TY - JOUR
T1 - Dupuytren's Contracture
T2 - A Bibliometric Study of the Most Cited Papers
AU - Joyce, Cormac W.eekes
AU - Joyce, Kenneth M.ary
AU - Rahmani, George
AU - Carroll, Sean M.ichael
AU - Kelly, Jack L.aurence
AU - Regan, Padraic J.ames
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - The literature on Dupuytren's contracture is vast yet little information is known as to which papers have been the most influential. The purpose of this study was to identify the 50 most cited papers on Dupuytren's contracture and perform a citation analysis. Utilizing the Web of Science, 23 surgical, medical, plastic and hand surgery journals were searched for papers on Dupuytren's contracture. Resulting articles were ranked in order of times cited and each paper was analyzed for article-type, year of publication, country of origin, institution and level of evidence. The 50 most cited articles represent many important landmarks in Dupuytren's treatment and contain several seminal works by experts in the field. Whilst the top 50 list highlights the important papers on the condition, they certainly do not provide information about the quality of the evidence of the research, as most papers presented level 4 or 5 evidence.
AB - The literature on Dupuytren's contracture is vast yet little information is known as to which papers have been the most influential. The purpose of this study was to identify the 50 most cited papers on Dupuytren's contracture and perform a citation analysis. Utilizing the Web of Science, 23 surgical, medical, plastic and hand surgery journals were searched for papers on Dupuytren's contracture. Resulting articles were ranked in order of times cited and each paper was analyzed for article-type, year of publication, country of origin, institution and level of evidence. The 50 most cited articles represent many important landmarks in Dupuytren's treatment and contain several seminal works by experts in the field. Whilst the top 50 list highlights the important papers on the condition, they certainly do not provide information about the quality of the evidence of the research, as most papers presented level 4 or 5 evidence.
KW - Bibliometric
KW - Citation analysis
KW - Collagenase
KW - Dupuytren’s contracture
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84977439410&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1142/S0218810415500318
DO - 10.1142/S0218810415500318
M3 - Article
SN - 1793-6535
VL - 20
SP - 402
EP - 409
JO - Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand
JF - Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand
IS - 3
ER -