25 April 2023: Database Analysis
Evolution of Inguinal Hernia Publications: A Bibliometric Analysis from 1980 to 2021
İbrahim Tayfun Şahiner 1ABCDEFG* , Çetin Altunal 2ABCDEFGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.939613
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939613
Table 1 The 48 most active journals that have published more than 30 articles on inguinal hernia.
| Journals | RC | C | AC | Journals | RC | C | AC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hernia | 781 | 9908 | 12.7 | International Journal of Surgery | 59 | 618 | 10.5 |
| Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques | 579 | 13945 | 24.1 | Indian Journal of Surgery | 58 | 128 | 2.2 |
| American Surgeon | 225 | 2639 | 11.7 | Zentralblatt Fur Chirurgie | 57 | 258 | 4.5 |
| Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 197 | 4482 | 22.8 | Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England | 55 | 895 | 16.3 |
| Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques | 186 | 1653 | 8.9 | Journal of Surgical Case Reports | 52 | 86 | 1.7 |
| American Journal of Surgery | 174 | 4356 | 25.0 | Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Sciences | 52 | 15 | 0.3 |
| British Journal of Surgery | 148 | 7388 | 49.9 | BMC Surgery | 50 | 319 | 6.4 |
| World Journal of Surgery | 139 | 3535 | 25.4 | Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | 47 | 871 | 18.5 |
| Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques | 130 | 1318 | 10.1 | European Journal of Surgery | 44 | 1322 | 30.0 |
| International Journal of Surgery Case Reports | 109 | 326 | 3.0 | Langenbecks Archives of Surgery | 44 | 789 | 17.9 |
| Chirurg | 105 | 1183 | 11.3 | Archives of Surgery | 43 | 1689 | 39.3 |
| Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 105 | 3991 | 38.0 | Journal de Chirurgie | 43 | 131 | 3.0 |
| Pediatric Surgery International | 94 | 1172 | 12.5 | ANZ Journal of Surgery | 42 | 389 | 9.3 |
| Annals of Surgery | 92 | 6199 | 67.4 | Revista Hispanoamericana de Hernia | 42 | 47 | 1.1 |
| Surgery | 92 | 2602 | 28.3 | Annales de Chirurgie | 38 | 310 | 8.2 |
| Journal of Surgical Research | 79 | 1169 | 14.8 | Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques – Part A | 37 | 660 | 17.8 |
| JSLS-Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons | 76 | 697 | 9.2 | Surgical Innovation | 35 | 467 | 13.3 |
| Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences – JEMDS | 72 | 20 | 0.3 | Cureus | 34 | 27 | 0.8 |
| Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery | 71 | 179 | 2.5 | Journal of Minimal Access Surgery | 33 | 176 | 5.3 |
| International Surgery | 70 | 659 | 9.4 | Annals of Medicine and Surgery | 32 | 71 | 2.2 |
| Surgery Today | 69 | 572 | 8.3 | Egyptian Journal of Surgery | 31 | 9 | 0.3 |
| Surgical Clinics of North America | 63 | 2719 | 43.2 | Case Reports in Surgery | 30 | 82 | 2.7 |
| Acta Chirurgica Belgica | 62 | 308 | 5.0 | Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy | 30 | 795 | 26.5 |
| Surgical Endoscopy-Ultrasound and Interventional Techniques | 62 | 2403 | 38.8 | Urology | 30 | 693 | 23.1 |
| RC – record count; C – number of citations; AC – average citation per document. | |||||||