Piper Molly M, Maheshwer Bhargavi, Kuka Casey, Haase Lucas R, Gillespie Robert J, Chen Raymond E
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2025 Sep;34(9):e816-e822. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2024.12.022. Epub 2025 Jan 30.
As the field of orthopedic surgery advances, the quality of research articles and characteristics of authors of these publications continue to change. Various orthopedic journals report that there have been an increased number of authors per publication over the years. However, there have not been any reported changes in publication trends in upper extremity orthopedic journals over the past decade. Thus, the purpose of this study is to evaluate trends in characteristics of articles published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES) from 2012 to 2022, including type of study, level of evidence, country of publication, and author information.
Articles published in JSES between 2012 and 2022 were retrieved from the JSES Archives. Title, level of evidence, description of the study as delineated in the abstract, first author degree, number of authors, and country of publication were recorded for each published article.
A total of 3577 articles were published in JSES from 2012 to 2022. The average number of authors per article was 5.77 ± 2.6 with a significantly increasing trend over the study period. There was also a significant increase in non-medical degree or equivalent first authorship. The proportion of clinical studies with original data published per year significantly decreased while studies with nonoriginal data including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and narrative reviews significantly increased over the study period.
There have been various publication trends in JSES over the last decade. These trends are important to acknowledge when evaluating the quality of recent publications.
随着骨外科领域的发展，这些出版物的研究文章质量和作者特征不断变化。各种骨科期刊报道，多年来每份出版物的作者数量有所增加。然而，在过去十年中，上肢骨科期刊的出版趋势尚无任何报道变化。因此，本研究的目的是评估2012年至2022年发表在《肩肘外科杂志》（JSES）上的文章特征趋势，包括研究类型、证据水平、出版国家和作者信息。
从JSES档案中检索2012年至2022年在JSES上发表的文章。记录每篇发表文章的标题、证据水平、摘要中描述的研究、第一作者学位、作者数量和出版国家。
2012年至2022年JSES共发表3577篇文章。每篇文章的平均作者数量为5.77±2.6，在研究期间呈显著增加趋势。非医学学位或同等学历的第一作者比例也显著增加。每年发表的有原始数据的临床研究比例显著下降，而包括系统评价、荟萃分析和叙述性综述在内的非原始数据研究在研究期间显著增加。
在过去十年中，JSES出现了各种出版趋势。在评估近期出版物的质量时，认识到这些趋势很重要。
