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ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2019

The top 100 most cited articles on total hip arthroplasty: a bibliometric analysis.

Wenchao Zhang, Ning Tang, Xiaopeng Li, Daniel M George, Guangxu He, Tianlong Huang

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Article in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenchao ZhangOrthopaedic department, The Second Xiangya hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Ning TangOrthopaedic department, The Second Xiangya hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Xiaopeng LiDepartment of Applied Statistics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Daniel M GeorgeRoyal Adelaide Hospital Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Guangxu HeOrthopaedic department, The Second Xiangya hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Tianlong HuangOrthopaedic department, The Second Xiangya hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. tianlong.huang@csu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9278-2350
Central South University · CNRoyal Adelaide Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOver the past few decades, more and more articles about total hip arthroplasty have been published. We noticed, however, little is known about the characteristics and qualities of these studies.

methodsThe databases of Web of Science Core Collection, BIOSIS Citation Index, MEDLINE, etc. were utilized for the identification of articles published from 1990 to May 2019. Total hip arthroplasty-related articles were identified, and the 100 most cited articles were selected for subsequent analysis of citation count, citation density (citations/article age), authorship, theme, geographic distribution, time-related flux, level of evidence, and network analysis.

resultsThe selected 100 articles were published mainly in the 1990s (46%) and 2000s (47%) with almost equal amount. Citations per article ranged from 994 to 191. Leading countries were the USA followed by Canada, England, and Sweden, all located in North America and Western Europe. The most highlighted study themes were postoperative thrombosis and surgical methods and materials. The most common level of evidence was level III (35%). The network analysis connoted that radiography, acetabulum, reoperation, and bone cement had a high degree of centrality in the 1990s, while cement had a high degree of centrality in the 2000s and 2010s.

conclusionsThe time, area, and theme distribution of the top 100 most cited articles in the total hip arthroplasty have been thoroughly analyzed. It is noticeable that postoperative thromboembolism currently plays a major role in the field of total hip arthroplasty researches. However, most of them focus on the effectiveness of different treatments and drugs; little is known about its underlying mechanisms and influencing factors.

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Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipBibliometricsDatabases, FactualPeriodicals as TopicHumansInternationalityBibliometric analysisTotal hip arthroplastyTotal hip replacement

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PMID31801594
PMCPMC6894193
OpenAlexW2993881357

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