The Hundred Most Cited Turkish Publications In Orthopedics And Traumatology Research

Abstract

Purposes: This study aimed to classify and analyze the characteristics of the top 100 most cited articles published in journals of orthopedic surgery in Scopus and Web of Science which the first authors were Turkish and the institutions of the first authors were in Turkey.
 Methods: Scopus and Web of Science databases were searched for the 100 most frequently cited Turkısh orthopedics journal articles published between 1983 and 2020 using the keywords "Orthopaedics," "Orthopaedics and Traumatology," and "Turkey." 
 Results: The most 100 cited articles were all published in English and were published in 33 different journals identified using Web of Science and Scopus. ). The oldest of the most cited papers was published in 1992, and the most recent was published in 2017. The number of citations ranged from 271 in the first article to 52. 84 of the articles were conducted in university hospitals, 11 in training and research hospitals, and 5 in state hospitals, according to the findings. Istanbul was ranked first among the provinces, followed by Ankara and Izmir.
 Conclusions: According to the results of our study, the list of the most cited 100 Turkısh articles is relevant for the Turkısh orthopedic community and general orthopedic scientific community according to our knowledge. Clinicians can use this study to improve the impact and citation of their future papers.