Trends of publication in the orthopedic journals from India: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

We have studied the growth of three Indian orthopedic journals indexed in PubMed, Scopus, and EMBASE, namely, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics (IJO), Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma (JCOT), and Journal of Orthopaedics (JOO). SCOPUS and PubMed databases (2015–2020) were used. The numbers of papers published and citations received to date (since 2015) in these journals were as follows: JCOT (1158 articles; 2060 times), JOO (1070 articles; 2429 times), and IJO (888 articles; 1872 times). The publication and citation trends are rising for JCOT and JOO and have been constant for the IJO. All three journals have seen significant growth and have acted as torch bearers of knowledge shared by orthopedic surgeons in India and Asia.