Guang-Xun Lin1, Vit Kotheeranurak2, Akaworn Mahatthanatrakul3, Sebastian Ruetten4, Anthony Yeung5, Sang-Ho Lee6, Yong Ahn7, Hyeun-Sung Kim8, Christoph Hofstetter9, Jun-Ho Lee10, Kyung-Chul Choi11, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski12, Jin-Sung Kim13. 1. Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China. 2. Spine Unit, Department of Orthopaedics, Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital, Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand. 3. Department of Orthopaedics, Naresuan University Hospital, Phitsanulok, Thailand. 4. Center for Spine Surgery and Pain Therapy, Center for Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the St. Elisabeth Group - Catholic Hospitals Rhein-Ruhr, St. Anna Hospital Herne/Marien Hospital Herne University Hospital/Marien Hospital Witten, Herne, Germany. 5. Neurosurgery Department, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Desert Institute for Spine Care, Phoenix, AZ, USA. 6. Department of Neurological Surgery Wooridul Spine Hospital, 445 Hakdong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. 7. Department of Neurosurgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea. 8. Nanoori Hospital Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea. 9. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. 10. Department of Neurosurgery, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. 11. Department of Neurosurgery, Leon Wiltse Memorial Hospital, Anyang, South Korea. 12. Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. 13. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06591, Republic of Korea. mdlukekim@gmail.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate the quantity and quality of articles in the field of full-endoscopic spine surgery (FESS) from different countries and assess characteristics of worldwide research productivity. METHODS: Articles published from 1997 to July 23, 2018, were screened using the Web of Science database. All studies were assessed for the following parameters: the number of total publications, h-index, contribution of countries, authors, journals, and institutions. RESULTS: A total of 408 articles were identified between 1997 and 2018. Between 1997 and 2017, the number of published articles tended to increase by 41 times. The largest number of articles was from China (30.15%), followed by South Korea (28.68%), the USA (13.97%), Germany (9.31%), and Japan (4.90%). The highest h-index was found for articles from South Korea (23), followed by the USA (18), Germany (16), China (11), and Japan (7). The highest number of articles was published in World Neurosurgery (12.50%), followed by Pain Physician (10.29%), Spine (6.62%), European Spine Journal (4.66%), and Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine (4.17%). Wooridul Spine Hospital published the largest number of articles (10.29%), followed by Tongji University (5.88%), University of Witten/Herdecke (5.39%), Brown University (5.15%), and Third Military Medical University (3.43%). CONCLUSIONS: The number of articles published in the field of FESS has increased rapidly in the past 20 years. In terms of quantity, China is the most contributive country based on the number of publications. High-quality papers as measured by h-index and the large quantity is from South Korea (second only to China). These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
PURPOSE: To investigate the quantity and quality of articles in the field of full-endoscopic spine surgery (FESS) from different countries and assess characteristics of worldwide research productivity. METHODS: Articles published from 1997 to July 23, 2018, were screened using the Web of Science database. All studies were assessed for the following parameters: the number of total publications, h-index, contribution of countries, authors, journals, and institutions. RESULTS: A total of 408 articles were identified between 1997 and 2018. Between 1997 and 2017, the number of published articles tended to increase by 41 times. The largest number of articles was from China (30.15%), followed by South Korea (28.68%), the USA (13.97%), Germany (9.31%), and Japan (4.90%). The highest h-index was found for articles from South Korea (23), followed by the USA (18), Germany (16), China (11), and Japan (7). The highest number of articles was published in World Neurosurgery (12.50%), followed by Pain Physician (10.29%), Spine (6.62%), European Spine Journal (4.66%), and Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine (4.17%). Wooridul Spine Hospital published the largest number of articles (10.29%), followed by Tongji University (5.88%), University of Witten/Herdecke (5.39%), Brown University (5.15%), and Third Military Medical University (3.43%). CONCLUSIONS: The number of articles published in the field of FESS has increased rapidly in the past 20 years. In terms of quantity, China is the most contributive country based on the number of publications. High-quality papers as measured by h-index and the large quantity is from South Korea (second only to China). These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
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Bibliometric analysis; Endoscopic spine surgery; Research productivity; Spine