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ReviewJournal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology2023

Scientometric analysis of highly cited papers on avascular necrosis of the femoral head from 1991 to 2022.

Raju Vaishya, Brij Mohan Gupta, Ghouse Modin N Mamdapur, Abhishek Vaish, Filippo Migliorini

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Review in Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Orthopaedic publications receive fewer citations than general medicine articles: a scientometric analysis of temporal trends.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2026
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  2. Authorship, titles and open access as drivers of citation performance in orthopaedics: a scientometric analysis.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2026
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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

5 authors.

Raju VaishyaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, 110076, New Delhi, India.
Brij Mohan GuptaCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi, India.
Ghouse Modin N MamdapurDepartment of Orthopaedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, 110076, New Delhi, India.
Abhishek VaishDepartment of Library and Information Science, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Deralakatte, 575018, Karnataka, India.
Filippo MiglioriniDepartment of Orthopedic, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH University Hospital of Aachen, 52064, Aachen, Germany. migliorini.md@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7220-1221

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionA highly cited paper (HCP) is considered a landmark that can influence both research and clinical practice. The characteristics of HCPs in avascular necrosis of the femoral head (AVNFH) were identified and the research status was explored in a scientometric analysis.

methodsThe present bibliometric analysis were based on the Scopus database from 1991 to 2021. Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer were used for co-authorship, co-citation, and co-occurrence analysis. From 8496 papers, only 2.9% (244) were HCPs, with 200.8 citations registered per article.

resultsOf the HCPs, 11.9% and 12.3% were externally funded and had international collaboration, respectively. These were published in 84 journals by 1625 authors from 425 organizations of 33 countries. The USA, Japan, Switzerland, and Israel were the leading countries.The lead research organizations were Sinai Hospital and John Hopkins University (USA). The most impactful organizations were University of Arkansas for Medical Science, and Good Samaritan Hospital (USA). R.A. Mont (USA) and K.H. Koo (South Korea) were the most prolific contributing authors, while R. Ganz (Switzerland) and R.S. Weinstein (USA) registered the most impactful contributions. The most prolific publishing journal was the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

conclusionThe HCPs contributed to the knowledge of AVNFH by examining research perspectives and identifying important subareas through keyword analysis. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Not applicable.

trial registrationNot applicable.

Indexed as

Femur Head NecrosisAuthorshipBibliometricsDatabases, FactualHumansAvascular necrosisBibliometricsFemoral headHipOsteonecrosisScientometrics

Identifiers

PMID37322138
PMCPMC10272038

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