A 25-year retrospective of Canadian plastic surgery research and its influence: a bibliometric study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bibliometric analysis is a research tool for evaluating and analyzing scholarly output and impact within a specific domain. This study aimed to assess the quantity and quality of plastic surgery research conducted by Canadian-affiliated authors from 1999 to 2023.

Methods

We conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis using the Web of Science Core Collection to retrieve data from 60 leading plastic surgery journals, focusing on original articles and reviews published between 1999 and 2023. The InCites Benchmarking & Analytics platform evaluated the publications' quantity and quality. Quality assessment employed 2 key metrics:: category-normalized citation impact (CNCI) and the percentage of publications in the top quartile of journals (%Q1) based on impact fact

SUBMITTER: Ordaz DJG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12279391 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature