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Characterizing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the orthopaedic surgery literature

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Author Details : Ian J McGeary , Kevin Y Wang, Ivan Z Liu , Joseph X Robin, Carter J Boyd*, Kshipra Hemal

Volume : 6, Issue : 1, Year : 2023

Article Page : 32-35

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijnmhs.2023.006

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Abstract

Background/Purpose: While the novel Coronavirus 2019 disease’s (COVID-19) impact on the practice of orthopaedics has been readily apparent, the effects of COVID-19 on the orthopaedic literature has not been studied. The objective of this paper is to analyze the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on peer-reviewed articles published in the orthopaedic surgery literature.
Materials and Methods: Using the Journal Citation Reports, twenty orthopaedic surgery journals with the highest impact factor in 2019 were selected and articles within those journals were sorted by mention of COVID-19. The Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) and citation count were collected and compared for COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 related articles using the Mann-Whitney U test. Furthermore, within COVID-19 related articles, AAS and citation count were compared using Kruskal-Wallis test between sub specialty of orthopaedics, type of article, study type, and quarter of publication.
Results: The average AAS of COVID-19 articles was significantly higher than non-COVID articles (15 vs. 6, p=0.019). Within COVID-19 articles, those pertaining to spine and trauma had a significantly lower AAS than those pertaining to orthopaedics as a whole (20 & 6 vs 51, p<0> Conclusion: Orthopaedic articles related to COVID-19 demonstrated a greater influence, dissemination, and impact than articles not related to COVID-19 as demonstrated by AAS and citations accrued.

Keywords: Altmetric, Bibliometric, Citation, Characterization, COVID-19, Pandemic, Orthopaedic surgery, Literature

How to cite : Mcgeary I J, Wang K Y, Liu I Z, Robin J X, Boyd C J, Hemal K, Characterizing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the orthopaedic surgery literature. J Nutr Metab Health Sci 2023;6(1):32-35

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