A Bibliometric Analysis of the Most Cited 50 Articles on Ankle Arthroscopy

Objective: Ankle arthroscopy has become an important treatment tool in the management of chronic and posttraumatic ankle problems. In the literature, there are numerous publications on the subject of ankle arthroscopy,including case series, systematic reviews, and prospective cohort studies. The objective of this bibliometric studywas to determine the most cited 50 articles on ankle arthroscopy and to analyse characteristics of these studies.Method: The articles published between 1985 and 2019 were screened by two orthopedists via the Web of Sciencev. 5.11 academic search engine with ‘Ankle Arthroscopy’ term as of 03/21/2019. Titles, first authors, years of publication of the articles, number of citations, journal of publication, subtype, country of origin and institute of thestudy were recorded.Results: The number of total citations was 5378 for all 50 articles. The mean citation number of all articles wasfound as 107.6±45.6 (min-max: 64-240). The articles belonged to 13 different countries of origin. One article waspublished in 1980s, 13 articles in 1990s, 30 in 2000s, and 6 in 2010s.Conclusion: The articles on ankle arthroscopy were predominantly case series, and according to our bibliometricanalysis we believe that further comparative randomized controlled studies are needed to be conducted on anklearthroscopy.