Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
J Knee Surg. 2023 Feb;36(3):329-334. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1733881. Epub 2021 Aug 6.
Injuries to the menisci of the knee are common in orthopedic sports medicine. Bibliometric studies can identify the core literature on a topic and help further our collective knowledge for both clinical and educational purposes. The purpose of the current study was to (1) identify and describe the 50 most cited articles in meniscus research over an 80-year time period to capture a wide range of influential articles and (2) identify the "citation classics" and milestone articles related to the meniscus of the knee. The Science Citation Index Expanded subsection of the Web of Science Core Collection was systematically searched for the 50 most cited meniscus articles. Data pertaining to bibliometric and publication characteristics were extracted and reported using descriptive statistics. The top 50 articles were published between the years 1941 and 2014 and collectively cited 13,152 times. The median (interquartile [IQR]) number of total citations per article was 203.5 (167.0-261.8), while the median citation rate was 9.6 (7.4-13.9) citations per year. The most cited article was "Knee joint changes after meniscectomy," published in 1948. The article with the highest citation rate of 78.4 citations per year was "The long-term consequence of anterior cruciate ligaments and meniscus injuries - osteoarthritis," published in 2007. The majority of articles were clinical outcome studies ( = 28, 56%). The top 50 most cited meniscus articles represent a compilation of highly influential articles which may augment reading curriculums and provide a strong knowledge base for orthopaedic surgery residents and fellows. The decade with the most articles was the 2000s, representing a recent acceleration in meniscus-based research. This is a level IV, cross-sectional study.
膝关节半月板损伤在矫形运动医学中较为常见。文献计量学研究可以确定某一主题的核心文献，并有助于为临床和教育目的进一步增加我们的集体知识。本研究的目的是：(1) 确定并描述 80 年来半月板研究中被引用次数最多的前 50 篇文章，以涵盖广泛的有影响力的文章；(2) 确定与膝关节半月板相关的“引文经典”和里程碑式文章。系统地在 Web of Science 核心合集的科学引文索引扩展部分中搜索被引用次数最多的前 50 篇半月板文章。提取与文献计量学和出版特征相关的数据，并使用描述性统计进行报告。前 50 篇文章发表于 1941 年至 2014 年，共被引用 13152 次。每篇文章的总引用中位数（四分位距[IQR]）为 203.5（167.0-261.8），而引用率中位数为 9.6（7.4-13.9）次/年。被引用次数最多的文章是 1948 年发表的《半月板切除术后膝关节的变化》。每年被引频次最高的文章是 2007 年发表的《前交叉韧带和半月板损伤的长期后果——骨关节炎》，为 78.4 次/年。大多数文章为临床结果研究（ = 28，56%）。前 50 篇被引用最多的半月板文章代表了一组高度有影响力的文章，这可能会增加阅读课程，并为矫形外科住院医师和研究员提供强大的知识库。文章数量最多的十年是 21 世纪，这代表了半月板研究的最近加速。这是一项四级、横断面研究。
