Bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 related publications in Indian orthopaedic journals.

Patralekh, Mohit Kumar, Iyengar, Karthikeyan P ORCID: 0000-0002-4379-1266, Jain, Vijay Kumar and Vaishya, Raju (2021) Bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 related publications in Indian orthopaedic journals. Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma, 22. 101608-.

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Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an infodemic about the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 outbreak to build knowledge and develop mitigation strategies. In addition, scientific journals across the world have studied the impact of COVID-19 on trauma and orthopaedics.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional, bibliometric analysis of the literature was undertaken on COVID-19 related articles from three Pubmed and Scopus indexed orthopaedic journals from India, namely, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics(IJO),Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma(JCOT), and Journal of Orthopaedics (JOO), in May 2021. All the article types and study designs were included for this review. The authors, institutions, countries, keywords, and co-authorship mapping were studied.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 112 COVID-19 related documents were retrieved. Period of these publications was from 2^nd April 2020 to 31^st May 2021. Vaishya R. (n = 16) was the most cited author, and Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals (n = 16) was the most cited research Institution. India led the list of countries in academic publication output. On keyword mapping, telemedicine was the most prominent Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) search word.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The Indian orthopedic journals have addressed the impact of COVID-19 on orthopaedic practice in India and aborad whilst continuing to publish knowledge about basic science and clinical orthopaedic research studies. The JCOT has outperformed and become the most leading orthopaedic journal from India during the pandemic. COVID -19 articles have been fast tracked, open accessed and attracted more citations in reduced duration of time compared to non-COVID-19 papers.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bibliometrics, COVID-19, Cross-sectional studies, H-index, Orthopaedics, Pandemics, PubMed, Publications
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	09 Aug 2023 14:56
Last Modified:	09 Aug 2023 14:56
DOI:	10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101608
Open Access URL:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC84801...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3172160