Ten-Year Trends in Level of Evidence in Hand Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purposes of this study were to analyze the trends in Oxford level of evidence (LOE), LOE of most-cited articles, and association between LOE and journal impact factor (IF) and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) over a 10-year period (2009-2018) in 3 prominent hand surgery journals, specifically HAND, Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume) (JHS), and Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) (JHSE).

Methods

All articles published from 2009 to 2018 in HAND, JHS, and JHSE were reviewed for assigned or available LOE. Data were pooled and analyzed for trends in LOE; relationship among IF, SJR, and LOE; and citation density.

Results

A total of 3921 total publications were tabulated from 2009 to 2018, with the

SUBMITTER: Tompkins RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10786112 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature