Piuzzi Nicolas S, Sultan Assem A, Gatta Julian, Ng Mitchell, Cantrell William A, Khlopas Anton, Newman Jared M, Sodhi Nipun, Harwin Steven F, Mont Michael A
Orthopedics. 2019 Mar 1;42(2):e151-e161. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20190211-05. Epub 2019 Feb 14.
Total number of citations has been considered a proxy for a published study's importance within a given field. However, there are multiple pitfalls to correlating the total number of citations alone with the quality of a study. In this review, the authors aimed to identify the top 100 most-cited studies of hip and knee arthroplasty and then assess study design and quality of reporting. More than half of these studies were level IV evidence, unblinded, not randomized, and not controlled. This underscores the need for higher-quality study design to support practice. [Orthopedics. 2019; 42(2):e151-e161.].
总被引次数已被视为衡量一项已发表研究在特定领域内重要性的指标。然而，仅将总被引次数与研究质量相关联存在多个陷阱。在本综述中，作者旨在找出髋膝关节置换术被引次数最多的前100项研究，然后评估研究设计和报告质量。这些研究中超过一半为IV级证据，未设盲、非随机且无对照。这凸显了采用更高质量研究设计以支持临床实践的必要性。[《骨科》。2019年；42(2):e151 - e161。]
