What are the defining characteristics of the most cited publications in orthognathic surgery?

S M Susarla; M Tveit; T B Dodson; L B Kaban; R A Hopper; M A Egbert

doi:10.1016/j.ijom.2018.04.016

What are the defining characteristics of the most cited publications in orthognathic surgery?

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2018 Nov;47(11):1411-1419. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2018.04.016. Epub 2018 May 21.

Authors

S M Susarla¹, M Tveit², T B Dodson³, L B Kaban⁴, R A Hopper⁵, M A Egbert⁶

Affiliations

¹ Craniofacial Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: srinivas.susarla@seattlechildrens.org.
² Craniofacial Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Craniofacial Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁶ Craniofacial Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

PMID: 29793896
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2018.04.016

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics associated with highly cited papers in orthognathic surgery. This was a cohort study of articles published in the English-language literature from 1900 to 2017. Citation databases were searched for papers related to orthognathic surgery and the most frequently cited papers were identified. For each paper, the following variables were collected: region of origin, time-period of publication, corresponding author specialty, journal of publication, topic area, study design, and number of citations. The outcome variable was the citation index (citations per year). North American investigators published 70% of the 100 most-cited articles in orthognathic surgery. The majority of papers were from oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Frequent content areas were diagnosis, virtual planning, fixation/stability, and complications. The majority (54%) of studies were cohort or case report/series. The mean number of citations was 235.0±126.5; the mean citation index was 9.9±6.1 citations per year. Time-period, content area, and study design were associated with the citation index (all P<0.001). Time-period, content area, and study design predicted the citation index (all P≤0.009). Among frequently cited papers in orthognathic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgeons had the highest volume of contributions. Diagnosis, treatment planning, and complications were the most common topics studied.

Keywords: bibliometrics; orthognathic surgery.

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics*
Humans
Orthognathic Surgery*
Periodicals as Topic
Publishing