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The 50 most impactful articles on the medial ulnar collateral ligament: An altmetric analysis of online media.

Kunal M Kirloskar, Matthew D Civilette, William R Rate, Andrew S Cohen, Brett D Haislup, Suresh K Nayar, Blake M Bodendorfer, Heath P Gould

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In one paragraph

Review in SAGE open medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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.

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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kunal M KirloskarGeorgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7495-637X
Matthew D CiviletteGeorgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5209-8965
William R RateGeorgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
Andrew S CohenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Brett D HaislupDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Suresh K NayarDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Blake M BodendorferDivision of Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1313-6025
Heath P GouldDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Georgetown University · USMedStar Union Memorial Hospital · USJohns Hopkins Hospital · USRush University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to use the Altmetric Attention Score to determine the 50 most impactful medial ulnar collateral ligament articles in online media and compare their characteristics to the most-cited medial ulnar collateral ligament articles in the scientific literature. The Altmetric database was queried to identify all published articles about the medial ulnar collateral ligament, and this list was stratified by the Altmetric Attention Score to identify the 50 highest scoring articles. Several data elements were extracted, including article topic, article type, journal name, and the number of online mentions on Facebook, Twitter, news, and other platforms. Each article's geographic origin was determined based on the institutional affiliation of the first author. Our index search yielded 1283 articles published between 1987 and 2020, from which the 50 articles with the highest Altmetric Attention Scores were included for analysis. Altmetric Attention Scores of the top 50 medial ulnar collateral ligament articles ranged from 20 to 482 (median: 32, interquartile range: 20-62). The most common article type was original research (72%), and the most common topic was epidemiology/risk factors (26%). A majority of studies were Level 3 (36%) or Level 4 evidence (36%). Of the top 50 medial ulnar collateral ligament articles, 94% originated from the United States. A few articles had a high Altmetric Attention Score, suggesting that medial ulnar collateral ligament research does not generate consistently high online attention. The lack of Level 1 studies suggests the need for high-level studies on the medial ulnar collateral ligament. Most studies originated in the United States and were published in the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine-affiliated journals. The medial ulnar collateral ligament articles included in this study differed substantially from a previous report of the most-cited medial ulnar collateral ligament articles in the literature, suggesting that alternative metrics add a unique dimension to understanding the overall impact of published research on the medial ulnar collateral ligament.

Indexed as

AASaltmetric attention scorealtmetricsbibliometricscitation rateMedial ulnar collateral ligamentMUCL

Identifiers

PMID36451777
PMCPMC9703534
OpenAlexW4310591803

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