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Table 6 Average citation per study aim

From: What makes an orthopaedic paper highly citable? A bibliometric analysis of top orthopeadic journals with 10-year follow up

 

AC

SD

Max

Min

Description of new techniques or treatments

32,9

51,9

322

0

Description of new injury pattern, disease, risk factors, etc

35,5

38,4

218

0

Evaluation of new techniques or treatments

42,2

35,9

211

1

Review, Description of current state of the art, Guidlines

51,6

57,6

232

0

Validation studies

40

44,6

129

0

Other

9,3

15,6

74

0