Table 2 Part 1: Summary descriptives table by groups of citations. Summary descriptives table by groups of citations. Number of citations and percentages. Means and SD are presented
[ALL] | Bottom | Middle | Top | p overall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 516 | N = 108 | N = 305 | N = 103 | ||
Citation count: | 37.3 (42.3) | 2.78 (2.3) | 27.2 (14.2) | 103 (49.6) | < 0.001 |
Journal: | 0.020 | ||||
AJSM | 128 (24.8%) | 16 (14.8%) | 76 (24.9%) | 36 (35.0%) | |
Arthroscopy | 102 (19.8%) | 26 (24.1%) | 58 (19.0%) | 18 (17.5%) | |
JBJS | 174 (33.7%) | 45 (41.7%) | 97 (31.8%) | 32 (31.1%) | |
KSSTA | 112 (21.7%) | 21 (19.4%) | 74 (24.3%) | 17 (16.5%) | |
Study field: | < 0.001 | ||||
Clinical | 286 (55.4%) | 45 (41.7%) | 171 (56.1%) | 70 (68.0%) | |
Basic Science | 110 (21.3%) | 13 (12.0%) | 85 (27.9%) | 12 (11.7%) | |
Reviews | 60 (11.6%) | 8 (7.4%) | 32 (10.5%) | 20 (19.4%) | |
Editorials/Letter/Other | 60 (11.6%) | 42 (38.9%) | 17 (5.6%) | 1 (1.0%) | |
Study type: | |||||
Clinical Descriptive Case Series | 100 (19.4%) | 13 (12.0%) | 68 (22.3%) | 19 (18.4%) | |
Clinical Analytical Case Control Study | 31 (6.0%) | 2 (1.9%) | 21 (6.9%) | 8 (7.8%) | |
Clinical Analytical Cohort Study | 45 (8.7%) | 3 (2.8%) | 22 (7.2%) | 20 (19.4%) | |
Clinical Analytical Cross Sectional | 10 (1.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (2.3%) | 3 (2.9%) | |
Clinical Descriptive Case Report | 41 (8.0%) | 25 (23.1%) | 16 (5.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Clinical Experimental non RCT | 20 (3.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 14 (4.6%) | 6 (5.8%) | |
Clinical Experimental RCT | 20 (3.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (3.0%) | 11 (10.7%) | |
Clinical Technical notes (e.g., new surgical procedures) | 18 (3.5%) | 2 (1.9%) | 13 (4.3%) | 3 (2.9%) | |
Review Basic Science Narrative Review | 13 (2.5%) | 3 (2.8%) | 5 (1.6%) | 5 (4.9%) | |
Review Clinical Metaanalysis | 4 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Review Clinical Narrative Review | 30 (5.8%) | 5 (4.6%) | 18 (5.9%) | 7 (6.8%) | |
Review Clinical Systematic Review | 14 (2.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (2.0%) | 8 (7.8%) | |
Basic Science Animal study | 19 (3.7%) | 4 (3.7%) | 12 (3.9%) | 3 (2.9%) | |
Basic Science Biomechanical study | 73 (14.1%) | 8 (7.4%) | 60 (19.7%) | 5 (4.9%) | |
Basic Science Cell experimental | 14 (2.7%) | 1 (0.9%) | 11 (3.6%) | 2 (2.0%) | |
Basic Science Computersimulation | 4 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.7%) | 2 (1.9%) | |
Editorials/ Letter/ Other | 60 (11.6%) | 42 (38.9%) | 17 (5.6%) | 1 (1.0%) | |