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ReviewArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2021

The Top 50 Most-Cited Knee Arthroscopy Studies.

Sierra N Murphy, M Lane Moore, Jordan R Pollock, Kade S McQuivey, Joshua S Bingham

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Review 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 19 papers.

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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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sierra N MurphyMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.
M Lane MooreMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.
Jordan R PollockMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.
Kade S McQuiveyDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
Joshua S BinghamMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo objectively identify the 50 most influential studies in knee arthroscopy and provide an analysis of their key characteristics.

methodsThe Clarivate Analytics Web of Knowledge database was used to gather data and metrics of knee arthroscopy research. The search list was sorted by the number of citations, and articles were included or excluded based on relevance to knee arthroscopy. The information extracted for each article included author name, publication year, country of origin, journal name, article type, and the level of evidence.

resultsFor these 50 studies, the total number of citations was calculated to be 12,168, with an average of 243.4 citations per paper. The most-cited article was cited 1,220 times. The 50 studies included in this analysis were published between 1972 and 2013. All 50 articles were published in English and came from 10 different orthopaedic journals. The United States was responsible for the majority of articles (n = 26); however, many other countries were represented. The most prevalent study designs were case series (n = 20).

conclusionsThe 50 most influential articles in knee arthroscopy were cited a total of 12,168 times. The study designs most commonly used were case series and cohort studies. This article serves as a reference to direct orthopaedic practitioners to the 50 most influential studies in knee arthroscopy. We hope that these 50 studies and the analysis we provide help health care professionals efficiently assess consensus, trends, and needs within the field. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This analysis of the 50 most influential studies in knee arthroscopy will provide medical students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians with a comprehensive inventory and citation analysis of the most impactful academic contributions to one of the most important fields within orthopaedic surgery.

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