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Table 6 Number and ratio of citations to total citations received within 2 and 5 years of the nine most highly cited papers

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

No.

Authors

Year of publication

TC

TC (after 2 years)

TC (after 5 years)

Peak citations

Average citations per year (citation span period)

Paper 2

M.A. Mont et al.

1995

931

29 (3.11%)

94 (10.10%)

60 citations (after 10 years)

34.48 (27 years)

Paper 6

M.E. Steinberg et al.

1995

561

12 (2.14%)

50 (8.91%)

35 citations (after 10 years)

20.78 (27 years)

Paper 5

E. Gautier et al.

2000

571

23 (4.03%)

62 (10.85%)

52 citations (after 14 years)

25.95 (22 years)

Paper 1

R. Ganj et al.

2001

1096

15 (1.37%)

96 (8.76%)

88 citations (after 13 years)

49.20 (21 years)

Paper 4

Y. Assouline-Dayan et al.

2002

602

16 (2.66%)

111 (18.44%)

47 citations (after 4 years)

30.10 (20 years)

Paper 9

P. Hernigon et al.

2002

480

8 (1.67%)

43 (8.96%)

46 citations (after 11 years)

24.0 (20 years)

Paper 8

M.A. Mont et al.

2006

480

51 (10.63%)

140 (29.17%)

45 citations (after 8 years)

30.0 (16 years)

Paper 3

N.G. Singer et al.

2011

631

131 (20.76%)

329 (52.14%)

78 citations (after 3 years)

57.36 (11 years)

Paper 7

R.S. Weinstein et al.

2011

498

99 (19.88%)

223 (44.78%)

62 citations (after 6 years)

49.8 (11 years)