Scientometric analysis of publications in Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma since its inception

Mantu Jain; Mrs Sangeeta Behera; Santosh Kumar; Bisworanjan Dash; Nikhil Unnava; Prof Binod Kumar Patro

doi:10.1016/j.jcot.2025.103163

Scientometric analysis of publications in Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma since its inception

J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2025 Aug 18:70:103163. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2025.103163. eCollection 2025 Nov.

Authors

Mantu Jain¹, Mrs Sangeeta Behera², Santosh Kumar³, Bisworanjan Dash⁴, Nikhil Unnava⁵, Prof Binod Kumar Patro⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, 751019, India.
² Government Women's College, Puri, Odisha, India.
³ Department of Orthopaedics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
⁴ RLTRI, Aska, Odisha, India.
⁵ Department of Orthopedic, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751019, India.
⁶ Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, 751019, India.

PMID: 41220413
PMCID: PMC12598323 (available on 2026-08-18)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2025.103163

Abstract

Background: This study evaluates the publication output of the journal of clinical orthopedic and trauma (JCOT) in from 2010 to 2025 using bibliometric methods.

Methods: The publications as listed in the Scopus database were identified using, "Article" as document type to maintain the homogeneity and consistency in the present review. The study used Excel sheet for data cleaning and primary calculation. The present study used multiple tools such as Biblioshiny, PyBibx and VOS Viewer software for further statistical analysis and visualization.

Results: More than half of the publications were contributed by Indian authors followed by UK, USA and Italy respectively. There is trend for multi and mega authorship. AIIMS, New Delhi and Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals lead the nations' baton for publication, while the Royal Orthopedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK) and Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (USA) were international representation. The citations are highest for the year 2020 followed by 2021 and 2019 respectively. There is mostly domestic collaboration with Germany having maximum internation collaboration. "fractures", "neglected" "total knee arthroplasty", "total hip arthroplasty" and "COVID" emerged dominant keywords and co-occurrence. There is steady growth in social platforms as seen in altmetrics.

Conclusion: JCOT has been predominantly influenced by substantial contributions from Indian authors; however, there is a recent trend towards multi- and mega-authorship. International collaboration with funding organisations and institutions is establishing a global presence. The journal disseminates extensive research on trauma, fractures, and arthroplasties, encompassing the entirety of orthopaedics and thereby enlightening its readership on contemporary orthopaedic standards.

Keywords: Bibliometrics; JCOT; Orthopedics; PubMed; SCOPUS; Scientometrics; Trauma.