Bibliometric Analysis of Articles Published from 2009 through 2011 in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Journal of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists

摘要

The purpose of this bibliometric analysis was to describe trends in publication of the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics (JPO) during the past 3 years. A total of 95 articles published from 2009 to 2011 were included. Articles were reviewed by two independent reviewers, and information for 22 different domains was captured using an Excel spreadsheet. Data from each of these domains were analyzed to determine trends in research and publication of articles in the JPO for the past 3 years. Notable trends included the following: a greater percentage of prosthetics (68.4%) compared with orthotics (27.4%) articles, differences in median age for prosthetics (33 years) versus orthotics (15.4 years) articles, and a greater number of males (76.7%) used as subjects in prosthetics articles compared with females (23.3%). Only a small percentage of articles were extramurally funded for prosthetics (38.5%) and orthotics (34.6%). This analysis shows that more emphasis is currently placed on prosthetics than orthotics research, and most of this research is not extramurally funded. In addition, the demographics of the subjects used in these studies do not accurately reflect the demographics of patients using prostheses and orthoses. Future research could analyze a wider range of years to identify other trends.