Trends of arthroscopy publications in PubMed and Scopus.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Arthroscopy is an established sub-speciality in orthopaedics. With advancing technology, instrumentation and implants, this sub-speciality has seen an explosion of knowledge and techniques since its inception. The indications for arthroscopic management are increasing and, hence, the number of publications on this topic. There has been no study looking into the bibliometrics of all publications within this speciality. The purpose of this study was to look into the trends of published articles on arthroscopy from PubMed and Scopus including studying their citation numbers.

Materials and methods

We set out to look into the number of publications from the earliest up to 2019 and their trends and citation numbers in PubMed and Scopus. We also performed a VOS viewer analy

SUBMITTER: Kambhampati SBS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8082866 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature