A 15-Year Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Medicine Studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Background:. Orthopaedic sports medicine is among the most popular subspecialties. Understanding the trends in sports medicine research over time can offer insight into progress and innovation within the field. The purpose of this study was to assess both the quality of the current literature and tr...
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| author | Amanda B Watters, MS Jack Blitz, MS Tatjana Mortell, BS Victoria K. Ierulli, MS John Lefante, PhD Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, FAOA |
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| description | Background:. Orthopaedic sports medicine is among the most popular subspecialties. Understanding the trends in sports medicine research over time can offer insight into progress and innovation within the field. The purpose of this study was to assess both the quality of the current literature and trends in gender diversity and inclusion by evaluating publishing characteristics of sports medicine studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume (JBJS-A) from 2007 to 2021.
Methods:. Sports medicine studies in JBJS-A from 2007 to 2021 were identified using JBJS subspeciality tags for “sports medicine” articles and organized by study type, number of authors, sex of the authors, academic degree(s) of the first and last authors, level of evidence, country of publication, citations, and use of patient-reported outcomes (PROM).
Results:. A total of 784 studies were reviewed, and 513 met inclusion criteria. Clinical therapeutic studies were the most common publication (48%). There was an increase in the publication of clinical prognostic studies (17%-25%, p = 0.037) and a significant increase in the use of PROM measures over time (13%-47%, p < 0.001). The total number of authors increased over the study period (4.8-6.3), but there was no significant increase in female authorship. Only 15% of the 784 studies included a female author, with an average of 0.8 female authors per article (range 0-8) compared with 4.6 males (range 1-14).
Conclusion:. The significant increase in the use of PROMs in sports medicine studies indicates that the quality of research has improved over the 15-year period. The gender disparity in authorship has remained stagnant. Only 11% of all first authors and 9% of senior authors were female. The number of included international studies improved over time; however, the United States remains the most prolific publisher. Despite these areas of growth, this study suggests that there is room for improvement of authorship gender diversity in orthopaedic sports medicine research.
Level of Evidence:. Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3919d3d54e5e401e96387ab712ac08a42024-11-26T08:02:37ZengWolters KluwerJBJS Open Access2472-72452024-12-019410.2106/JBJS.OA.24.00045JBJSOA2400045A 15-Year Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Medicine Studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryAmanda B Watters, MS0Jack Blitz, MS1Tatjana Mortell, BS2Victoria K. Ierulli, MS3John Lefante, PhD4Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, FAOA51 School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana1 School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana1 School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana3 Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana4 Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IllinoisBackground:. Orthopaedic sports medicine is among the most popular subspecialties. Understanding the trends in sports medicine research over time can offer insight into progress and innovation within the field. The purpose of this study was to assess both the quality of the current literature and trends in gender diversity and inclusion by evaluating publishing characteristics of sports medicine studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume (JBJS-A) from 2007 to 2021. Methods:. Sports medicine studies in JBJS-A from 2007 to 2021 were identified using JBJS subspeciality tags for “sports medicine” articles and organized by study type, number of authors, sex of the authors, academic degree(s) of the first and last authors, level of evidence, country of publication, citations, and use of patient-reported outcomes (PROM). Results:. A total of 784 studies were reviewed, and 513 met inclusion criteria. Clinical therapeutic studies were the most common publication (48%). There was an increase in the publication of clinical prognostic studies (17%-25%, p = 0.037) and a significant increase in the use of PROM measures over time (13%-47%, p < 0.001). The total number of authors increased over the study period (4.8-6.3), but there was no significant increase in female authorship. Only 15% of the 784 studies included a female author, with an average of 0.8 female authors per article (range 0-8) compared with 4.6 males (range 1-14). Conclusion:. The significant increase in the use of PROMs in sports medicine studies indicates that the quality of research has improved over the 15-year period. The gender disparity in authorship has remained stagnant. Only 11% of all first authors and 9% of senior authors were female. The number of included international studies improved over time; however, the United States remains the most prolific publisher. Despite these areas of growth, this study suggests that there is room for improvement of authorship gender diversity in orthopaedic sports medicine research. Level of Evidence:. Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.24.00045 |
| spellingShingle | Amanda B Watters, MS Jack Blitz, MS Tatjana Mortell, BS Victoria K. Ierulli, MS John Lefante, PhD Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, FAOA A 15-Year Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Medicine Studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery JBJS Open Access |
| title | A 15-Year Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Medicine Studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
| title_full | A 15-Year Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Medicine Studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
| title_fullStr | A 15-Year Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Medicine Studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | A 15-Year Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Medicine Studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
| title_short | A 15-Year Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Medicine Studies in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
| title_sort | 15 year bibliometric analysis of sports medicine studies in the journal of bone and joint surgery |
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