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Concurrent Research Around Meniscus: A Bibliometric Analysis and Review of the Top Fifty Cited Papers

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Purpose

The knowledge regarding meniscus has vastly evolved over the past few decades. The meniscus’s intact, injured, and repaired status can affect other joint structures, i.e., ligaments, articular surfaces, and overall biomechanics of the knee joint. Due to available evidence’s extensiveness, it is challenging to determine the most influential topics and the emerging trends in concurrent meniscus research. This study aims to identify the top fifty cited papers in meniscus research and concurrent knee issues and analyse their characteristics.

Methods

A comprehensive search was conducted on the Thompson Reuters Web of Science database to prepare a list of top fifty cited articles that included original articles and review articles concerning meniscus. The included articles were analysed for the source journal, investigating institution, country of the corresponding author, year of publication, total citations, annual citation rate, and a qualitative review.

Results

The search strategy resulted in 6768 original articles and 453 review articles. The top fifty cited articles were published from 1969 to 2014 and belonged to 14 journal sources. There were 43 original articles and seven review articles. The average citations per article were 417.4 and the average citations per paper per year were 22.6. Besides the meniscus, a general interest in the clinical assessment scores, anterior cruciate ligament, long-term osteoarthritis, and cartilage was observed.

Conclusion

Most of the research concerning meniscus relates to the importance of meniscus preservation, the link between meniscus injuries and concomitant anterior cruciate ligament and chondral injuries, and its role in long-term gonarthrosis. The western countries have contributed the maximum to the top-cited evidence concerning meniscus. The meniscus repair and transplantation techniques have recently gained importance and need further research to qualify for the top-cited evidence.

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  1. Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Division, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University. KSU Sports Medicine Center, King Saud University Medical-City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Abdulaziz Z. Alomar

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Khaled Mohammed Al Jedia, Abdulaziz Mustafa Shadid & Abdulaziz Almaawi

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    Siddhartha Sinha, Rizwan Khan & Arvind Kumar

  4. JPN Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Samarth Mittal

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Alomar, A.Z., Al Jedia, K.M., Shadid, A.M. et al. Concurrent Research Around Meniscus: A Bibliometric Analysis and Review of the Top Fifty Cited Papers. JOIO 56, 785–796 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-021-00592-2

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