Department of Physical Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2011 Dec;41(12):920-931. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2011.3808.
Descriptive bibliometric analysis.
Content and bibliometric studies are useful for describing the publication patterns of a given profession, such as physical therapy, within the medical and allied health fields. However, few studies have conducted these analyses on specialty physical therapy journals.
To conduct a content and bibliometric assessment of publications within the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) and report publication and citation trends over multiple years.
All available JOSPT manuscripts published from 1980 through 2009 were reviewed. Only research reports, topical reviews, and case reports were included in the current analysis. Articles were coded by 2 independent reviewers based on type, participant characteristics, research design, purpose, clinical condition, and intervention. We obtained additional citation information (eg, authors and institutions) from a subset of articles published from 1992 through 2009 using bibliometric software.
Of the 2233 available JOSPT publications, 1732 (77.6%) met criteria for inclusion. Of these, 1172 (67.7%) were research reports, 351 (20.3%) topical reviews, and 209 (12.1%) case reports. Over the last 30 years there has been a significant increase in the number of articles published and the percentage of research reports, systematic reviews, articles focused on prognosis, and articles including symptomatic participants. Percentage decreases were observed for topical or nonsystematic reviews and articles focused on anatomy/physiology. Top institutions, authors, and cited papers from 1992 through 2009 were identified in the bibliometric analyses.
JOSPT has shown publication trends for increased percentage of experimental and clinically relevant research. However, there may be a need for increased publication of randomized controlled trials and studies focused on diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, if goals of evidence-based practice are to be met.
描述性文献计量分析。
内容和文献计量研究对于描述特定专业（如物理治疗）在医学和相关健康领域中的出版模式非常有用。然而，很少有研究对专业物理治疗期刊进行这些分析。
对《骨科与运动物理治疗杂志》（JOSPT）中的出版物进行内容和文献计量评估，并报告多年来的出版和引用趋势。
对 1980 年至 2009 年期间发表的所有 JOSPT 手稿进行了回顾。只有研究报告、专题评论和案例报告才被纳入当前分析。文章由 2 名独立审稿人根据类型、参与者特征、研究设计、目的、临床情况和干预措施进行编码。我们使用文献计量学软件从 1992 年至 2009 年发表的部分文章中获取了其他引用信息（例如，作者和机构）。
在 2233 篇可获得的 JOSPT 出版物中，有 1732 篇（77.6%）符合纳入标准。其中，1172 篇（67.7%）为研究报告，351 篇（20.3%）为专题评论，209 篇（12.1%）为案例报告。在过去 30 年中，发表的文章数量和研究报告的比例、系统评价、关注预后的文章以及包括症状参与者的文章都有显著增加。专题评论或非系统评价以及关注解剖/生理学的文章比例有所下降。在文献计量分析中确定了 1992 年至 2009 年期间的顶级机构、作者和被引论文。
JOSPT 的出版趋势表明，实验性和临床相关性研究的比例有所增加。然而，如果要达到循证实践的目标，可能需要增加随机对照试验和关注诊断、预后和治疗的研究。
