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Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
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Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

0936-8051

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/402

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1144 71 162 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 131
Documents by Best Scientists*: 242
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 98
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.05
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery focuses on Orthopedic surgery, Surgery, Anatomy, Radiography and Orthodontics. The journal facilitates discussions on Orthopedic surgery that incorporate concepts from other fields like Femur, Range of motion, Radiology, Arthroplasty and Prosthesis. The Radiology study tackling the subject of Magnetic resonance imaging is the focus of Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery.

Surgery research discussed connects with the study of Osteoarthritis. Tendon is the primary subject of Anatomy works presented in the journal.

  • Orthopedic surgery (77.57%)
  • Surgery (64.05%)
  • Anatomy (11.64%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The stimulation of bone growth by ultrasound. (431 citations)
  • A scoring scale for symptom evaluation after ankle fracture (424 citations)
  • Thermal osteonecrosis and bone drilling parameters revisited (282 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery:

The most cited papers mainly tackle studies in Orthopedic surgery, Surgery, Anatomy, Arthroplasty and Fracture fixation. The Orthopedic surgery research tackled in the most cited papers is interrelated with Radiography which concerns subjects like Orthodontics. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Fracture fixation, it also covers topics in Internal fixation and Bone plate.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Surgery
  • Internal medicine
  • Orthopedic surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Orthopedic surgery, Surgery, Radiography, Orthodontics and Arthroplasty. While Orthopedic surgery is the key highlight in Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, it also covered some subjects on Osteoarthritis and Physical therapy. Complication, Fixation (histology), Internal fixation, Visual analogue scale and Reduction (orthopedic surgery) studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Surgery presented.

The Radiography study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Nuclear medicine. The journal explores topics in Orthodontics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Femur, Cadaveric spasm and Biomechanics. The presentations focused mostly on Cadaveric spasm in an attempt to further explore topics in Anatomy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Open versus minimally-invasive surgery for Achilles tendon rupture: a meta-analysis study (15 citations)
  • Management of critical-sized bone defects in the treatment of fracture-related infection: a systematic review and pooled analysis (13 citations)
  • Comparison between intra-articular infiltrations of placebo, steroids, hyaluronic and PRP for knee osteoarthritis: a Bayesian network meta-analysis (12 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wolf Petersen (54 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Christian Krettek (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Carsten Perka (43 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Michael J. Raschke (37 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Frank Unglaub (37 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (133 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hannover Medical School (121 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Heidelberg University (108 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Innsbruck Medical University (90 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Charité (83 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 15.17% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.71% of all publications and 57.60% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • General treatment principles for fracture-related infection: recommendations from an international expert group.

    Willem-Jan Metsemakers;Mario Morgenstern;Eric Senneville;Olivier Borens

    (2020)
    217 Citations
  • A systematic review about telemedicine in orthopedics.

    Wolf Petersen;Katrin Karpinski;Luisa Backhaus;Sebastian Bierke

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Virtual and augmented reality for surgical training and simulation in knee arthroplasty.

    Graham S Goh;Ryan Lohre;Javad Parvizi;Danny P Goel

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Patient-reported outcomes at 1 and 2 years after total hip and knee arthroplasty: what is the minimum required follow-up?

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • App-based rehabilitation program after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.

    Henrik C. Bäcker;Chia H. Wu;Matthias R. G. Schulz;Thomas Sanjay Weber-Spickschen

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Lateral retinacular release combined with MPFL reconstruction for patellofemoral instability: a systematic review

    Filippo Migliorini;Nicola Maffulli;Nicola Maffulli;Nicola Maffulli;Jörg Eschweiler;Valentin Quack

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Vascularized fibular grafts for the treatment of long bone defects: pros and cons. A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Pietro Feltri;Luca Solaro;Costantino Errani;Guglielmo Schiavon

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • Quadriceps and hamstring tendon autografts in ACL reconstruction yield comparably good results in a prospective, randomized controlled trial.

    Hauke Horstmann;Maximilian Petri;Uwe Tegtbur;Gernot Felmet

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • A systematic review about long-term results after meniscus repair

    Wolf Petersen;Katrin Karpinski;Sebastian Bierke;Ralf Müller Rath

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Risk of arthrofibrosis in anatomical anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: the role of timing and meniscus suture.

    Sebastian Bierke;Yasin Abdelativ;Tilman Hees;Katrin Karpinksi

    (2021)
    27 Citations

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