Twelve years of scientific production on Medline by Latin American spine surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the small contribution of LA in the Science Citation Index (SCI), a growing contribution by LA research to international literature has been observed in recent years.

Study design

Systematic review.

Purpose

To evaluate the scientific contribution of Latin American (LA) Spine Surgeons in the last decade.

Methods

A literature search of publications by LA spinal surgeons on topics concerning the spine or spinal cord was performed using an online database; Pubmed.gov. The results were limited to articles published from January 2000 to December 2011. The quality of the publication was evaluated with the journal impact factor (IF), Oxford classification and number of citations.

Results

This study comprised 320 articles published in the Medli

SUBMITTER: Falavigna A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3914870 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature