Abstract
(1) Aim: To analyze the publication output from Romania in the Web of Science (WoS) category of orthopedics. (2) Methods: We have used the WoS Core Collection Advanced Search between 2009 and 2018. (3) Results: Under the WoS Orthopedics category in SCI-Expanded, we found 72 articles with Romania as the country of origin, representing 0.105% of the total Romanian research output. Using journal rankings, distribution by quartile was: 1–12 (16.7%), 2–33 (45.8%), 3–9 (12.5%) and 4–18 (25%). Average citations in total and per year by category were: 1–22.6 range 1–91 (2.56), 2–8.85 range 0–30 (1.64), 3–8.44 range 1–30 (1.25), and 4–4.11 range 0–16 (0.74). Thirteen articles published from 1986 to 2008 were excluded by limiting the timespan. When searching for all document types and all WoS core collection citation indexes, we found 107 items; the total citations increased from 714 to 806. (4) Conclusions: Orthopedic publications from Romania have increased in the last decade, but are still low compared to category averages; however, the bibliometric qualitative distribution and patterns mostly resemble that of comparators.
Highlights
The current medical practice relies on evidence to produce a value-based healthcare environment [ – ]
Journals covered by the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection are assigned to at least one category and each WoS category is mapped to one research area [ ]
A side-by-side comparison with the sub-search with all document types and all WoS core collection citation indexes is detailed in Table
Summary
The current medical practice relies on evidence to produce a value-based healthcare environment [ – ]. Medical research is aimed at improving clinical practice by producing more accurate diagnosis and safer and more e cient treatments. The impact a research publication has on the scienti c community is a measure of success which may be quanti ed by the number of citations. ( ), In addition, there is academic pressure to publish, with many scholars being evaluated based on the number and impact of their research publications [ – ]. The United States of America (USA) has maintained its dominance, but the percentage is decreasing. Countries such as China and South Korea are increasing production at a steady pace [ – ]. There is limited information regarding orthopedic publication outputs from countries in eastern Europe [ , , , ]
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