Tandron Marissa, Cohen Lara, Cohen Jacob, Allegra Paul, Munoz Julianne, Kaplan Lee, Baraga Michael
University of Miami, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
J Orthop. 2023 Apr 4;39:50-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2023.03.014. eCollection 2023 May.
The clavicle is the most frequently fractured bone in the human body, and up to 80% of clavicle fractures occur in the middle third diaphyseal region of the clavicle (midshaft). We conducted a bibliometric analysis to identify and evaluate the 50 most-cited publications pertaining to midshaft clavicle fractures (MCF).
Two independent reviewers conducted separate queries on Web of Science in December 2021 for "midshaft clavicle fractures". The publications yielded were organized from highest to lowest number of citations. We included articles, review articles, and editorial materials and excluded other document types. Both reviewers independently reviewed all abstracts until 50 studies pertaining to MCF were included.
We hypothesized that most articles would be published between 2000 and 2019, pertain to outcomes, and those with a greater (lower numeric) level of evidence would correlate with number of citations.
The most prolific decade was from 2010 to 2019, with 50% (25/50) of articles published. Average citation density was 6.3 ± 5.5 (range, 1.3-33.1), defined as the average number of citations per year since publication. The median level of evidence (LOE) was 3.5 (IQR: 3). One-way ANOVA tests were used to compare the effects of LOE on total citations and citation density. There were statistically significant differences in total citations (F value = 12.07, p = 0.001) and citation density (F value = 21.14, p < 0.001) between LOE groups. The median number of total citations, grouped by LOE of 1 through 5, were as follows: 110, 66, 66, 51, 52.
This review provides an overview of the 50 most cited papers regarding MCF. This should be used as a reference for physicians and other providers who treat patients with MCF for treatment guidance and for those in teaching roles as a student and resident/fellow educational resource.
锁骨是人体最常发生骨折的骨骼，高达80%的锁骨骨折发生在锁骨中1/3骨干区域（中段）。我们进行了一项文献计量分析，以识别和评估关于中段锁骨骨折（MCF）被引用次数最多的50篇出版物。
2021年12月，两名独立的评审人员在科学网（Web of Science）上分别对“中段锁骨骨折”进行检索。检索出的出版物按照被引用次数从高到低进行排序。我们纳入了文章、综述文章和编辑材料，排除了其他文献类型。两位评审人员独立审阅所有摘要，直至纳入50项与MCF相关的研究。
我们假设大多数文章将发表于2000年至2019年之间，涉及治疗结果，并且证据水平较高（数字较低）的文章与被引用次数相关。
发表文章最多的十年是2010年至2019年，占文章总数的50%（25/50）。平均引用密度为6.3±5.5（范围：1.3 - 33.1），定义为自发表以来每年的平均引用次数。证据水平（LOE）的中位数为3.5（四分位间距：3）。采用单因素方差分析来比较LOE对总引用次数和引用密度的影响。LOE组之间在总引用次数（F值 = 12.07，p = 0.001）和引用密度（F值 = 21.14，p < 0.001）方面存在统计学显著差异。按LOE为1至5分组的总引用次数中位数如下：110、66、66、51、52。
本综述概述了关于MCF被引用次数最多的50篇论文。这应为治疗MCF患者的医生和其他医疗人员提供治疗指导参考，也可为担任教学角色的人员提供学生及住院医师/研究员教育资源参考。
