Scientometric analysis of highly cited papers on avascular necrosis of the femoral head from 1991 to 2022

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Bibliometric profile of the top 21 countries (with > 2 papers)

No.	Name of the country	TP	TC	CPP	RCI	ICP	%ICP	FP	%FP	TLS	Cluster number	%TP
1	USA	114	21,828	191.47	0.95	4	3.51	17	14.91	47	5	46.72
2	Japan	27	4374	162.00	0.81	5	18.52	4	14.81	5	5	11.07
3	UK	21	4098	195.14	0.97	10	47.62	6	28.57	32	3	8.61
4	South Korea	18	2442	135.67	0.68	2	11.11	1	5.56	3	4	7.38
5	France	13	2193	168.69	0.84	4	30.77	2	15.38	20	1	5.33
6	China	11	1737	157.91	0.79	4	36.36	6	54.55	6	6	4.51
7	Germany	11	1373	124.82	0.62	5	45.45	4	36.36	30	1	4.51
8	Taiwan	9	1680	186.67	0.93	3	33.33	1	11.11	12	4	3.69
9	Switzerland	8	2534	316.75	1.58	4	50.00	2	25	20	1	3.28
10	Canada	8	1403	175.38	0.87	4	50.00	3	37.5	12	2	3.28
11	Belgium	6	1106	184.33	0.92	1	16.67	2	33.33	9	2	2.46
12	Italy	6	703	117.17	0.58	3	50.00	2	33.33	19	1	2.46
13	Greece	5	649	129.80	0.65	2	40.00	0	0.00	3	4	2.05
14	India	4	620	155.00	0.77	1	25.00	0	0.00	1	3	1.64
15	Austria	4	613	153.25	0.76	2	50.00	1	25.00	10	1	1.64
16	Australia	4	475	118.75	0.59	2	50.00	1	25.00	10	3	1.64
17	Israel	3	836	278.67	1.39	1	33.33	0	0.00	1	5	1.23
18	Spain	3	520	173.33	0.86	1	33.33	1	33.33	9	2	1.23
19	Hong Kong	3	469	156.33	0.78	1	33.33	0	0.00	1	6	1.23
20	Sweden	3	468	156.00	0.78	1	33.33	0	0.00	2	7	1.23
21	Norway	3	424	141.33	0.70	2	66.67	1	33.33		5	1.23
	Total of 21 countries	284	50,545	177.98	0.89	62	21.83	54	19.01	47
	Global total	244	48,981	200.74	1.00

TP total papers, TC total citations, CPP citations per paper, ICP international collaborative papers, RCI relative citation index, TLS total link strength