Middle East Authors' Contribution to the Journal of Arthroplasty's Publications in the Past 20 years (2000-2020).

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to evaluate the Middle East (ME) countries' contribution to the Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA)'s publications in the past 20 years.

Methods

All articles published in JOA from 2000 to 2020 were evaluated for the contribution prevalence of ME countries' authors, which were divided into category I, if all the authors were affiliated to ME institutions, and category II, if at least one coauthor affiliated to ME institutions was listed in the articles with other international authors.

Results

A total of 7837 original articles were evaluated. Authors affiliated with ME institutions contributed to 144 (1.8%) articles (148 individual country contributions) from ten (62.5%) out of a total of 16 ME countries. Sixty-eight articles (47.2%) were c

SUBMITTER: Khalifa AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8889357 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature