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ArticleArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2021

The Fifty Most-Cited Articles Regarding SLAP Lesions.

Paul R Allegra, Dylan N Greif, Sohil S Desai, Ramakanth R Yakkanti, Julianne Muñoz, Lee D Kaplan, Michael G Baraga

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Article in Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Paul R AllegraDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Dylan N GreifUniversity of Miami Sports Medicine Institute, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Sohil S DesaiUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Ramakanth R YakkantiDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Julianne MuñozDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Lee D KaplanDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Michael G BaragaDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

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6 · The paper itself

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purposeTo identify and evaluate the top 50 most-cited articles pertaining to SLAP tears.

methodsThe ISI Web of Knowledge database was used to conduct a query for articles pertaining to SLAP tears. Our query was conducted in April 2020 with multiple Boolean operative combinations performed by 2 independent reviewers. Articles on the final list were further reviewed to extract the following data: manuscript title, first author, total citation count, year of publication, citation density since publication, current citation rate since 2013, journal, country of origin, and level of evidence.

resultsOur initial search yielded 2,597 articles. Within this cohort, the top 50 publications pertaining to SLAP tears were identified that met our search criteria. The top article was cited 802 times while the 50th ranked article was cited 46 times. The average number of citations per publication was 131, whereas the average citation density since year of publication was 7.3. No strong correlations were found between citation density and year published. Twelve journals published articles pertaining to SLAP tears, with

conclusionsThis review provides a quantitative analysis of the most-referenced literature pertaining to SLAP tears. This body of knowledge helps surgeons search for literature regarding these injuries and identify trends regarding SLAP tear research. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This research provides practitioners with an easily accessible and comprehensive collection of the major contributions regarding SLAP tears and offers insight into future areas for research.

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