SVOA Orthopaedics

Yusuf Mirza¹ MRCS and Sudarshan Munigangaiah^1,2* FRCS (Tr&Ortho)

¹ Spinal disorders, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt orthopaedic hospital, Oswestry, UK.

² Spinal disorders, Alder Hey Children’s hospital, Liverpool, UK.

*Corresponding Author: Mr. Sudarshan Munigangaiah, Consultant spinal surgeon, Alder Hey Children’s hospital, Liverpool, UK and The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic hospital, Oswestry, UK.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.58624/SVOAOR.2024.04.083

Received: October 29, 2024     Published: November 14, 2024

Abstract

Purpose: Early onset scoliosis is the onset of scoliosis in children, under the age of 10, irrespective of aetiology. There is a role for both conservative and surgical treatment. The purpose of this study was to identify the 100 most cited articles relating to early onset scoliosis. This is the first bibliometric analysis

Methods: The Dimensions database was utilised to search for a selection of keywords related to early onset scoliosis. The 100 most highly cited articles were selected from high impact journals and several attributes including number of citations, year of publication and publishing journals were analysed

Results: The highest cited article was cited 569 times whilst the lowest cited 44 times. The articles were published from 1954 to 2020 with the majority being published after 2000. The leading journal for publication of these articles was the Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics with 23 articles, followed by Spine with 22. The articles, corresponding authors and number of citations are demonstrated in Table 1.

Conclusions: Our study is a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited articles in early onset scoliosis and demonstrates the key scientific contributions to this area of spinal surgery.

Keywords: Bibliographic review; Early onset; Scoliosis

Citation: Mirza Y, Munigangaiah S. The 100 Most Cited Articles in Early Onset Scoliosis: A Bibliometric Analysis. SVOA Orthopaedics 2024, 4:6, 141-154. doi: 10.58624/SVOAOR.2024.04.083