Assessing the evolution of scientific publications in orthopedics journals from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan: a 12-year survey of the literature

Table 5 Top 10 orthopedics journals publishing the most articles written by authors from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan from 2003 to 2014

Rank	Mainland China	IF	N	Hong Kong	IF	N	Taiwan	IF	N
1	Spine	2.297	327	Spine	2.297	83	Spine	2.297	127
2	ESJ	2.066	267	JOR	2.986	35	JOR	2.986	103
3	IO	2.11	254	ARTH	3.206	31	Injury	2.137	93
4	ORTH	0.962	180	CORR	2.765	30	ARTH	3.206	59
5	AOTS	1.597	151	Injury	2.137	29	CORR	2.765	56
6	Injury	2.137	137	KSSTA	3.053	27	JOA	2.666	56
7	JSDT	2.202	134	JOA	2.666	27	ORTH	0.962	55
8	JOR	2.986	87	IO	2.11	27	AOTS	1.31	53
9	KSSTA	3.053	82	FAI	1.506	24	BMD	1.717	53
10	JHSA	1.667	80	TSJ	2.426	17	JBJSA	5.28	49

Abbreviations: ESJ Eur Spine J, IO Int Orthop, ORTH Orthopedics, AOTS Arch Orthop Traum Su, JSDT J Spinal Disord Tech, JOR J Orthop Res, KSSTA Knee Surg Sport Tr A, JHSA J Hand Surg Am, ARTH Arthroscopy, CORR Clin Orthop Relat R, JOA J Arthroplasty, FAI Foot Ankle Int, TSJ Spine J, BMD BMC Musculoskel Dis, JBJSA J Bone Joint Surg Am

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