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ReviewOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2021

Influential Articles on Pediatric and Adolescent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Sachin Allahabadi, Sonali E Feeley, Drew A Lansdown, Nirav K Pandya, Brian T Feeley

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Review in Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trends and hotspots in epiphyseal injury studies over 2 decades: A bibliometric analysis.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2026
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  4. Gait Biomechanical Profiles Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Sexually-Immature Pediatrics.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sachin AllahabadiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, California, USA.
Sonali E FeeleyDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, California, USA.
Drew A LansdownDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, California, USA.
Nirav K PandyaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, California, USA.
Brian T FeeleyDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, California, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe understanding of pediatric anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and optimal treatment has evolved significantly. Influential articles have been previously evaluated using article citations to determine impact. PURPOSE: To identify and characterize the 50 most cited and recent influential articles relating to pediatric and adolescent ACL injuries, to examine trends in publication characteristics, and to evaluate correlations of study citations with quality of evidence. STUDY

designCross-sectional study.

methodsThe top 50 most cited articles on pediatric and adolescent ACL injuries were gathered using the Web of Science and Scopus online databases by averaging the number of citations from each database. Articles from recent years were also aggregated and sorted by citation density (citations/year). Publication and study characteristics were recorded. Level of evidence and methodologic quality were assessed where applicable using the modified Coleman Methodology Score (mCMS), modified Jadad scale, and Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies (MINORS). Spearman correlation was used to evaluate the association between citation data and level of evidence or methodologic quality scorings.

resultsThe top 50 cited papers had a mean of 117.5 ± 58.8 citations (range, 58.5-288.5 citations), with a mean citation density of 9.4 ± 5.4 citations per year (range, 2.9-25.8 citations/year); 80% were published in 2000 or later, and 6% were considered basic science. Articles were mainly level 4 evidence (27/42; 64.3%), and none was level 1. There were moderate, significant associations between publication year and level of evidence (

conclusionInfluential articles on pediatric and adolescent ACL injuries were relatively recent, with a low proportion of basic science-type articles. Most of the studies had a lower evidence level and poor methodologic quality scores. Higher methodologic quality did not correlate positively with citation data.

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adolescentanterior cruciate ligamentinfluentialpediatric sports medicinequalityskeletally immature

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PMID34164558
PMCPMC8191091

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