ArticleJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma2021
A bibliometric analysis of the spine journals.
Article in Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Assessment of influential authors and articles in spine surgery research: a narrative review.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2026Review
- Scientometric analysis of publications in Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma since its inception.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Article
- From residency to research excellence, mapping orthopaedic publication trends: A scoping review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Article
- Bibliometric analysis of research on spinal tuberculosis in last 5 years.World journal of virology · 2025Article
- A scientometric analysis of highly cited papers in Indian spine research (1995-2024): navigating the impact.International orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Factors for predicting time to acceptance in the journal of the American academy of orthopaedic surgeons.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Article
- The Evolution of Pediatric Spine Surgery: A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications From 1902 to 2023.Neurosurgery practice · 2024Article
- Time to publication for orthopaedic surgery peer-reviewed journals: A cross-sectional bibliometric analysis.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2022Article
- Stronger Together: Collaboration of Asia Pacific With the Rest of the World in Research and Education to Advance the Science, Art, and Practice of Spinal Surgery.International journal of spine surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSpine is a rapidly growing branch with fully-dedicated peer-reviewed journals. Journal impact factor (JIF), speed of publication, and readership are some critical factors affecting the author's choice for submission. This study aimed to find the bibliometric data of spine journals.
methodFourteen Spine journals in NCBI (National centre for Biotechnology information, USA) database, meeting the inclusion criterion were analyzed for original articles, collected via stratified sampling from each issue of the journal. The dates to submission (DS), acceptance (DA), and publication (DP), study design, corresponding author's details like-subject specialization and country of affiliation were recorded for each original article. Data on JIF, number of issues/years, open access availability (OA), article processing charges (APC) were also retrieved. Correlation and geographic plot were used to display the findings.
resultsThe median (interquartile range) time for submission to publication/total time (TT) in spine journals was 175 (120-313) days with a submission to acceptance time of 107 (66-168) days and acceptance to publication time of 54 (20-170). Fifty-seven percent of the journals had APC, and all had options for OA. A significant correlation was noted between all determinants of publication speed and the Scimago Journal rankings (SJR) (AT: r = 0.238, PT: r = 0.074, TT: r = 0.288, p < 0.001). Amongst the author affiliations, the USA (37.5%) and Japan (18.6%) had the maximum contributions. Furthermore, 57.4% of authors were orthopaedicians, and 14.4% were neurosurgeons. Retrospective and prospective cohort studies were the standard study designs (48% vs. 20.9%), while clinical trials accounted for 5.8%.
conclusionSpine journals had comparable publication speed with other biomedical journals; all
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