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Multiligamentous Knee Injury: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications During 2008–2023

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Abstract

Background

Research and clinical studies on multiligamentous knee injuries (MLKI) have recently gained interest with several clinical studies reported recently. This study aims to identify, visualize, and characterize the MLKI research, to analyze the knowledge structure of MLKI during 2008–2023 and to identify the emerging research trends from a bibliometric perspective.

Methods

All articles reporting MLKI from 2008 to 2023 were curated from the Scopus database, on 1st January 2024. VOS viewer and Microsoft Excel were used to analyze the publications including the participating countries, authors, organizations, journals and research focus. These data were used to generate visual knowledge maps of the outputs.

Results

406 papers on MLKI were published in 115 journals by 483 authors. There has been a slow publication growth in the past 16 years. The United States had more than 50% share in global publications. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine and American Journal of Sports Medicine published the most papers. The three USA institutions, namely Mayo Clinic, Hospital for Special Surgery-New York and Twin Cities Orthopedics contributed the largest number of publications. B.A. Levy (Mayo Clinic, USA) (n = 66) and M.J. Stuart (Mayo Clinic, USA) (n = 63) have registered the highest collaborative links with other authors.

Conclusions

This study is the first comprehensive bibliometric study to analyze MLKI. The findings shed light on the growth trajectory of publications, the extent of international collaborations, the influence of highly cited articles, and the key countries, institutions, journals, and authors contributing to the field.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi,, 110076, India

    Raju Vaishya & Abhishek Vaish

  2. CSIR-NISTADS, Pusa, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Brij Mohan Gupta

  3. Department of Library and Information Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka,, 575018, India

    Ghouse Modin N. Mamdapur

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RV: Conceptualization, Data Analysis, Literature Search, Manuscript writing, editing and final approval. BMG: Conceptualization, Data Curation and Analysis, Literature Search, Manuscript writing, editing and final approval. GMNM: Data Curation and Analysis, Literature Search, Manuscript writing, editing and final approval. AV: Data Analysis, Literature Search, Manuscript writing, editing and final approval.

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Vaishya, R., Gupta, B.M., Mamdapur, G.M.N. et al. Multiligamentous Knee Injury: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications During 2008–2023. JOIO (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-024-01149-9

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