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Table 4 The characteristic of highly cited and the most impact classic articles

From: A bibliometric analysis of classic publications in web of science category of orthopedics

Rank

(TC2016)

Rank

(C2016)

References (year)

Country

Affiliation

Article title

6 (2012)

1 (411)

Kurtz et al. (2007) [22]

USA

Exponent Inc.

Projections of primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030

7 (1870)

2 (363)

Beaton et al. (2000) [28]

Canada

Michael’s Hospital

Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures

1 (3470)

3 (253)

Harris (1969) [23]

USA

Massachusetts General Hospital

Traumatic arthritis of hip after dislocation and acetabular fractures: treatment by mold arthroplasty: an end-result study using a new method of result evaluation

2 (2169)

5 (197)

Bohannon and Smith.(1987) [24]

USA

Southeastern Regional Rehabilitation Center

Interrater reliability of a modified Ashworth scale of muscle spasticity

3 (2161)

9 (161)

Insall et al.(1989) [25]

USA

Hospital for Special Surgery

Rationale of the knee society clinical rating system

  1. TC2016 total citations from Web of Science Core Collection since publication to the end of 2016, C2016 citations in 2016 only