Total Ankle Arthroplasty (TAA) is a relatively new and evolving field in Foot and Ankle surgery. We conducted a citation analysis to identify the characteristics of the top 50 most cited articles on total ankle arthroplasty. Using the Web of Science database and the search strategy total ankle arthroplasty OR total ankle replacement, we identified 2445 articles. After filtering for relevant articles, the top 50 cited articles on total ankle arthroplasty were retrieved for descriptive and statistical analysis. The publication years ranged from 1979 to 2013. USA was the most productive country in terms of research output, followed by the UK. Though citation analysis has its flaws, this is a comprehensive list of the top 50 articles significantly impacting literature on total ankle arthroplasty. Based on our study, we conclude that there is marked deficiency of high level articles with respect to the number of citations and future researches need to cater to this question to produce high quality studies.
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机译：全踝关节置换术（TAA）在足踝手术中是一个相对较新且发展中的领域。我们进行了引文分析，以确定关于全踝关节置换术的前50名被引用最多的文章的特征。使用Web of Science数据库和全踝关节置换术或全踝置换术的搜索策略，我们确定了2445篇文章。在过滤了相关文章之后，检索了有关全踝关节置换术的前50条被引用文章，以进行描述性和统计分析。出版年份从1979年到2013年。就研究产出而言，美国是生产力最高的国家，其次是英国。尽管引文分析有其缺陷，但这是对影响全踝关节置换术文献的前50篇文章的综合列表。根据我们的研究，我们得出结论，在被引用数量方面，高水平文章存在明显不足，因此，为满足这一问题以进行高质量研究，需要进行进一步的研究。
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