Top 100 cited articles in traumatology: A bibliometric analysis

BACKGROUND: In this bibliometric study, we aimed to conduct multi-dimensional citation analysis of the top 100 cited articles in traumatology.
METHODS: We analyzed the top 100 cited articles among 56.980 trauma articles published between 1975 and 2017, which we obtained from databases in Web of Science and PubMed based on their citation rates and publication years, countries of origin, institutions or organizations, the most common subjects, funding status, article types, and levels of evidence.
RESULTS: In the top 100 cited articles, the number of total authors was 649 and average authorship was 6.49±5.46 (1–32); group author or study group number was eight, and the number of total collaborators was 1241. USA was the top country in terms of country of origin and institutions or organizations and also the number of proceedings papers in scientific activities. We found that 70 of the top 100 cited articles were supported by funding agencies in developed countries. In the present study, the three most common subjects were central nervous system trauma (21 articles), major trauma–hemorrhage–bleeding control–transfusion–early coagulopathy (18 articles), and trauma care and systems (eight articles), respectively. The average level of evidence of the top 100 cited articles was 2.45±1.05 (range: 1–4). We also found that 66 of the 100 most frequently cited articles in traumatology were published in scientific journals that had an impact factor of ≥2.6 (range: 2.648–72.406). We found that the most commonly preferred article type by authors is clinical research (92 articles) and sub-type is prospective comparative studies (27 articles). Evidence groups of classical papers in traumatology were B (54 articles), A (26 articles), and C (20 articles), respectively.
CONCLUSION: Despite some flaws in determining the scientific values of articles, citation analysis of classical papers in traumatology can provide important scientific contributions.

Travmatolojide en sýk alýntýlanan 100 makale: Bibliyometrik bir analiz

AMAÇ: Bu bibliyometrik çalýþmada, travmatoloji alanýndaki en sýk alýntýlanan 100 makalenin çok yönlü analizini yapmayý amaçladýk.
GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Biz bu çalýþmada, Web of Science ve PubMed’teki veri tabanlarýndan elde ettiðimiz, 1975 ile 2017 yýllarý arasýnda yayýnlanmýþ 56.980 travma makalesi içinden en çok alýntýlanan ilk 100’ünü alýntýlanma sayýlarýna ve yayýn yýllarýna, köken aldýðý ülkelere ve kurum veya organizasyonlarýna, en sýk tercih edilen konularýna, fonlanma durumlarýna, makale tiplerine ve kanýt düzeylerine göre analiz ettik.
BULGULAR: Travmatoloji alanýnda en sýk alýntýlanan 100 makaledeki toplam yazar sayýsýný 649 ve yazar sayýsý ortalamasýný 6.49±5.46 (daðýlým: 1–32), toplam çalýþma grubu sayýsýný 8 ve eþlik eden çalýþmacý sayýsýný ise 1241 olarak saptadýk. Amerika Birleþik Devletleri, yayýnlarda en sýk yer alan ülke ve kurum ya da organizasyon olma ve bilimsel aktivitede sunulan makale sayýsý bakýmlarýndan ilk sýrada idi. En çok alýntýlanan 100 makalenin 70’inin, geliþmiþ ülkelerdeki fon desteði veren kuruluþlar tarafýndan desteklendiðini belirledik. Travmatoloji ile ilgili en çok alýntýlanan 100 makalede en sýk tercih edilen ilk üç konu baþlýðýný santral sinir sistemi travmasý (21 makale), majör travma-kanama kanama kontrolü-transfüzyon-erken koagülopati (18 makale) ve travma bakýmý ve sistemleri (8 makale) olarak saptadýk. En sýk alýntýlanan 100 travmatoloji makalesinin kanýt ortalamasý 2.45±1.05 (daðýlým: 1–4) idi. Ayrýca biz en çok alýntýlanan 100 makalenin 66’sýnýn etki faktörü 2.6 daha yüksek olan bilimsel dergilerde (daðýlým: 2.648–72.406) yayýnlandýðýný belirledik. Araþtýrmacýlar tarafýndan en sýk tercih edilen çalýþma tipinin klinik araþtýrma (92 makale) ve çalýþma alt tipinin ise karþýlaþtýrmalý ileriye yönelik çalýþmalar (27 makale) olduðunu saptadýk. Travmatolojideki klasik makalelerin kanýt gruplarýnýn daðýlýmlarýný ise sýrasýyla B (54 makale), A (26 makale) ve C (20 makale) olarak belirledik.
TARTIÞMA: Makalelerin bilimsel deðerini saptamadaki bazý eksikliklerine raðmen travmatoloji alanýndaki klasik makalelerin alýntýlanma analizleri, önemli akademik katkýlar saðlayabilir.