Orthopedic research productivity of KSA: First bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Medical research is a crucial indicator of a nation's reputation and development. However, there are concerns about the limited orthopedic research in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Therefore, this study conducted bibliometric analysis to investigate orthopedic research output from KSA.

Methods

PubMed database for orthopedic articles, with a minimum of one KSA-affiliated orthopedic author published from the year 2000 onwards, was searched. This excluded duplicate articles, corrections, letters, editorials, commentaries, and brief communications. The titles of the included articles, publication years, first and corresponding authors' primary affiliations and countries, countries and institutes of research, and total citations were noted. Thereafter, year-wise research

SUBMITTER: Alomar AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11659984 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature